by Donald Giannatti | Jul 10, 2015 | Featured, LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
We had an assignment on Lighting Essentials that was fairly easy to be involved with… sort of. The assignment was to load one roll of 24 exposure film into the camera of your choice and shoot each shot as though it were the ONLY shot you had. No...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 9, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, PROJECT "52"
Winding up one of the Portrait Classes: I have loved teaching these mini classes and studying some of the great modern portrait photographers. I believe much can be learned when one immerses themselves into the work and looks deeply into the work and styles of those...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 2, 2015 | Featured, LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
(Image © Adi Talwar) Tuesday nights image review was a blast. So many good portraits that I have to share them with you all today. These portraits were influenced by the photographer Albert Watson who we studied for the week...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 30, 2015 | Featured, LE News and Info
Ken Howie is a friend of mine and an excellent photographer. Ken used to have a studio in the same space as my old studio (and now, Dave and I are in his old studio). Ken was a consummate studio shooter. He was nearly 90%+ studio work – from product and still...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 26, 2015 | Featured, PROJECT "52"
Student Work: A few of the amazing portraits students in the Portrait Workshops have turned in. There are dozens of truly great portraits. I am choosing only 16 for this...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 23, 2015 | Featured, LE News and Info
I got a beautiful pen as a gift from a client recently. Thanks for that, Randi, it is an absolutely gorgeous writing implement. And, I assure you, I will write with it. Because I am a writer as well as a photographer. Millions of pens are sold daily in the world. How...