by Donald Giannatti | Sep 3, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
One of the most difficult parts of commercial photography is shooting to layout. A designer or art director has an approved layout, and your shot must work within the elements on the page. We see it a lot in catalog, advertising, collateral, and web oriented...
by Donald Giannatti | Aug 10, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, PROJECT "52"
The 8 Week Portrait Classes are now finished. I added a bonus photographer on for each of them (9 photographers per class) and this is the gallery of inspired images from the bonus photographer for the 8 Week II class, Mark Tucker. We look at the work of the...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 27, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info
Ten Things to Remember As You Begin Your Photographic Odyssey I stopped doing what I was doing and began to be a photographer one day. I had been around photographers, but I didn’t have any clue what being a “professional” really meant. I simply started...
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 | Jun 19, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info, PROJECT "52"
Sometimes the Nonsense We Tell Ourselves Can Make Us Crazy. Today, I have a challenge for you all. Not one that I make lightly. And one that comes from a deep and abiding point of wanting you to be successful. Really successful. It has to do with barriers. Barriers to...
by Donald Giannatti | Jun 17, 2015 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info
I met James Eisele down in West Palm Beach, FL when I did a workshop in that area. He showed a lot of talent and when I started the Project 52 course, he jumped in and became involved. I have watched his work improve at a very high rate, and his studio in West Palm is...