by Donald Giannatti | Jan 10, 2017 | Behind the Image, Image Critique, Lighting
This is a new feature on Lighting Essentials. We take a look at images and how they were made. We will be doing these posts as often as possible, and if you follow along you will get a heavy dose of instruction in lighting, composition, and the finesse of solving...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 25, 2016 | Featured, Lighting, Lighting Class
Have You Considered the “Arc of Beauty” in your lighting? (Image by Tracy Sutherland) We are going to take a high-level view of lighting today and discuss what I call the “Arc of Beauty”. And while no lighting scheme is going to be directly...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 19, 2016 | Featured, Lighting
What does this mean to you? It means you can watch it free, no charge, toll exempt, dinero not necessary! Consider it a Holiday Gift from the great folks at CreativeLIVE and your host here at LE. From the CL class page: Basic Product Photography. Don Giannatti returns...
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 3, 2016 | Lighting
For the last time this year, I am running this very popular class on Black and White Portraiture. Lots of information on shooting people and converting the images to monochrome (black and white, sepia, toned etc…). Please check out the page for a lot more...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 30, 2016 | Featured, Lighting, PROJECT "52"
Paying attention to the tiniest of details is one of the jobs of a commercial photographer. And rarely do details matter more than when shooting chocolate. Chocolate dust, scratches, fingerprints, and the chalky white of damaged edges can draw the eye to the problems...
by Donald Giannatti | Jan 9, 2016 | Featured, LE News and Info, Lighting, PROJECT "52"
What We Learn From Making Portraits Portraiture Can Enhance All of Our Photography ; Want to increase your photography chops? Try portraiture. When we are working with another person, and trying to make a great portrait of them, we have many challenges that confront...