by Donald Giannatti | Feb 22, 2014 | Featured, Lighting
Lighting Basics: Class Four Light does the same thing every time. Read the above again, please. Because it does. Can you imagine what would happen if every time we pushed a key on a piano we got a different note? How would we make music? If 2+2 is occasionally...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 21, 2014 | Lighting
Jaimie at the Window: Fredericksburg, Virginia. I really loved the feeling of light coming in the window but the shot was very blah without the addition of a light source inside. Using a speedlight with a modifier of cards around it to give direction, I lit Jaimie...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 19, 2014 | Lighting
Lighting for texture is a very important part of what we...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 15, 2014 | Featured, LE News and Info, Lighting
Lighting Basics, Class Three I am often asked what do I decide first when making a photograph. The answer is easy… aperture. Aperture changes the way my photographs work more than any other thing. It is important to note that I am not an ‘action’...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 14, 2014 | LE News and Info, Lighting
Many times in catalog or product work we are asked to shoot the same thing from different angles. This is NOT as easy as it sounds. Objects present light differently depending on shape, color, texture and dimension… and many objects have different qualities on...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 13, 2014 | LE News and Info, Lighting
Bay area photographer David Price was assigned to do a double portrait. He chose some co-workers who were happy to work with him to make the shots. It is always wonderful to have people want to work with you to make images, and David took his time to make the images...