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8-Week Beverage Photography Workshop

This is one of the most popular classes I offer. You will learn so much about how to see a shot before you make it, then find details that will help push your photography to a higher level. Beverage photography is a combination of art and technology with a bit of magic inspiration. If you are a tabletop, product, or food photographer, you will benefit from taking this class.

SPECIAL OFFER: A free workshop to help you find clients for your work will be held two weeks after this class ends. It is specifically for the members of this 8 Week class.

The Collective is a large format book of photography designed to show photographs from members of Project 52. This is our 2024 Edition. If you want to download it, this is a link for the PDF. Download the two previous versions below.

52 A JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

ISSUE ONE

ISSUE ONE PDF LINK

52 A JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

ISSUE TWO

ISSUE TWO PDF LINK

52 A JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

ISSUE THREE

ISSUE THREE PDF LINK

52 A JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

ISSUE FOUR

ISSUE FOUR PDF LINK

THESE PDF COPIES ARE FREE COURTESY LIGHTING ESSENTIALS AND THE TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHERS FEATURED INSIDE.

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOR

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOR

A compilation of links to Youtube authors explaining the use of color in the cinema.These concepts are also important in the stil photography environment. Being deliberate about your color choices in location, wardrobe, lighting, and composition can...

BLACK FRIDAY NON-SALES EVENT

BLACK FRIDAY NON-SALES EVENT

(The day is passed now, but if you missed it you can see the replays of all the webinars by clicking here and having fun.)ALL DAY BLACK FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 23)Last year I did a Black Friday Free Event that was really a blast.While everyone and their cousin is...

I’m Very Grateful for This Award

I’m Very Grateful for This Award

Thank you so much, Seshu. I am proud and humbled to be in the company of so many wonderful photographers. TiffinBox. "Who is Don Giannatti? Please join me in my congratulating Don Giannatti, creative mentor and coach, as this year's recipient of the Tiffinbox Award. I...

STOP FOCUSING ON THE GUARDRAILS

STOP FOCUSING ON THE GUARDRAILS

I could barely make out the song playing in the little bar in Ouray. I knew the melody, but it was damned hard to hear it over the clanking of glasses, conversation, and the air conditioning. The chorus did it for me, and I smiled big enough...

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