Finding the Light

This is one of my favorite images made during our recent Spring Workshop.  “Finding the Light” is a new direction I am heading with my photographic education.  The image is made with my 5d Camera modified to create Infra Red images straight out of the camera.  I exposed for sky at 250th at f 11 and matched the light on her face with my Quantum Q Flash at f 11.    The company that helped me modify the camera is Digital Silver Imaging.   I plan to publish 2 or 3 images per week from this dynamic workshop held at the Vis Arts Center in Rockville, MD.  We’ll continue working in our studio and on location with some great new workshops with my partners, Pilot Imaging, MPPA, and Canon USA.  Check my website and Pilotimaging.com for times and locations.

Porten’s Sculpture Debuts at The Kennedy Center

I had the privilege of photographing sculptor Regina Porten and one of her latest creations, “Coming to America.” The bronze sculpture, pictured above with the artist herself, 41″W x 28″H x 10″D, was recently installed in front of the Presidential Box at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts here in Washington, D.C.

A Strobe Situation

The MAC Group is fast becoming one of my favorite companies to work with. Tenba bags contain all of my gear. What’s in the bag?  Canon cameras, of course, along with my Sekonic digital light meter and a host of PocketWizards and Color Checkers.  The larger bags are for the new Profoto D1 Air Lights along with a host of other light shaping tools and modifiers. We calibrate all of our screens, monitors and projectors using the X-Rite calibration system.

Just yesterday, I saw a new promo piece featuring our studio making some of my favorite images with the New D1 Air strobes. I am often asked, when do you prefer strobe and when do you like the continuous lighting? The three images below are very special to me, and I believe they answer the question.  It’s a strobe situation when I want sharp, beautiful photographs with great image detail and vibrant colors.

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Glamour Goes Rogue

We just returned from The Professional Photographer’s meeting in San Antonio.  I was right at home in the Canon booth, and I am thrilled with some of the latest image we made in the E-TTL wireless studio.

The Best Christmas Ever

Our new dream studio is just completed, after three years of planning. Lilia and Daniel are even more excited than I am.

Lucky Number 13

The Richmond seminar was our 13th venue to date, and it was another great experience for us as presenters.

Here are a few of the audience members’ comments about the last set of seminars:

Success in Sacramento

One of the best parts of touring is the exciting cities that we get to see (for about 20 minutes) before we set up for each show.  Sacramento was no exception.  Our venue, Memorial Auditorium, was 2 blocks from magnificent gardens that surrounded the capitol of California shown in the first slide.