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Creative Lighting Portraits

04 Mar, 2023

I’ve been working on some creative lighting styles. I’m persuading clients with more creative needs. Much of my headshot photography work is very conservative in style. I think I do that well, but I like variety and creativity. I feed the creative beast by pushing the limits whenever it is appropriate. These portraits started out …

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Creative Lighting Studio Portraits

03 Jan, 2023

I’ve been working on some creative lighting styles. I’m persuading clients with more creative needs. Much of my headshot photography work is very conservative in style. I think I do that well, but I like variety and creativity.  I feed the creative beast by pushing the limits whenever it is appropriate.      

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Colorful Modern Studio Headshot

09 Apr, 2021

We made this stylish portrait last week in our Herndon VA photography Studio. Lighting it was a bit challenging becasue of the combination of reflective glasses, dark skin & smooth head. We have some new LED strip lights that we really love for rim lighting and hair lighting. We uses those to add highlight reflections …

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ASMP DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE

12 Nov, 2020
ASMP DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE

ASMP DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDE PDF Back in 2007, Michael worked as the Technical Editor on a document that outlined a set of standards and workflows for the photography industry.  The work was seen as important to the industry & it received a million dollar grant from the Library of Congress.  In 2008 the work was …

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Location Portrait Time-lapse

12 Oct, 2020
Location Portrait Studio Lighting

Much of our portrait photography work is done on location in conference rooms & offices. This time-lapse of a portrait session on white was done in a break room. You can see the effort that goes into even the simplest portrait setup. We are using a Key, Fill & hair light along with a light …

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