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Landscape and bodyscape workshops
The 2 last editions of TheStudioCooach Landscape and Bodyscape workshops were held in Sutton Quebec and in London Ontario. The participants were thrilled by how photography of a the figure study becomes easy and rewarding by adopting a new look on the subject. Men and women as well took part as photographers and all have [...]
Read moreMy Stuff: The lens baby
OK that is a cool toy for your brain and eye. This toy a a kind of no nonsense in the digital era, It is a lens contraption that fit your modern, automatic, super sharp and fast autofocus, that will allow you to do selective focus, pat tist and blurred images by pushing and pulling [...]
Read moreWorld Photo Walk in Montreal
Montreal Photowalk was a great success you see me with all my walking gear: ThinkTank belt wit 2 bags, Hoodman loupe, Olympus E3 taking the picture and a fun E-500 with a lens babie and in it’s pouch a PhotoMasterTarget to make sure these images are white balanced and exposed properly.
Read moreResizable group
One of my client requested I remove and then add to a group portrait some employees, a couple of time last year… I proposed to him a modular group portrait… Each employee was shot on location with a portable studio against the white wall of the kitchen, 3 poses were made: ¼ right, ¼ left [...]
Read moreStrolling in Korea
On Jeju island, is a temple to the honor of the 3 braves that have founded the island, through this door is the temple. The image was processed as is by Adobe raw.
Read morePhotowalking in Orlando
In April 1st when everybody is busy playing “april fool” we were a group of dedicated rookies joining Jeff Revell for the Official Orlando, pre Photoshop world PhotoWalk. The walk started just as a rain cleared just like magic, and we followed our leader. I was there as a simple enjoying photographer, I also brought [...]
Read moreFeeling small again
Last week I did a shoot in a tire distribution centre. They have tires up to 7” high and as small as 12” high… I felt like a kid in a toy store… The job of lighting the tires was another ballgame 5 lamps were needed to bring out the luster and pattern of the [...]
Read moreI've discovered LucisArt Photoshop Plug-in
At first when I tried this plug-in I did not try it on proper image: portraits of glamour models. I then realised that I may not have been working with the right subject. I grabbed an image of Vancouver Airport that I had shot a couple of days before on my Olympus point and shoot [...]
Read moreHow the ColorBalanceCoach target deals with the back light
This fashion image shot in Paris at The “Astre studio” (map) represented a challenge in the calculation of the light. I wanted the light hitting the front of the model only, using as background the graphical shapes of the architecture. The Camera was set on manual exposure and white balance. The disc was placed so [...]
Read moreThe ColorBalanceCoach in the figure study
In difficult situation like this one, the ColorBalanceCoach target played a key role. I wanted a light rolling on top of my nude model’s stomach. I needed to calculate exactly the light passing horizontal al the model’s point. By putting the ColorBalanceCoach target flat on the floor I was able to preform the necessary readings, [...]
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