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Good things happen when you play with your food!

A brief article about photographing chocolate cup cakes in a studio environment

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Project52 – What am I talking about???

Several people have asked me recently “Mike, what exactly is Project52?”. Simply put, it is a 52 week project packed full of fun and challenging photography assignments that are designed to prepare an emerging photographer […]

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Project52 – Still Life

For assignment number 3 of Project 52, a great photography learning project run by Photographer Don Gianatti over at Lighting Essentials we had to create a still life photograph. It sounds simple and straight forward […]

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Project52 – Photographing a Stranger

I spent the day today working on a portrait session for a young man, and completing assignment number two in the Project52 program that I am working on. The assignment was the difficult task of […]

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Project52 – An assignment, a toothbrush and I am terrified!

Like many photographers I am often looking for new ways to challenge myself and grow my skills at my craft. I think a fellow photog said it best: “Anyone who claims to love their craft […]

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