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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 to go pro. This project is the brain child of Arizona photographer and lighting workshop teacher Don Giannatti. I originally…
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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 doesn’t it? This should be a piece of cake! And like the commercials always say, “But wait! There’s more!” Isn’t…
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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 photographing a stranger. While I have known the young mans mom for more then 20 years, this is the first…
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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 should have the discipline to try to learn it. Period.” There are so many things that I would like to…