More of a pre-test pre-review.  Being a big fan of wireless slave flashes, I was looking for a cheap alternative to the 180 buck-a-pop pocket wizards.  Paul C. Buff in all his alien weirdness continues to put out solid affordable...

I spent the day shooting with the band Do it to Julia on Saturday and had a blast.  They had several scenes with themes in mind and we went at it.  The top one is my favorite, but the rest...

i get the question all the time:  "Paul, how do I take a picture to make a person look cooler than they actually are?" Find a model that isn't cool Create a dark and gloomy atmosphere by darkening out the background...

I had a quick little assignment today at work, and I'd like to take a moment to introduce (to those that have never heard of it) the shoot through technique.  What you need: an external flash a shoot-throughable light disc thing a technical...

The first crop I made of this image looks like blood to some, obvi it's wine, right??  Maybe not, I made a different crop, to include the bottles in the shot.  It's seems a little more distracting to me, and...

Can’t play outside? Want to avoid movie overload? Keep yourself entertained and explore your creative side, take pictures, why not?

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Spent the evening yesterday with Doc Hendley of Wine to Water doing a photoshoot for a story that a mag is running on him.  Used my ringlight and a few SB-800 strobes for the dark super-hero like look.  Doc was...

I was testing out some lighting techniques today for a shoot tonight.  Using my Alien Bees ABR800 ringlight, and a few Nikon SB800’s I created this image.  I’ll post the shots from tonight later, check back.

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Of all the "firsts" in my life none have sucked as much as this one.  I had my first Flowbee haircut yesterday.  Not only was it quick and clean, it was like getting a really sucky head massage.  This thing...