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5/9/11
NEW article about lenses published on Prophotoresource.com. Click the image below to go to the article:
3/29/11 DUCKIES!!!
Whew! I’m getting another post in before the end of March! I was out in Waikiki this past Saturday shooting for a cause that I support personally and professionally. United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii held it’s 24th Annual Great Hawaiian Rubber Duckie Race. Hawaii School of Photography was a proud sponsor this year and was given the honor of being the 24th place prize! The winner will receive a 12-hour Introduction to Digital Photography class for up to 4 people. Please enjoy the following gallery of images from the event.
3/12/11 FREE E-BOOK and videos!
I am so sorry for the extreme delay in posting something new, but hopefully you will understand. I’ve been working on a e-book and videos of a major shoot. The ebook is FREE!
Click on the image below to go to the download site!
Two minute video:
Four minute video:
10/31/10 Relaxing in Manoa and Waikiki:
Sometimes we all need to just stop and unwind a little. Above at my friend’s birthday party in Manoa and below at my favorite Waikiki spot:
10/31/10 New www.prophotoresource.com article is a preview of my On the Set and Behind the Scenes e-book and features Sharon Sanchez!
Recent Photos from Outdoor Lighting class:
GREAT shots Bryce and Rayna!!!
New Ebook!
I humbly apologize for the long delay in posting here. I’ve been busy writing my new Ebook!
Dantzigphototalk is a proud affiliate of ProPhotoPublishing, publishers of fine educational photographic e-books including Stephen Dantzig’s Photographing Swimwear: Lighting, Composition and Post-production. Available now for only $10.00 at ProPhotoPublshing or here at the Products Page!
Award winning photographer and internationally renowned author Stephen Dantzig has been creating stunning images of beautiful women for over thirty years. He is the owner of the Hawaii School of Photography. His books and articles have often hinted at how to create stunning swimsuit images, but here, for the first time, are all of his tricks of the trade in one volume. “Photographing Swimwear: Lighting, Composition and Post-production” packs it all into just over 40 pages. All but one image were created in the beautiful Islands of Hawaii. Topics include:
* Working with models
* Natural Light and Reflectors
* Modifying Sunlight and Finding or Creating Open Shade
* Introducing Strobes to Your Outdoor Set
* Working With Sunsets
* Posing Your Model
* Compositional Components
* Shooting in RAW and the RAW Interface
Frequently used Post-production Techniques
The Beauty of the “Halo!”
The 30″X40″ (roughly) softbox has been my favorite studio light modifier for years. I really like the contrast that this box provides while maintaining a relatively soft quality of light. The only down side to this tool is that it is sometimes temperamental when it comes to setting it up or tearing it down. I’ve had several new guys helping in the studio recently and have gone to my slightly larger Halo because it is much easier to set-up. I’ve discovered, however, that I really like the light that it puts out. I’ve used it for a main light for portraits as well as for a glamour set and a sensual intimate look.
This modifer is actually larger than my go-to softbox, so the light has a softer quality. It’s not too soft though.
We used the Halo as the main light in a class I taught on working with models. Sharon Sanchez sat for the class and I created these two beautiful portraits during a brief demonstration before the students stepped behind their cameras.
We used a strobe with a grid spot as a fill to give the images a little more “snap.” It’s easy and beautiful portrait lighting.
This halo also works wonders as a main light for a glamour set. I like to use a large soft light as my main light for a glamour shot because it provides beautiful even light so I then use smaller more contrasty lights as edge or rim lights. The soft light sets the stage for me and I can use the smaller lights the lead the viewer around the photograph.
The halo provided a wonderful base light for these glamour photographs of Nazly Fuller. We still used a spot light for a fill, though, so we haven’t seen the beauty of the halo as a single source of illumination. We wanted to create a more subtle, yet peaceful and beautiful scene, so we turned off all of the other lights and just used the halo and a large white card for a fill.
I wanted to create a scene that looked like a natural setting for this idea: a bedroom with a large window flooding the room with light seemed perfect. We brought the halo in very close and placed a 4′X8′ white card on the opposite side of the bed. We did need to add a second reflector to fill some shadows under Nazly’s chin.
I’ll be using this light modifier a lot more often!
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A Simple Fashion Lighting Set-up
Sorry about the delay in posting something new. Here is a short video showing a very simple but effective fashion lighting set-up.
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