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Behind the Scenes: Film Noir
Lighting There are a few key factors in designing lighting for a single image or for a series. The first thing to keep in mind is what type of mood or feeling you want to convey in the images. Lighting...
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Behind the Scenes: A Giant Ego
Shooting Background Plates When shooting a composite, it’s always important to start out with your background. This gives you the framework of what your image will look like and how your subject will...
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Martin Schoeller Inspired Portrait, Pt.1
The Lighting Process Every photographer knows that perfect lighting is never achieved instantly. It takes multiple lighting setups and a good bit of experimentation to find exactly what it is you’re...
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Behind the Scenes: Newfangled Pinup
View the Pinup Cola Tutorial HERE! Concept We’ve wanted to do a pinup shoot for a long time, but we also wanted to make it stand out from all of the other pinup photos out there by adding a concept...
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Amazing Beer Photography With Rob Grimm
A few weeks back we had the opportunity to join food, product, and beverage photographer extraordinaire Rob Grimm for two days of shooting in his St.Louis studio. With over twenty years of experience...
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Behind the Scenes: Lensbaby Fashion Photography
See all the post processing techniques used in the Phlearn Pro Tutorial: Fashion Trip The Lensbaby For those unaware of the amazing lens that is the Lensbaby, allow us to explain. The Lensbaby Composer...
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Behind the Scenes: Man Cave
Concept Since the dawn of time the man cave has been revered as a place of masculinity and strength. Our goal was to bring this subject out from the depths and get to what man caves are really made of....
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Behind the Scenes: The Body Shoot
Click here to view the full tutorial The Body: Look #3 Join us as we take you through the entire process of a photo shoot from lighting, posing, working with models, camera settings, creating a...
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Behind the Scenes: Boudoir
Lighting & Posing Since we’re shooting mirrors, it’s important to make sure that what’s reflected in the mirror looks good. By using a light with a spot grid, the light can be concentrated only on...
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Behind the Scenes: Vision of the Future
Click here to view a full-length tutorial of the lighting & post-production Concept Our concept began in the future with the idea of the sun burning out and humans being forced to see the world...
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Behind the Scenes: Dark & Dramatic
Want to learn how to edit this image from beginning to end? Click here. The Perfect Balance When shooting outside with strobes, it’s important to get a perfect mix of ambient and artificial light. We...
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Behind the Scenes: Under the Bridge
Matching Two Different Lights The key for this photoshoot was to match our strobe to the light already underneath the bridge. Since the light was already very orange, we decided to gel the inside of of...
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Extreme Wide Angle Photography, Pt. 1
Using an ND Filter For this particular image, we wanted a sky that was not blown out and even a little bit dark. To do this we used a neutral density filter, or ND filter. What is a ND filter, you ask?...
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Compositing 101 We are very excited to announce that I (Aaron Nace) will be teaching a 3 day course on compositing with Creative Live starting Thu, 5/30/2013 at 9AM. Compositing is about making...
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Behind the Scenes: Indoor Sunset
Bare Bulb + Shot Into Camera = Lens Flare Goodness A crucial part of what gives this image mood is the lens flare on the left side. Lens flares can be a great way of adding pizzazz to an image, but...
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A Look Into A Professional Watch Photoshoot
Join us as we discuss exactly what goes into a professional watch shoot with professional product photographer Rob Grimm! The finished photograph is a combination of multiple images. All of the...
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Why Umbrellas Are Such A Great Light Shaping Tool And How To Get The Most Out...
Light Shaping As photographers one of our biggest challenges is the proper control of light so that we can create photographs that best represent our creative vision. Because of this a huge industry...
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Phlearn Presents a Master Workshop With Jaime Ibarra
We’re thrilled to be hosting a master workshop taught by professional photographer Jaime Ibarra! Join us for a full day of knowledge as Jaime goes over every detail of composition, camera settings,...
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Low Lighting Portrait of a Musician: Behind The Scenes
Shooting A Musician In A Low Light Environment Before taking any pictures an low lighting environment, we met with Glenn and talked with him about what kind of images he wanted from the shoot. We...
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The Phlearn Guide To Softboxes
The Phlearn Guide To Softboxes These umbrella-like creatures can appear intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of them they’re a breeze to use! Join us as we cover everything there is to know...
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