May

01

Fall Look in Spring

At the peak of cherry blossom season in Boston, it is quite a challenge to find an urban location without a lot of flower petals everywhere... but we managed to create a nice fall look (before autumn foliage, of course). It is a nice addition for attention-grabber among studio shots for fa.....

Apr

30

Economy is Looking Good

Do you feel the economy is improving? US Department of Commerce released a new statistics, indicating GDP growth of 3.2% (annual rate) in 2010 Q1. Did I feel like spending big bucks buying expensive things in my life? NO! I've been very busy with work and I was a terrible consumer in gener.....

Apr

20

Repairing Dynalite Pack

I use Dynalite system for more than half of my studio work. Dynalite power packs are fairly robust, despite their compact and lightweight construction, but they sometimes need repair work. Surprisingly, I can't find much information on their service options online. So, I thought to share this with you. Being a Boston/NYC-based photographer, the options are Cellux of Maine, Flash Clinic .....

Apr

19

Headshot in Rain

Rushing a photoshoot is usually a very bad idea, but what if your choice is between making a quick headshot shoot in the rain or not getting anything at all? If the latter, I'll wonder what I would've gotten if I tried, until I eventually try it. So we went ahead and did it... Do.....

Apr

15

Tax Day is Over!

Hi everyone! Tax day is always something I love! It's in the middle of a busy season and professional photographers usually have a lot of paperwork to go though to come up with the numbers the government loves to see!   If I have been slow in ureplying to your .....

Apr

10

Elinchrom Octa as headshot backdrop

What happens if you use studio lighting equipment as the background of a headshot? Perhaps you might expect to see a very harshly backlit image, but as you see in the picture above, you can get quite interesting and visually pleasing results. In the above example, I used Elinchrom.....