Clearing out all the distractions from a photo is often more important than what you put in. Remove everything that draws your eye away from the essence of the image. Clear the clutter. Eliminate the extraneous. Keep It Simple Stupid! When Forbes assigned me to shoot Don King, art director Bob Mansfield’s directions consisted of …
Darnell Dockett photographed in Tallahassee for Sports Illustrated “Day for night” is a cinematic term for faking a nighttime shot during the day. When shooting college or pro athletes for magazines, you rarely have control over when you’ll be able to shoot them. A few year back, Sports Illustrated wanted a nighttime shot of Florida …
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When lighting for reality, I want to focus the attention on the people in my photographs – not where I placed the lights. For my photographs to be most successful, my intention is to suspend belief just a bit. If lighting is the first element the viewer focuses on, then I’ve put the emphasis on …
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