PMA is the largest domestic photography show every year bringing in vendors from around the globe to showcase their latest products. Before the first day is a quick sneak peak with a handful of vendors …

In this episode I am joined by Syl Arena from Paso Robles California who is an excellent photographer and one of the people that has really been an inspiration to me in using small speedlites …

I am very excited to announce an upcoming photography workshop I am doing in conjunction with the amazing Jules Bianchi! This workshop will really help you fall in love with lighting like Jules and I …

Ed Kriziak was the Camera Dojo roving reporter at the recent Photo Plus Expo in New York.
Highlights include:

Canon 1D Mk IV
Lightroom 3 Beta 1
Photek (http://www.photekusa.com/Digitala.html)
Nations Photo Lab (http://www.nationsphotolab.com/)
Bibble 5 (http://bibblelabs.com/products/bibble5/)
Lens Pro To Go (www.lensprotogo.com)
Studio Share …

This is a product that may be new to a lot of photographers.  I know it’s a little new for me too, as I just started researching rail systems at the beginning of this year …

Bloggers, Video Bloggers, Photographers, Podcasters, and other content creators can enter a chance to become the next Living in HD Insider. Winners get a chance to see Panasonic HD techno-goodies before they hit the store …

In this video Kerry walks through the process of doing a typical product shoot. This tutorial uses the Westcott Spiderlite TD-5 constant lights. Constant lights are great for product shots because you can easily get your lighting setup and see exactly in the viewfinder what you will get when you press the shutter.

While leaks have been making their way around the web for the past few weeks, Olympus has finally announced their new Micro Four Thirds camera, the E-P1 “Pen” camera. The E-P1 is basically somewhere in between a Point and Shoot and DSLR, or more like a Compact with interchangeable lenses. Combining the still image quality of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) with the A/V quality of both a High Definition camcorder and high-end audio recorder, the E-P1 is a virtual full-service imaging studio in one ultra-portable and stylishly retro body.

As we continue our series on portrait lighting we now need to look at the different types of classic portrait lighting and see the effect it has on someone so we can decided when to use each type. By choosing the proper lighting for a particular person, we can help them to look their best by making them appear to be thinner or wider or to accent or minimize certain facial features.

One of the dyeing arts is that of portraits using classic styles of lighting ratios. Many new photographers are completely unfamiliar with how to do portrait lighting and so they don’t even try leaving the current trend of wedding photography to be that of photo-journalism instead of being a mix of styles including traditional portraits. In this article we are going to try to teach you the typical lighting ratios that are used in portraiture.