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Talking Portrait Lighting Using a SPLIT GEL FILL for Warm Skin Tone and Neutral White Shirts Too.

Talking Portraiture lighting for executives can be tricky, but the simple and powerful Split Gel Fill tip that I use keeps a white business shirt white and yet still leaves my signature “warm” skin tone look on the face. Does it mean some wacky post processing trick to the huge video files?  Some sort of [...]

The One Light Talking Portrait

The classic “One Light Portrait” technique offers some advantages for still photographers transitioning to Hybrid Photography. By eliminating the variables introduced by multiple light sources, the photographer can more easily control color and white balance. In this video I want to demonstrate what you need and how to go about making great studio portraits with [...]

Coming in Close…No Need to Crop

I recently got the Panasonic 35-100 mm lens (the equivalent to the DSLR 70-200 mm) and it allows me to come in close and create those intimate portraits I love.  This is my new number one reason I love shooting with a mirrorless camera: ability to get in close with a a telephoto lens.  It’s [...]

LEDs…the Future of Perfect Photography Lighting or Are They?

As you know, I am jumping into using LEDs and discovering that they may seem like a great future photography lighting source for Hybrid Photographers, but in actuality LEDs are NOT created equal. There are color inconsistency issues we are seeing with white balance of Kelvin shift and light balance shifts with green and magenta [...]

Change the Speed of Your Video Clips

In this vlog post I’m going to demonstrate how when you change the frame rate of your video clips, you can add emotion to your hybrid eProducts. When you change your frame rate or clip speed you can do it in camera or in editing. In this video I changed the frame rate in the [...]

Creating Pre-Production for Hybrid Photography

As some of you may know, I have a very strong background in Television and Film Production. This is where I learned how to think my ideas through before ever setting foot in a studio. I wanted to share my method of Pre-Production for Hybrid Photography and show you how I like to Keep It [...]

Organizing and Presenting Your Photos

Organizing and Presenting Your Photos

When presented with many, many choices people are often frozen by indecision. This is a fact whether deciding between 40 different kinds of cereal, 32 flavors of ice cream, or the seemingly infinite combinations at a coffee shop. To help avoid this, and generally just ensure a more pleasant experience for your clients, it helps [...]

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<< Go Back to DiscoverMirrorless.com New Title at a Great Low Price! Plays on all of your devices! (Computers, SmartPhones, Tablets – iOS and Android – Even on your TV) One & Two Light Portrait Lighting Essentials with Bobbi Lane Bobbi lane gives us a great look into how she does her portraits using only [...]

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Is This Powerful Online Tool the Hybrid Photographer’s New Best Friend?

After receiving an e-mail with this new feature I wanted to bring you all the exciting news.  Zenfolio, a service I’ve come to love and use with all of my clients now, has gone Hybrid.   They have announced March 11, 2013 that they will now begin selling video products on their site.  Back in [...]

Preparing for Talking Portrait Shoots

What’s better to capture the soul of a loved one than a rich, well lit, carefully posed portrait created by a master of the craft? A portrait that presents the added element of movement and reveals the subtleties of their speaking voice. For most pro portrait photographers, learning their trade has taken years, decades even [...]

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