Behind The Scenes

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Four Rugby Fans Walk Into A Bar… Finish the joke and I’ll buy you a drink. Place your joke in the comment box. Don’t forget to leave your email address. Client: Bombay Gin

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This Summer from July 5- 11, I’ll be teaching a master workshop course at the CT Photo Workshops being held at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, CT. For more information please view the links below. http://tunxis.commnet.edu/ctphoto/index/courses/id,Behind-the-Scenes-the-Making-of-a-Portrait/ http://tunxis.commnet.edu/ctphoto/index/masters/id,Frank-Marchese

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It’s fun to throw in a little humor and get you thinking about that next meal of yours the next time you’re out at a restaurant. Along with a friend, I started the Naked Motel t-shirt line. See: Naked Motel. Now we get to play client. No rules – just shoot and have a blast. [...]

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Who wants to see another beach shot of a model with an horizon line of water and sky? Doesn’t stock photography have this market cornered? In America we might have piers and boardwalks and amusement rides sharing our beaches, but here in this scenic resort town in the region of Liguria, they have graphic posters. [...]

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What do you do when you have a few hours to kill between corporate shoots in Las Vegas? Sit by the pool? Try Lady Luck at the craps table? A big waste of time. If you are like me, and you’re looking to satisfy some creative juices, you may want to head over to the [...]

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Creating a cafe scene with a little edge starts with pumping up the grain, making it look cinematic, using strong contrasting light, and having some visceral focus. In this case, it’s the kiss of smoke that becomes the connection between the two, or you might say the disconnection of lovers at odds with one another. [...]

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It’s like catching a rare sighting of Big Foot. Once you see one you can’t help but stare a little. And stare I did. When I shoot a portrait I look for two things. What are the eyes saying and what is the body language telling me? And Mohawk wasn’t hiding anything. I quickly saw [...]

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