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08.30.2012

Ghost Town Fashion Shoot: Simplifying My Kit by Lindsay Adler

Caption: Here I have established the scene by having one of the models out in the desert. I wanted to give a feeling of desolation and loneliness. For this reason I had the model alone, appearing to look for someone in the distance. I included cactus in the frame and the mountains behind her in order to give that feeling of isolation. I also used a piece of plastic in front of the lens to create lensflare (to give the appearance of heat).  Lens: Sigma 50mm 1.4 | Camer: 5D Mark 2 | ISO 200 | Aperture 2.2 | Shutter speed 1/800 sec | No tripod | Lensflare tool (plastic) on left side | ©2012 Lindsay Adler

I love shooting in striking locations because it helps to add another level of visual interest to my images. The [...]

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06.14.2012

Fashion Flair 1950 Engagement Shoot: 4 Lens Solution by Lindsay Adler

Lens: 50mm 1.4 | Camera: Canon 5D Mark II | Focal Length: 50mm | ISO: 800 | Aperture: 2.0 | Shutter speed: 1/8000 sec

I carry a variety of lenses in my kit. These lenses give me versatility and flexibility, and provide me a [...]

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05.23.2012

The Lighter Side and Darker Side of Beauty Light by Lindsay Adler

© 2012 Lindsay Adler

There is no such thing as ‘beauty light’. Beauty light can be soft and glowing. Beauty light can be dark [...]

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04.12.2012

3 Tips for Dynamic Female Poses by Lindsay Adler

Posing can certainly be one of the more challenging aspects of portrait photography. There are many ‘rules’ to posing and [...]

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12.01.2011

Hurry Up: Digital Photo Pro’s 5th Annual Emerging Pro Photo Competition Deadline Nears!

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There’s still a few days left to enter the 5th Annual Digital Photo Pro Emerging Pros Photography Competition.

Entry deadline is December 6th, 2011, for your chance to win amazing prizes worth $20,000 from Sigma Corporation of America and other sponsors.

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11.03.2011

Guest Pro: Tamiz Rezvi at the American Photo Model Shoot

In follow-up to the Our Pros | Your Photos portrait critique with Sigma  Pro Kevin Ames I was given a [...]

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10.12.2011

Lighting with Purpose by Lindsay Adler

When you light a subject for a portrait or fashion image, you should be critical about what you are trying [...]

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09.21.2011

Sigma SD1: On Location with Robert Lopshire

by Jack Howard A while back, I had an idea for a blog posting involving models, the Sigma SD1, social [...]

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09.14.2011

Backlit Portraiture by Lindsay Adler

If you want to create more dramatic location portraiture, you may consider taking a technique from the movies. In television [...]

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08.29.2011

Paint with Light- Portraits by Lindsay Adler

In this paint with light image there were two lights used to illuminated the subject. The light on the model [...]

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