My name is Mike Luter. I'm a photographer from Jacksonville, Florida. This blog is my personal little piece of internet real estate and will feature parts from both my personal life and my life behind the camera.
Feb 11
New Studio
The Deal is done…
Last week I signed the paperwork on our new studio. Although, the fun has just begun. Now we have to do all the re-modeling etc..
The first order of business - the lavendar color has to go.
It is currently an antique mall - here’s a quick shot.
Feb 8
Dance School Work Proves Lucrative
I did a presentation last week at PMA on dance school photography. I have just uploaded the 1 hour Quicktime presentation to the members section. In this presentation I cover dance school photography from A to Z. Some of the things we cover in this presentation; opportunities in the dance market, identifying prospects, sales calls, products, scheduling,
You can find the presentation at:
Feb 5
Studio Glamour Video Posted
In this video we will be doing a glamour session in the studio. Before getting started with the shoot, we will show you how we created this set very inexpensively and making it portable at the same time.
We will start out the session using a large light source doing a some full length shots. We will show you the lighting set up and placement for full length shots and how we meter all the lights in this set to achieve the results we are after. This entire first look was achieved using a simple two light set up.
In the next scenario we will change the main light to a smaller light source and explain why this was necessary to to achieve the desired look.
In the next set, the model will be posed on the floor, and we will show you proper placement of your lights when posing a subject on the floor… where the main light should be in relation to the subject, fill light and edge lights.
In the last set we will change the color of the background by using some color gels over the background lights. For this series it will also be necessary to use a different main light modifier. You will learn why this particular light was use for this look and the thought process behind why we choose to light the model in this manner to achieve the results we are after.
