About Me

Mike Luter: Digital Photographer 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.

I will post images from recent shoots and keep you up to date with what's going on with StudioStyles.net (my photography web site dedicated to teaching photography on-line). Hopefully this site will give you a sense of who I am and what makes me tick.

I plan to update this blog often with recent shoots, and shots from other things going on in my life, so be sure to check back often and post your comments.

I'd love to here from you.

The link above it to my educational web site for photographers. This site features numerous articles and video's and covers everything from lighting techniques to marketing and business practices.

This is project is really a labor of love, as photography is my passion and I just love sharing... and being around people with the same passion for photography as I have. I will continue to post updates here as I add new content to the site.

Be sure to check back often to see what's new and post your comments.

Feb 5

Studio Glamour Video Posted

Category: StudioStyles.net

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.

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Feb 2

Adobe Announces Photoshop CS3 for the iPhone

Category: StudioStyles.net

Someone told me about this at the PMA show last week, so I just had to look it up. Well, I found the video and it was so funny I thought I would share it with our blog readers. The video was actually produced by the guys over at Layers Magazine.

Only 4 more months until my T-Mobile contract is up and I’m getting an iPhone. I guess now I will have to get CS3 for my new iPhone.