Sunday’s lighting theme: music and food
We wrapped up our free March lighting workshop in the studio on Sunday and once again got to hang out with fellow photographers and share some knowledge. USA Today technology reporter Jefferson Graham showed up and being a guitar buff like myself, Jeff fit in perfectly for my three-light portrait setup. For the main light, [...]
January’s lighting workshop a big hit, next stop February
Our free January workshop in my L.A. studio was a blast- we did 4 lighting setups, ranging from a one light snoot/reflector shot to a 4 light setup with grids, gobos, softbox, and a reflector. It was great meeting with fellow photographers, taking questions and just plain having fun. We shot a little video too, [...]
One of my New Year’s resolutions
In an effort to start off my New Year’s resolution of practicing more lighting, I called model Tanje Solhem into the studio for some test shots. Pretty simple lighting using just 2 Nikon SB-900s, a prototype of my new diffuser as a mainlight, along with a 1/8 Speed Grid on the background.
Actress Shannon Day
I was grateful to photograph actress Shannon Day in my studio yesterday. Lots more edits to show you as I play catch-up on some earlier shoots, but this one struck me right away so I wanted to share… Lighting is again very simple. The light was still setup from my shoot with Claudia, so what [...]
January 9 workshop filled!
We announced the registration for my free January 9 lighting workshop yesterday, and it filled up immediately (like, in 10 minutes!). I’m thrilled that so many folks want to spend time with us at the studio, and I’m sure we’ll try to make this as regular a habit as possible. We’ll also shoot some video [...]
Video: One light speedlight setup
Here’s a quickie little video we shot of our portrait shoot at the studio one morning. It was my first try with the new Photoflex Octodome and as usual we had alot of fun. Please do ask any technical questions through comments and I’ll share them with all. Enjoy! Gear used in this shoot: Nikon [...]
How I started Honl Photo
As each week passes, fellow photographers ask me how I started Honl Photo so I thought my blog might be a good place to start explaining the whole process from the beginning, in hopes of enlightening and inspiring others to follow their dreams- whether it be photo related or not. It’s been almost a 25 [...]
