It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Peter Hurley!
How important is it to accentuate your subject’s jawline in a portrait? For me it’s major, and more often than not the first direction that comes out of my mouth toward anyone in front of my camera. I believe it’s our job to pull the best out of our clients, so we need to be feeding
Cliff Mautner on the Nikon D800
What a few days. It’s amazing how much interest a little piece of metal can produce. As a proud member of the team at Kelby Training, I wanted to share my experience with the D800. This project has been going on for many months. i was approached by my good friends at K&L in Tokyo-
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Jake Peterson!
Making History Come to Life Ten months ago I was attending Photoshop World in Orlando, FL. It was the second time I had been to Photoshop World, but after the blast of Vegas the previous September there was no way I was going to miss the one that Spring. One morning in the instructors’ lounge
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday with Tony Corbell!
Between Light and Shadow As photographers, we are an interesting bunch of people. We tend to disagree on just about everything in terms of what makes a great picture. We all have opinions on image content, composition, what we like and dislike in an image and the choices we each make in terms of equipment
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Patrick LaMontagne!
As much as I appreciate the invite, it likely seems odd that somebody who shoots on automatic with a Nikon D60 would be writing anything on Scott Kelby’s blog. Despite my own ineptitude behind a lens, many of my close friends are photographers. Just don’t ask me what an ISO is or how to use...
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday with Patrick LaMontagne!
As much as I appreciate the invite, it likely seems odd that somebody who shoots on automatic with a Nikon D60 would be writing anything on Scott Kelby’s blog. Despite my own ineptitude behind a lens, many of my close friends are photographers. Just don’t ask me what an ISO is or how to use...
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Lindsay Adler!
Portrait of Lindsay Adler, Photo by Bob Trautman 10 Tips for Improving your Portfolio in 2012 New York City is filled with thousands of amazing fashion and commercial photographers, all fighting for similar clients and resources. Because of this I must constantly improve my portfolio and strive to stand out from the crowd. Yet this...
Bill Frakes on Shooting The Nikon D4
[Bill Frakes was one of the first photographers in the world, alongside Joe McNally and Corey Rich, to get his hands on the Nikon D4. Here's his story on shooting Istanbul and Its Many Faces.] We had an intense 10 days in Istanbul making this short documentary shooting exclusively with the Nikon D4. Exhausting and...
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Rick Wenner!
Photo by John Michael Cooper First of all, what the heck am I doing posting on Scott Kelby’s blog? I haven’t shot for any major magazines. No advertising jobs have come my way. I’m not involved in any speaking circuits or training seminars. Haven’t published any DVDs about lighting. So basically, there’s a pretty good...
Brad Moore on How Concert Photography Will Influence My Portraiture
When I moved to Florida, I needed to find something to get me behind the camera regularly, so I took up concert photography. With lots of advice and help from Alan Hess (whose new book you should order), I made the leap into the world of high ISOs, slow shutter speeds, long nights, and tight...
Great Nikon D4 Video | CES Notables | Photoshop Video
Hey guys, RC jumping in the line over here to just share out a couple of things that came across my Google plus feed. Amazing Nikon D4 Video WHY – Nikon D4 Release Video from Corey Rich on Vimeo. I know many of you are interested in the Nikon D4 as much as we all...
It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Tim Wallace!
Why choose photography as a career? In general terms my interest started from a very early age, 7, but was first in the printing side of things, I loved the magic of the print starting to come up in the developer, to some degree the first part of my life in photography was very much...



