The ring light aka ring flash is generally considered to have been invented by Lester A. Dine in 1952 for use in dental photography but many people use ring lights for all kinds of photographs ranging from portraits to macro photography.

Film Friday is on a temporary hiatus as I make the time to shoot some of the different black & white and color film emulsions that I picked up over the winter. In the meantime, here's my take on creating a fun headshot. Today's Post by Joe Farace I said I loved...

This portrait of Pam doing an impression of a world weary burlesque dance was made in my 11×15-foot home studio.

Over the past twenty years ago or so, most of the models I’ve photographed have been fun to work with. But sometimes the shoots can be funny and sometimes not-so-fun(nny.) And sometimes I’m so surprised that I can’t believe how lucky I am.

Lately, I’ve tended to produce more of my glamour images in color rather than in black and white. But there are still times when I want to create a monochrome image, especially when creating Low Key images like today’s featured portrait.