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Up until recently, most of the images that I made were captured using mirrorless cameras and sometimes with DSLRs, But if you’ve been reading this blog lately you know that I have a renewed interest in shooting film. That’s why I still own several film cameras*, including a Leica M6 TTL, Hasselblad XPan, Zeiss SW, Minolta Prod20, my new (used) Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 and a medium format, gold-trimmed Seagull TLR that Mary gave me as a birthday gift many years ago.

For me, determining the proper exposure in the studio is done the same way as when I’m shooting outdoors with natural light—by using a handheld light meter.

The thing I like the most about PhotoWalks is that I always learn something new during these events and so will you but more importantly you might just make a new friend.

I remember when the original Alien Bee monolights were introduced and I saw them at the PMA trade show. These lights were compact, affordable, colorful and built to the same high quality standards that are the hallmark of all Paul C Buff designs.

I’m always surprised when hearing that many new shooters don’t know about the creative potential of infrared photography. Once upon a time I was photographing a model who was also an avid photographer and I mentioned photographing another model using infrared techniques and she asked, “what’s infrared?” Well, that’s part of the topic of today’s post.