Ever since my friend Mark Toal introduced me to the Panasonic Lumix system at a press event for the Panasonic Lumix G5 at Sonoma Raceway in 2012, I’ve been using Micro Four-thirds cameras for almost all of my studio portraits.

Patina “is the thing that humanizes cars,” said Collier, and that’s really what it’s all about for people who think like him.—Aaron Robinson, Hagerty

The most important characteristics that any studio lighting system can have are the quality, color and quantity of its output’s. The kind of hardware you use can have an impact on both of these aspects but the quality of the light can further be affected by your choice of light modifiers, such as umbrellas and soft boxes.

Because of the kind of infrared images I like to make, I like to use wide-angle lenses because I think they have more impact than those shot with longer or even “normal” focal length lenses. Hey, maybe I’m wrong.

Shooting glamour photographs outdoors gives a photographer the opportunity to be creative about where and when they shoot but the best results will be achieved by selecting a location where the model is physically comfortable.