Category Archive: photography

19 Jun

lighting essentials advanced workshop – a brief review

lighting essentials advanced workshop – a brief review

For those not familiar, Lighting Essentials are a series of workshops put on by Don Giannatti (you may know him as “Wizwow” on flickr).   I …

 
By Ed Z
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17 Jun

new portfolios

new portfolios

been doing a lot of personal work lately, a good amount of new portfolio shooting.   Felt it was about time for a portfolio overhaul… check …

 
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26 Apr

My iphone shot from the Adorama photo contest

My iphone shot from the Adorama photo contest

My shot of the Kimmel Center for the Adorama photo contest took  one of the 3rd place prizes! http://contest.adorama.com/entries/36329 Tweet This Post Stumble This Post

 
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03 Mar

new site

new site

New look for edzstudios… cleaner and more minimalistic… also galleries changed to a jquery based setup rather than flash (hey gotta be iPad compatible right?)  …

 
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20 Feb

the solution to the elinchrom quadra umbrella mount

the solution to the elinchrom quadra umbrella mount

When I was looking at reviews of the Elinchrom Ranger Quadra, one of the most common complaints people seemed to have was the fact that …

 
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18 Feb

Pinup with Brittany

Pinup with Brittany

Just a fun shoot testing out some concepts for a classic “Vargas style” pinup…  thought they came out nicely… Tweet This Post Stumble This …

 
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16 Feb

Negotiating for photographers

Negotiating for photographers

One of the issues that always comes up for emerging photographers is dealing with contracts and negotiation.  Let’s face it – most of us are …

 
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10 Feb

Shooting in the Snow

Shooting in the Snow

For years now, I’ve had this concept of a shoot at night, under the streetlamps with snow coming down… dramatic light and environment… the whole …

 
By Ed Z
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28 Jan

new gear – elinchrom ranger quadra

new gear – elinchrom ranger quadra

Just got the 2 head kit, looks like a great piece of gear.  Full review forthcoming as soon as I get a couple of shoots …

 
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16 Jan

San Francisco and Sonoma

San Francisco and Sonoma

This year for the birthday, did a fantastic 2 week trip to San Francisco and Sonoma.  Lots of touristy stuff, lots of wine drinking, and …

 
By Ed Z
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