Welcome to volume #1 of Around the Net, the weekly prophotolife round up. It’s been a great week, lots of links and info to share. Things have been busy: blogging, working with a great new client on location and prepping for tonight’s gallery show. I’d like to give prophotolife readers a sneak preview of my exhibit (photo right). If you’re …

Lighting: (1) White Lightning X1600 in Photoflex 293 Medium (24 x 32″)
softbox for main light, (1) X1600 background light with 40 degree grid

A great thing about the clamp lights used in the DIY videos is that they’re an inexpensive way to learn the principles of lighting. Plus they should last forever and I still use them without hesitation for …

Okay, so photographers might not cash in like doctors or lawyers, but we wear shorts to the studio, play the music loud and take long lunches at the Sharonville Root Beer Stand (anyone for a Timmy Dog?) on days when it’s nice and there’s nothing scheduled. So how much money does a professional photographer actually make? What are the …

To date I’ve been using standard 75 watt household bulbs in the clamp lights used in the DIY lighting videos. But there are tons of bulb choices out there (tungsten, halogen, fluorescent), and I’ve been getting questions about how they compare. Well, that’s something that’s hard to describe and, after all, we’re visual people. So let’s fire ‘em up and …

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It’s been a great week here, lots of new visitors and over 10,000 hits in one day for one of the DIY lighting videos. I’m just amazed at all the cool information that can be shared on the internet and how quickly new friends can be made (hello to the folks coming over from DIYPhotography.net, another great site). Imagine if …

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An earlier prophotolife post discussed why you should design a custom logo for you and your photo business. Whether you have a full-time business or a part-time photo blog, a well designed …

Let’s take the DIY lighting videos a step farther than in part 1: it’s time for a bigger setup and what I like to call “the mother of all stick-in-a-can videos”. You’ll know why once you watch it. I’ve realized there’s more to these pieces than setting a wooden stick in concrete and attaching diffusion material to a wooden frame, …

Note: I’ve received more than a few inquiries about the ‘acetate’ (diffusion screen material) referred to in the DIY lighting videos. We use ROSCO Tough Frost diffusion material #3026, it’s color neutral, heat resistant and very durable…a genuine investment. One of this site’s sponsors, Calumet Photographic, sells it in 20″ x 24″ sheets for $7.95. We buy it in 48″ …

1981: first SLR, Nikon EM

You all remember your first real camera, I know you do. The way it felt in your hand and what it looked like through the viewfinder. Maybe you’re still using your first real camera. If you’re a young photographer that’s considering photography as a profession then I’d like to take you on a little trip.

There are …

First of all, massive thanks to Strobist and Microstock Diaries for giving this blog a shout! To everyone that’s just recently linked in, I appreciate having you here. We obviously all share a
love of photography and everything photography-related and prophotolife will keep publishing that kind of content. More DIY videos and text are in the works.
Since ‘the studio’ is often …