It’s sweet being in a studio two blocks from the Home Depot. I’ve used plexiglass for product shots in the past but its expensive and scratches easily. So I was stoked to find some sheets of good ‘ol fashioned glass in the sub $20 range (30″ by 36″). I got some black gloss spray paint [...]

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I had a delicious gig at Le Papagayo the other day photographing food for their web page, social networking and print materials. This place is very dear to me since I lead my dual life there both as a musician and photographer. The owner, Francois is uber cool and everyone surrounding him there seems to [...]

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Recently, Les George asked me to shoot a couple of his latest knives. I wanted to run my usual montage style but also wanted to create something ala Tactical Knives Magazine (hopefully they’ll end up in the mag soon). Its been a while since I did a “how-to” post so I decided to share my [...]

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Last week I was in Vegas doing some “grip and grin” type photos for a knife show and I noticed a  photog from a Japanese knife magazine using just a single speedlight off camera and a disc diffuser to shoot knives. I decided to set one up on the table at home and give it [...]

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