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We had some time in Humboldt, Canada, to mess around and play. Our hostess, Alison Berk, wanted to experiment with a technique called ‘off camera flash’ which is where you fire a remote flash to balance with the sun – something I use at weddings all the time.
These shots then are kind of jointly made by myself, Alison and Andy!
I’m often asked – how much Photoshop can you / do you do to my pin-up images? When clients see the first round of proofs to choose their selections for final retouching, they sometimes think…”THAT doesn’t look like the images on his website”.
So – here is a before and after. The image on the left is what we leave the studio with. It’s the perfect base point to get started. The one on the right has had my full Photoshop Lovin’. Each pin-up is unique and special…book yours today!
Ok folks – you’ve been very patient! We can’t show you the finished Animoto ad spot yet – that’ll have to wait till the magazines roll off the presses and hit the stands, but here is one from the other project we are working on…And boy was this fun to shoot!!
Not going to tell you where this one is headed…you’ll have to wait n see!
Mike Long (co-creator of Pindora’s Box) and Andy Armstrong (creator of Design House) are teaming up for an invasion of Canada this January. No Limits: North (the canadian invasion) is two-stop tour of workshops in Canada.
Stop one:
Where: Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario at Tina Weltz’ Calla Studio (about an hour from Toronto)
When: Sunday, January 24th and Monday, January 25th
Price per Participant: $299 (USD)
Stop Two:
Where: Humboldt, SK at Alison Berk’sImagin Photography Studio (about an hour from Saskatoon)
When: Saturday, January 30th and Sunday, January 31st
Price per Participant: $299 (USD)
In 2009, Armstrong and Long teamed up for a workshop called “No Limits” in Portland, Oregon. In 2010, the duo is taking the show on the the road to the North. The first two-day workshop is being held in Greater Toronto on January 24 & 25, 2010. The second two-day workshop is being held in Humboldt, SK on January 30 & 31.
This two-day, intensive photography and photoshop workshop will feature:
At “No Limits” you’ll learn how to break the rules and create images that blow your clients away! You will not want to miss this opportunity. Sign up today.
Mike Long is a professional retoucher and photographer. He is co-creator of Pindora’s Box (an amazing set of tools for post-production and pin-up work) and the owner of Katchlight Studio in Portland,Oregon. His pin-up work has taken the Portland area by storm, and his photoshop skills are unreal. Mike is originally from Great Britain and can show you exactly how to create images that wow your clients.
Andy Armstrong is a three-time international award-winning photographer who makes his home in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has covered weddings in the Southeastern United States, the Greater Boston area, Denver, Colorado, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and even St. Croix. He works with models on a local, national, and international level. He specializes in fashion/glamour work, but does not limit himself to a single genre.
In 2008, Armstrong released his Design House software for photographers and designers, and he his second release (Design House Library Vol. 2) to the public. With more than 15 years of graphic design experience and a growing photography business, Andy Armstrong understands the needs of and teaches concepts for the modern digital photographer.
Please Note:
The rate of $299 is an early-bird special rate and is only good thru 12/15/2009. The rate will go up to $325(USD) on 12/16/2009. Get registered now and save!
This workshop is limited to the first 30 people who register through this site. No additional seats will be added. Hotel Accommodations must be booked separately and are not the responsibility of Design House, Andy Armstrong or Mike Long. Andy Armstrong, Mike Long and Design House reserve the right to refuse registration for any reason at any time. After booking, this registration may not be cancelled and will not be refunded. You may transfer your space to another participant if needed, but the transaction for transfer is not the responsibility or Design House, Mike Long or Andy Armstrong. In the unlikely event that this workshop must be cancelled, you will receive a complete refund. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email and receipt. As we move closer to the workshop, you will receive more No Limits: North information via email.
I feel that I haven’t been posting much – it’s been a busy couple of weeks here! I’m currently in Nashville at the NoBS Photo Success Inferno Bootcamp workshop. NoBS is the BEST photo forum on the web, and I’m lucky enough to be a part of it. Run by Rob Provencher and James Hodgins you won’t find a better place on the net to learn, connect and grow your photography business.
This year, Rob and James invited me to speak, and yesterday I spent a couple of hours talking about my pin-up photography and then performed a live photo shoot with two models. The first model was Kourteney, a local girl who was amazing…her first time as a pin-up and she rocked it. The second model was a surprise one, and more details of that later on!!! 
Speaking and teaching to other photographers is something that I love to do, and will be doing much more of in the future.
Nashville is also where Mama Shan and I debuted Pindora’s Box – a wonderful set of tools for photographers. If you shoot pin-ups, boudoir, kids, seniors, weddings….anything! then Pindora’s Box will take your images to the next level, and beyond.
More from Inferno soon, including some behind the scenes videos from my pin-up presentation.
Quick Halloween shoot with Mandy Apple today – got a ton of great, gory, bloody images to play with, here are two that stood out and demanded to be processed!
My make-up artist, the fabulous Hollie Olsen (available for any make-up services including bridal: Celebrity Spa Services ) is also an actress. She’s staring in a terrific new short due next year, about a guy convinced he’s a super hero and can save the World.
Trailer here:
She asked if I could come to the set (an old abandoned hospital) and take a shot of the cast in character….I’d love to!! After we did the main group shot, I had each of them pose as singles again in character.
Here is the group, Hollie and ‘Rufus’ – the mad janitor! More to come, and this isn’t the final processing yet – just testing. The final DVD cover will probably be more fun!
More info on the new Pindora’s Box that’s launching November 1st! I’ve been working hard on this with Mama Shan and we’re really excited to get this out there for our fellow photographers!
Mike Long and Mama Shan have teamed up to create Pindora’s Box – the very best training
and tools for masterfully crafting beautiful pin-up photographs and illustrations.
Pindora’s Box (Glamouring Edition) includes:
Pindora Flow Actions (130 actions)*
Pindora Bonus Pak (11 actions)*
Pindora’s Virtual Room Template
Custome Brushes, Wallpapers, Flooring
Over 10 hours of Video Training
Lighting Schematic
Camera Settings
….and more!
*Actions in this set were designed for Photoshop® CS2 through CS4 (Mac and Windows) only!
They will not work with Photoshop Elements®
Videos produced using Photoshop® CS4 interface
Requirements:
Photoshop® CS2-CS4. To view videos, Quicktime® Player or Windows Media Player® is recommended. Videos can be viewed only on computers with DVD drives.
Yup – he’s finally here! This is George, our new baby. He arrived into the World at 9.28am on Wednesday, weighing in at a very healthy 9lbs! He’s the spitting image of his brother Henry when he was born.
I’ve been chained to my awful Sprint phone now for two years. Seemed like a great idea at the time. But a shiny new iPhone will be mine soon. Oh yes. And it seems that maybe it was right to wait. The new iPhone announced yesterday, the 3Gs, is as close to photographer heaven as you can get.
Commercial photographer, Chase Jarvis, sums it up very well – the best camera is the one that you have with you. This new iPhone, with a 3 megapixel, auto focus camera will be in my pocket ALL THE TIME. I cannot begin to express how excited I am at that prospect. Also, this fancy little app: GPSMapCard allows you to stamp maps onto photos. Great for scouting locations for later ‘proper’ shoots.
Did I mention that I’m excited….
Soon. Soon……come on Sprint contract…end damit….