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Archive for the ‘Pin-Up’ Category

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FREE! Webinar – Pinned up by Mike Long

January 5, 2010

Brought to you by the awesome Photography School House – I’m presenting a FREE webinar on pin-up photography on Feb 15th.

Details here…

Pinned-Up, with Mike Long / Portland Pin-Ups
Join Mike Long as he walks you through his pin-up process from lighting, posing to post production and finishing touches of his unique portraits.

Shooting – Mike will show lighting diagrams and discuss his set up.

Posing – a brief talk about how to relax your clients and how to get the best from them during the session.

Post-production – using a mix of actions and old fashioned hand retouching, Mike will show how he creates his unique artworks.

During the Webinar and for two weeks after, members can buy Pindora’s Box – a set of tools to help pin-up photographers create stunning artworks – for the very special price of $239 (retail price is $329).  A pin-up pose guide will also be available during the same time frame, for $69 (retail $99).

Feb 15, 2010 6 PM  Pacific Time
Registration is limited to Photography Schoolhouse members only
Not a member yet? Join here – it’s FREE too

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Sandy Puc’ Animoto ad – final image

January 4, 2010

Regular readers will know that I recently flew to Denver to shoot Sandy Puc’. I’ve already shown you the tour images we created, but I also shot her for an ad campaign for Animoto…and here is the final image! It’s been ready for a while, but we’ve been waiting for Animoto to release the first ad, which they have now done. This image will spearhead their January campaign, and also star at tradeshows coming up. All the kids were shot on their own, and I then spent 15 hours solid retouching it all together to make the deadline!

I used my Pindora’s Box retouching bundle during the retouching.

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Tags: Animoto, Sandy Puc, World's Best Pin up photographer
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On the road again…

December 14, 2009

So, after proclaiming that my traveling for 2009 was now finished…here I am sitting at Portland airport having breakfast (the Denver scramble of course!) waiting for my flight!

I’m off to Denver again for another shoot with Sam Puc’. This one is for her 2011 tour promo. Yes, it’s a bit early to be promoting a tour a year away, but Sam is taking a guest speaker on the road in ‘11, and they are keen to get the buzz started early! No more details yet – all will be revealed in good time! (and no, the guest speaker isn’t me!!)

Tags: awesome pinup, Photography, Retouching, Sandy Puc, World's Best Pin up photographer
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Sandy Puc 2010 Tour Promotion shoot – the final images

December 8, 2009

Here are the final 11 images that Sandy Puc and her team will be using to promote her 2010 tour! This was a great project to work on as it not only involved shooting and post-production, but also working with a large team of amazing professionals. I can’t wait to see these images on the final products. For those of you in Portland, she hits town on February 22nd..book your tickets now!

The post-production on these images used a mix of Pindora’s Box (From Mama Shan and myself!) and Design House From the great Andy Armstrong.

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Pin-Up – how much Photoshop?

November 30, 2009

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!

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Sandy Puc shoot – sneak peak!

November 28, 2009

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!

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Photographing Sandy Puc – ad campaign for animoto

November 24, 2009

Hey folks – I’m writing from Denver, Colorado where I’m going to be shooting the awesome Sandy Puc for an ad campaign for animoto! The shoot is going to be pinup-ish, but with some twists to suit Sandy’s style!

Sandy and her crew are awesome fun, and I’m having a great time…this really is the best job in the World! We’ll be shooting the animoto shot today in her studio, and then we’re going to do some more portraits of her and her crew in a different style….no secrets revealed yet, but it’s going to be fuun!

While Sandy may not be known to the general public, any photographer worth their salt knows who she is – she tours the World teaching her great brand of marketing and shooting, and she is also the brains behind Nilmdts. To be asked to shoot her is an honor, terrifying, and amazing all at the same time!

For those photographers who read my blog – keep watching your copy of Rangefinder…when you get January’s issue..the animoto ad in there is my image!!

More soon….

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Tags: Denver, pin-ups, Retouching, Sandy Puc, World's Best Pin up photographer
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Soda Fountain Kourteney

November 16, 2009

Another shot from the NoBS Inferno in Nashville. After explaining my lighting set-up, and some basic ideas about pin-up posing, I relaxed Kourteney with some easy shots using a phone, then we went into a soda fountain theme. This shot, as with about 90% of all my shots, was taken against a plain white background. This was then processed using my new Pindora actions and taken into the Pindora Virtual Room. I added stock shots to complete the image.

If you want to learn more about what I do, and how I do it…and are in either the Saskatoon area or Greater Toronto area, then sign up for my No Limits: North January workshops!

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Tags: classic photography, Photography, photoshop, pin-ups, Retouching
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Announcing two workshops in the great white North!

November 15, 2009

No Limits: North (The Canadian Invasion)

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)

Click here to register

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)

Click here to register

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.

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This two-day, intensive photography and photoshop workshop will feature:

  • Live Model Shoots (both days)
  • Posing Instruction
  • Lighting Instruction
  • How to Promote Fashion/Glamour/Boudoir Work
  • How to Create that “Pin-up” look and feel.
  • Hands-on Coaching, and
  • Unbelievably intensive Photoshop Demonstration and Training

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

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

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.

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Tags: Canada, photoshop, workshop
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Nashville Workshop…first image

November 13, 2009

Here is the first image that I’ve retouched from my recent trip to Nashville to teach an international group of photographers. This is Kourteney, and she’d never done pin-up before! She was great fun, and good sport and everyone loved her. She stayed for the rest of the day, and agreed to model for us later on when we had our ’shoot-out’ in the evening!

More to come from both Kourteney and our star model too!

I had a great time in Nashville, and teaching photographers is going to form a large part of my future plans for Portland Pin-Ups…especially combined with Pindora’s Box, which photographers can use to make their pin-ups look awesome too. I’m in the final stages of planning my first 2010 workshops, and am planning on heading out of Portland again. First destinations will be released soon. If you want to host me in your city, get in touch!

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