by westalex | Oct 11, 2016 | Fine Art, Photography, Portfolio, Portraits, Professional Imaging
Fog is one of photography’s best friends One of my favorite special effects to add to my photos is fog. It creates depth and atmosphere within an area and once you play around with your lights you can almost magically make a bland scene into the realm of cinema...
by westalex | Oct 11, 2016 | Fine Art, Photography, Portfolio, Portraits, Professional Imaging
Mobile Triangle Snoot A brand new technique that I recently learned was MTS, short for Mobile Triangle Snoot. This technique is achieved by taking pictures with an external light source, such as a speed light, and then wrapping a light flashbender around the end of...
by westalex | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Creative, Fine Art, Photography, Portfolio, Portraits, Professional Imaging
Are you watching closely? The Pledge As a lover of film and avid fan of Christopher Nolan, I wanted to recreate the movie poster for one of my favorite films; The Prestige. It was fun to figure out how to match lighting, composition, compositing, and typography as...
by westalex | Oct 1, 2016 | Blog, Fine Art, Photography, Professional Imaging
Create a black background wherever you are. C3-PO loves his black background. Now I told him that I could take a great portrait of him with a black background and while at first he didn’t believe me. So how did I achieve this you may ask? That would be the power...
by westalex | Oct 1, 2016 | Fine Art, Photography, Portfolio, Professional Imaging
How to turn any ordinary spot into an extraordinary shot! There are several ways to make any boring subject interesting. We often add a different spin on it or approach it from a new angle. This principle is the exact same with photography! I will show some examples...
