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A Little Playmate Camera History – Gary Cole
Now that we’re fully into the age of digital photography with resolution sharper than the human eye, it is easy to think that photography is somehow better than it was 50 or 100 years ago. It is certainly easier, lighter, […]
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Join Shoot The Centerfold/Chimera for the NAB Show – April 13-16, 2015 – Las Vegas
There are lots of new and exciting things brewing in the photo and video business and if you like technology and future-ish stuff, then you need to come to the NAB SHOW in Las Vegas on April 13-16, 2015. This […]
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Did Photoflex Fall on Hard Times Because of Softbox Litigation?
Darkness Falls on Photoflex Photoflex, a well-known American manufacturer of photographic lighting equipment announced that it was closing its business by posting a notice on its website on March 31, 2015. Because of the timing of the announcement, some thought […]
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Shoot The Centerfold from an amateur photographer’s viewfinder – Peter Kos
Miami Beach has become my new favorite US city. The primary purpose of my visit was not business, but my hobby, namely photography. I, Peter Kos was attending Shoot The Centerfold’s (STC) workshop and I want to share a few of my thoughts regarding it. […]
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French MPs back ban on skinny catwalk models
French MPs have approved a law to ban the use of fashion models deemed to be excessively thin. Under the law, models will have to show they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) above a certain level. Modelling agents that break […]
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Copyrighting Your Photos – Gary Cole
I believe I’ve written on this subject before. However, someone raised a question again about copyright at the recent STC seminar so I thought I would give a short recap on the subject. Copyright protection exists on your images at […]
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We would like to thank you for the perfect Miami seminar!
The weather in Miami Beach averages 93º this time of the year. However, a significant temperature increase was recorded within a two-block radius from the Temple House Studios when Shoot The Centerfold’s March 2015 seminar/workshop models and photographers arrived from all corners of the world for […]
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LONGTIME PLAYBOY EDITOR TO HOST A ONE NIGHT WORKSHOP EVENT: CAMERA-TALK
Longtime Playboy Editor and godfather of Playboy casting calls Jeff Cohen is your hot ticket if you happen to be in Illinois in April. If you have been a Playboy fan or photographer and would like to get the inside […]
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STC Welcomes Two New Sponsors: PortBox and VertiApp
Shoot The Centerfold proudly announces two new sponsors for our March seminar/workshop. Verti Smart Tags and their technology helps you to solve the problem of misplacing your valuables and helps you to locate them at ease. And then there is […]
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The single focal length challenge – Shooting a Playboy pictorial with Zeiss OTUS 1.4/55
(Scroll to the end of the article for behind the scenes video.) At the end of 2013, the Apo Distagon T* 1.4/55, the first member of the new high-end SLR family of Zeiss lenses came on the market. The most […]
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