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 0
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 0
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 0
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! 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
(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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A Little Taste of Hefner, the Editor: the Memo to Gary Cole 8
This installment of the blog really has nothing to do with photography directly. Rather, it is a tiny insight into the man who created and edited every aspect of Playboy Magazine from December, 1953 until a couple of years ago […]
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Excitement Is In The Air! Inside Look And Tips At Our Seminar Finally Upon Us 0
Sometimes it’s good to take a peek at what’s happening at the Shoot The Centerfold seminars. This way you can find out what you can expect and start getting prepared. The clips are from a past STC seminar. We have […]
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