STC January 27th-29th Miami Seminar Workshop

Thank you STC Santorini 2023

We wish to thank the attendee photographers who joined our STC Santorini 2023 seminar by keeping the seminar publishing alive as a steadfast guide for those who believe that nothing is impossible.

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STC January 27th-29th Miami Seminar Workshop

Master your poses with STC posing guides

Master photographers at the Shoot The Centerfold have developed these guide books based on the very same poses they have used and developed over years of experience and meticulous fine-tuning.

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Master your lighting

Master your lighting

Many aspiring photographers set out with the Machiavellian mantra “Pity the student who does not surpass his master.” Plastered on billboards, printed in magazines, and hanging in galleries all over the world are beautiful images.

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STC Archive

Shoot The Centerfold Individual Digital Lighting Books

Now you can purchase individual lighting scenarios from Shoot The Centerfold's series of Lighting Diagram Books. STC has made obtaining your lighting diagrams as easy and wallet-friendly as possible.

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WPPI NYC OCT 26 - 28

The Ultimate Ring of Light – The RingMAXX

Shoot The Centerfold and Chimera, the premiere innovator of light modifiers, is introducing a new 48” ring light.Inspired by international master of lighting Jarmo Pohjaniemi.

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Watch Our Intro's

Watch Our Teasers

When you are searching for information, sometimes it seems you must look through masses of documents just to get to the ‘heart’ of the story

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STC Archive

STC Archives

Check out all of our past posts in the archive!

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STC Archive

Start your photography career here

Shoot The Centerfold is excited to announce One-on-One sessions are now available between our seminar/workshops while you wait for the next STC seminar/workshop to come around.

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Interview with Gary Cole – The past, present and future of photography 0

When you think of the photography in Playboy Magazine, it’s very likely that the last thing to cross your mind would be a very dapper and stylish gentleman who’s not only shaped the face (and centerfolds) of the best-selling men’s […]

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Posted on: 08-11-2012
Posted in: Photography

International Posing Fever 0

Statistics and track records say that fashion and style come from the runways of Milan (Italy) and Paris (France). Could this be true? Depends who you ask and what we choose to recognize as fashion and style. STC Posing Guides […]

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Posted on: 08-10-2012
Posted in: Photography

Croatian top model poses in cover of Playboy after STC’s Africa trip 0

“It was an offer I couldn’t refuse,” joked Lana Petanic (one of Croatia’s most successful models), when asked about her recent trip to Africa with the Shoot The Centerfold team consisting of STC photographers Jarmo Pohjaniemi and Ales Bravnicar; and […]

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Posted on: 08-9-2012
Posted in: Photography

How China Changed the American Lighting Industry 0

How China Changed the American Lighting Industry by Jaron Schneider Brand recognition is a powerful motivator for consumers, as we tend to gravitate toward brands we trust. This phenomenon is evident even in the simplest of purchasing decisions, such as […]

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Posted on: 08-9-2012
Posted in: Photography

Africa feature pictorial coming up in Playboy August 10th. 1

As you all know, there was this amazing Shoot The Centerfold African adventure a little while ago and everybody keeps asking what on earth we did there. The time has finally come to reveal the first great photoshoot of our […]

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Posted on: 08-5-2012
Posted in: Photography

Fear and clothing in the UK 0

Byron Newman rant One of the pitfalls of shooting almost exclusively on location is sometimes one finds oneself in a tiny bathroom with not enough room to swing a cat. This was such a case. Luckily, the bathroom led out […]

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Posted on: 08-4-2012
Posted in: Photography

Check out our Aug. 2012 eNewsletter 0

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Posted on: 08-1-2012
Posted in: Photography

Shoot The Centerfold chooses Playboy model Brenda Dubbs for its Oct. 13-14, 2012 seminar / workshop 1

As per your request to add voluptuous models to our Shoot The Centerfold seminar offering has been heard. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome Playboy model Brenda Dubbs of Ft. Lauderdale as one of the models for our Oct. 13-14, 2012 […]

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Posted on: 07-31-2012
Posted in: Photography

Creating a perfectly balanced pose 0

The perfect pose is a combination of body elements and balance. As seen in this image (at right) shot during STC’s recent trip to Africa, the key factors of this pose include: • Shoulders    (L & R shoulders are offset) […]

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Posted on: 07-29-2012
Posted in: Photography

Shoot The Centerfold Digital Posing Guides Now Available Worldwide 0

When STC first announced our successful digital posing guides, we received plenty of emails from around the globe expressed concerns that our posing guide was only available in the US iTunes store. To remedy the issue, the new territories and […]

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Posted on: 07-24-2012
Posted in: Photography