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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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

Read More

STC Archive

STC Archives

Check out all of our past posts in the archive!

Read More

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.

Read More

Canon Unveils EOS 80D, New PowerShot Compacts 0

Canon wasn’t first in the SLR video race, but many filmmakers embraced the EOS 5D Mark II and 7D for professional work. But autofocus during video recording, a big want for consumers and those working on projects without a focus puller […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-18-2016
Posted in: Photography

Infographic: How to Become a Professional Photographer 0

The path to becoming a professional photographer is often misjudged and misunderstood. There is plenty of advice and myths about what’s the right path. The successful veterans will tell you slightly different stories on how they made it but they […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-18-2016
Posted in: Photography

Sports Illustrated Just Made History By Putting A Plus-Size Model On Its Cover 0

Lots of interesting things are happening in the publishing industry. Playboy goes non-nude, Vogue does nudes, Sports Illustrated shifts gears, makes history and the next STC seminar is set to be on April 02-02, 2016. All the history-making and downright exciting […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-15-2016
Posted in: Photography

Which Canon DSLR Camera Should You Buy and Why? 0

If you ask anyone who the top camera manufacturers are today, I can guarantee Canon will be near or at the top of the list. The company’s products weren’t always top-of-the-line, but over the past decades Canon has built an […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-14-2016
Posted in: Photography

Happy Valentine’s Day 0

Show Your Photography Some Love We know how hard it is to capture that perfect moment and create loving memories that last a lifetime when celebrating Valentine’s Day. So, instead of shooting without loving guidance and possibly missing the picture-perfect […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-14-2016
Posted in: Photography

Helmut Newton’s SUMO by Taschen: The Biggest and Most Expensive Book Of The 20th Century 0

Meet the biggest and most expensive book produced in the 20th century. Helmut Newton’s SUMO by Taschen, which cost $15,000 and sold out immediately, had a limited edition of 10,000 copies worldwide, each signed and numbered by Newton. SUMO also […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-13-2016
Posted in: Photography

Sequel to popular Sony camera is no mere refresh 0

While Sony’s high-end A7 II, A7R II, and A7S II are the cameras that photography geeks love to talk about, something amazing happened in 2015: the two-year-old A6000 started picking up some serious steam. Because of its age, stores began […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-13-2016
Posted in: Photography

Get Ready for the Shoot The Centerfold April 02-03, 2016 Seminar/Workshop 1

Welcome to STC April 2 – 3, 2016 Seminar Preparations Since maximizing your learning of photography and business are our main goals at the seminar (in addition to having a good time of course), it is imperative to organize yourself […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-11-2016
Posted in: Photography

Are You a “One Trick Pony?” 0

Finding success through distress should never be your sole method of reaching your goals but it was part of my experience which also taught me a valuable lesson on how to deal with some of the most stressful situations in […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-11-2016
Posted in: Photography

Hugh Hefner’s Youngest Son Says Playboy is Going to Hell 0

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s 24-year-old son believes it was a big mistake for the iconic men’s magazine to stop publishing photos of naked women — ditto for putting the famed Playboy Mansion on the market. Cooper Hefner — who never […]

Read More »
Posted on: 02-10-2016
Posted in: Photography