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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Playboy CEO: There’s too much interest in porn 0

Playboy practically invented the American porn industry. But last month, the iconic magazine dropped a bombshell. Beginning with the March issue, Playboy is dropping full nudity from its magazine. Playboy Enterprises CEO Scott Flanders told that the decision was made partly because […]

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Posted on: 11-10-2015
Posted in: Photography

Modigliani’s ‘Reclining Nude’ sells for $170 million at Christie’s 0

“Reclining Nude,” the century-old painting by Amedeo Modigliani, sold for $170,405,000 at a Christie’s auction on Monday. There were five bidders for the work and the auction lasted nine minutes. This is the second-highest price for a painting sold at […]

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Posted on: 11-10-2015
Posted in: Photography

L Rama Chandran Success Story with Michaela Schafer  – A Long Journey from India 0

It has been a long journey from India and it’s been a struggle with my passion. Our religion and beliefs are somewhat different from that of the Western World. Our cultural teachings are as far from the Kamasutra as the […]

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Posted on: 11-9-2015
Posted in: Photography

We would like to thank you for the perfect Santorini seminar! 0

Santorini, where fantasy-like sunsets and breathtaking scenarios will cause life-long pleasurable memories, was the playground for Shoot The Centerfold’s Oct 03-13, 2015 seminar/workshop of a lifetime. And why do we call it, “the seminar of a lifetime”? To put it […]

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Posted on: 11-6-2015
Posted in: Photography

The Weather and Light in Santorini Was Perfect. Thanks To Our Sponsors. 0

Don’t miss the deals on the bottom ↓ Since we have returned from our Santorini workshop, we have received many questions from curious people asking, “Why on earth would you take all that lighting equipment to Santorini where you have […]

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Posted on: 11-5-2015
Posted in: Photography

Your Business and Your Website – Pt: 2 – Gary Cole 0

Continue to: Part One. The first thing I advised Kevin to do was remove his less effective, less impactful images. And I provided him with a second set of eyes (mine) to help him with the job. It is so […]

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Posted on: 11-4-2015
Posted in: Photography

Do a Little Dance, Make a Little Love With Sunbounce’s Campaign Featuring Irina Kazakova 0

It’s widely known in the professional photography business that Sunbounce is the industry standard when it comes to light reflectors. HBI (Hasselblad Bron Imaging, the US Distributor of Sunbounce) recently asked me to demonstrate how I utilize their reflectors in my workflow. I […]

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Posted on: 11-3-2015
Posted in: Photography

Your Business and Your Website – Pt:1 – Gary Cole 0

If you are something more than a girl photographer hobbyist, if you are traveling the difficult road of attempting to make a living (or at least a part-time living) by being a photographer, you need to constantly examine your website, […]

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Posted on: 11-2-2015
Posted in: Photography

Double Visionaries 0

Once regarded as too commercial to be art, fashion photography is now a creative investment. The status of the fashion photographer is changing. Where once their worth was measured by the campaigns they booked, the rise of the fashion-print sale […]

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Posted on: 10-30-2015
Posted in: Photography

Relax About Ridiculously Good-Looking People Refusing Photoshop 0

“Photoshop” has become synonymous with unrealistic body image, almost a metonym for the lack of body diversity in magazines and on billboards. Crucial parts of the female anatomy are cropped away using Photoshop, and we point our pitchforks, gasping, “This! […]

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Posted on: 10-29-2015
Posted in: Photography