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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THE LANGUAGE OF BODY AND FACE – Gary Cole 1

Jarmo posted a wonderful photo yesterday of a partially revealed girl leaning against a wall and wistfully looking at the camera. I have probably viewed tens of thousands of photographs of women in my career at Playboy. And I continue to look […]

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Posted on: 08-12-2015
Posted in: Photography

Canon Created A Hilarious Ad Campaign To Inspire You To Print Again 2

Canon gets their mojo back with their funny Pixma printer ad campaigns, launched this spring. As in the earlier ads (which you can watch below), folks who fail to make hard copies of photos, documents, tickets and such learn some […]

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Posted on: 08-10-2015
Posted in: Photography

Style And Simplicity by Photographer Pierre dal Corso [NSFW] 0

Style is something us glamour and even fashion photographers sometimes forget and its importance. Well styles images can live forever, well almost and some do. Our own Byron Newman is a good example for just that. Here are some backdated images […]

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Posted on: 08-7-2015
Posted in: Photography

Nikon Announces a Super-Tele Zoom, Fast Prime, and Adds VR to the 24-70mm f/2.8 0

NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR Nikon’s newest additions to their line of professional FX-format lenses are sure to please a variety of photographers as all three lenses have very different applications. Nikon’s AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR is an update […]

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Posted on: 08-5-2015
Posted in: Photography

10 Amazing Photos From National Geographic’s 2015 Traveler Photo Contest 0

Shoot The Centerfold knows all about traveling but not to compete with National Geographic. Hopefully the images below will inspire you to explore your options and perhaps even find some local ladies to photograph during your journeys. The National Geographic […]

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Posted on: 08-4-2015
Posted in: Photography

STC in Santorini is Sold Out! 0

We would like to thank all of you for making our Oct 03-13, 2015 Santorini seminar sell out so quickly. We would also like to thank all our sponsors for their generous support and for always making sure that we […]

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Posted on: 08-3-2015
Posted in: Photography

Watch How “Immersed” Cover Was Created Without Photoshop 0

Not quite centerfold material, but a very interesting behind the scenes video of the book cover shoot for “Immersed” by Philip Preston. The video has been making rounds on several blogs as if it was a miracle. Not quite, but we […]

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Posted on: 08-3-2015
Posted in: Photography

AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE – Byron Newman 0

In a recent blog Gary Cole wrote the following: On outdoor situations, let’s say at the beach, we have the light of the sun with which to work. However, unless you get up very early or wait until the waning […]

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Posted on: 07-31-2015
Posted in: Photography

Marilyn Monroe’s Never-Before-Seen Nude Calendar Photos Surface After Six Decades 0

They can be viewed this summer in a traveling exhibition across the U.S. courtesy of Limited Runs. If you are a Marilyn Monroe fan, you’re in luck! Today, the name and image of Marilyn Monroe is synonymous with Hollywood glamour, […]

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Posted on: 07-30-2015
Posted in: Photography

A Small Fish in the Big Pond 3

I remember when I got my very first camera. It feels like it was just yesterday. It was some 30 years ago maybe but, like I said, it feels like it was just yesterday. It was a beautiful day and […]

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Posted on: 07-29-2015
Posted in: Photography