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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Lens Basics: Understanding Camera Lenses And What Can My Lenses Do? 1

Knowing your lenses inside out is what gives you the tools and creative freedom to accomplish your vision. Each lens has its different qualities; one let’s you zoom closer, another captures scenic landscapes, and then there is the telephoto lens […]

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Posted on: 08-25-2014
Posted in: Photography

The Moments I Didn’t See 0

Whenever I do a shoot, whether small or major, I always have a behind the scenes photographer/videographer on set for the moments I didn’t see while I’m busy setting up the lights, directing my crew and when the model gets her […]

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Posted on: 08-21-2014
Posted in: Photography

Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM for Sale in UK for $165K 0

If you have £99,000 (~$165, 000 USD) in loose change lying around and don’t know what to do with it, here’s a rare lens for your collection… “The Mother of All Telephoto Lenses”, the Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM Super-telephoto […]

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Posted on: 08-16-2014
Posted in: Photography

Polaroid Is Trying To Compete With GoPro 0

Polaroid has a new GoPro competitor called the Polaroid Cube, and you can pre-order the tiny camera today, according to Engadget. The Polaroid Cube features a 124° wide-angled lens for capturing 1080p HD video, and the water resistant and shockproof […]

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Posted on: 08-14-2014
Posted in: Photography

Learn How to Extract Still Frames From Video In Photoshop CC 0

Video recording has become increasingly popular. And so the practice of extracting still frames from the video and using them for printing, assuming that the camera resolution is sufficient. This technique is very helpful and popular amongst photographers who specialize […]

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Posted on: 08-11-2014
Posted in: Photography

NEW AND IMPROVED FORMULA 3

Want to know what I really dislike … being able to easily work out how something is lit. If I can do this. .. and it doesn’t take a genius … it really rather spoils the enjoyment of the image […]

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Posted on: 07-30-2014
Posted in: Photography

How a small restaurant in Santorini, Greece uses photography to attract its customers 0

There is a tavern on a beautiful Greek island of Santorini that uses simple snapshot photography as a very interesting marketing tool. It is called “Santorini Mou” (My Santorini) and is extremely popular with locals and tourists alike due to […]

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Posted on: 07-29-2014
Posted in: Photography

Lytro Partners With 500px 0

The Lytro camera and its sleek design has now been seen on the internet for quite a while and I am sure many of you wonder what the story of “Depth and Dimension” is all about. You can actually experience the ‘living’ […]

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Posted on: 07-23-2014
Posted in: Photography

Hasselblad releases CFV-50c CMOS back for discontinued V System 0

Hasselblad now offers you a new “Swedish solution” or a ticket “back to the future” by releasing the CFV-50c CMOS digital back for its V System cameras. The new CMOS sensor-based digital back, the CFV-50c, is engineered to work on […]

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Posted on: 07-22-2014
Posted in: Photography

Adobe Camera Raw 8.6 Release Candidate Now Available 0

Camera Raw 8.6 is now available as a release candidate on Adobe Labs for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC on Adobe Labs. An update of DNG Converter is also available on Adobe Labs. As mentioned here, updates to Camera Raw […]

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Posted on: 07-18-2014
Posted in: Photography