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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LOOKING EVEN FURTHER INTO THE MIRROR – Gary Cole 0

Ok. We know we have to be able to analyze our strengths and weaknesses as a photographer. You understand you are better at some aspects of photography than others and you’ve dedicated yourself to capitalizing on your strengths and learning […]

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Posted on: 02-11-2015
Posted in: Photography

Serif Launches Rival to Photoshop 0

Adobe’s Photoshop is so giant and widespread with its users that it has become synonymous with retouching. There are several other image manipulation programs in the market today including the free Gimp but nothing has come close to knocking Adobe […]

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Posted on: 02-9-2015
Posted in: Photography

Canon EOS 5Ds or 5Ds R – Which One Is Right For You? 0

Rudy Winston (from Canon USA’s pro productions team) explains the differences between Canon’s EOS 5DS and 5DS R that will set you back $3699.00 or $3899.00 depending on a few small but important differences between the two new 50.5 Megapixel full-frame […]

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Posted on: 02-9-2015
Posted in: Photography

Get Ready for the Shoot The Centerfold March 21-22, Seminar/Workshop 0

Since maximizing your learning of photography and business is our main goal at the seminar, (in addition to having a good time of course), it is imperative to organize yourself properly to get the ultimate STC experience. As much fun […]

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Posted on: 02-9-2015
Posted in: Photography

Canon Announces the Release of New EOS 5DR and EOS 5DS 0

A little over a month ago, we speculated that Canon may be ready to announce the follow-up to their EOS MD MK III since they had been slashing prices. It appears our hunch was correct. Canon announced the release of […]

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Posted on: 02-5-2015
Posted in: Photography

Taking a Hard Look In The Mirror – Gary Cole 0

One of the most critical attributes of a successful photographer is his ability to look objectively at himself: photographic strengths and weaknesses, personality, resources, surrounding environment, level of motivation, level of patience, social media skills. I could go on but […]

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Posted on: 02-5-2015
Posted in: Photography

Gary Cole, longtime director of photography has a message for you 0

Three Rules From Gary Cole Quality – If you want to play in the big leagues, you must set very high standards for your photography. The digital age has made it relatively simple to be a reasonably competent photographer. After all, […]

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Posted on: 02-3-2015
Posted in: Uncategorized

Slow Motion Reveals How A DSLR Camera Works, At 10,000 Frames Per Second 0

I am sure that most of you wonder how exactly does the DSLR camera’s shutter works when a photograph is snapped. I am sure that you have heard and seen explanations about the topic and still not quite got the full […]

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Posted on: 02-2-2015
Posted in: Photography

The new 50MP Canon EOS 5DS full frame DSLR camera 0

This picture just leaked online seems to be the first glimpse of the body and specifications of the upcoming Canon EOS 5DS DSLR camera. It appears to be credible and the specs are impressive. 50.6MP full frame CMOS sensor There […]

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Posted on: 01-30-2015
Posted in: Photography

Jerrica Hermanson – Our Next Great Discovery 0

Jerrica Hermanson was a real crowd pleaser at last year’s seminar and was quickly scooped up by Ales Bravnicar to shoot on his set. The attendees had a great time fighting over each other to work with Jerrica. Her ultimate […]

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Posted on: 01-29-2015
Posted in: Photography