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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And The Winner to be Published in Playboy is … 0

Congratulations to Michael Sheller for winning Best Photo of Shoot The Centerfold’s March 2015 Miami Seminar that will be published as a full-page advertisement in Playboy magazine. We advertised before the last seminar that one lucky attendee would have one […]

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Posted on: 06-26-2015
Posted in: Photography

Caroline ‘Tula’ Cossey, Who Became Playboy’s First Transgender Model, Looks Back 0

Caroline “Tula” Cossey, who became the world’s first transgender model to pose for Playboy magazine in 1991, opens up in her first media interview in two decades for the publication. In the 1970s, the British-born Cossey appeared in issues of […]

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Posted on: 06-24-2015
Posted in: Photography

THE FINE ART NUDES OF RASMUS MOGENSEN [NSFW] 1

Rasmus Mogensen wanted to become a photographer from age 8 and began his career working as a photo assistant in Copenhagen and New York. He had his first independent photo exhibition at age 17 at Gallery Photografica in Copenhagen. His […]

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Posted on: 06-23-2015
Posted in: Photography

SEXY VERSUS PRETTY VERSUS PHOTOGENIC – GARY COLE 0

I’ve been amazed at how many times over the years people, yes, even photographers, have asked me what we at Playboy looked for in a model. “What do you look for in a Playmate?” The answer seemed so obvious to […]

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Posted on: 06-22-2015
Posted in: Photography

The 2015 Release of Adobe Creative Cloud Is Here 1

Since Adobe launched Creative Cloud in the spring of 2012, their vision has been to give creative professionals everything they need for their modern, connected creative process. The 2015 release of Creative Cloud delivers on that vision of a creative platform that […]

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Posted on: 06-17-2015
Posted in: Photography

Your Willingness To Take On A Challenge – Gary Cole 0

If you hope to progress as a photographer, you must sometimes be willing to take on a challenge, something beyond the ordinary, something that forces you to stretch your skills—production skills, people skills, photography skills. It’s very easy to fall […]

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Posted on: 06-16-2015
Posted in: Photography

Playboy Publishes a Whopping 6-Page Layout About STC Miami Seminar! 0

Playboy International publishes a whopping 6-page pictorial and a story about our March 2015 seminar which was held in Miami Beach Florida, at the famous Temple House Studios. There’s nothing like good times, memories and an unforgettable weekend filled with […]

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Posted on: 06-12-2015
Posted in: Photography

KENDALL JENNER’S FIRST CAMPAIGN FOR ESTEE LAUDER IS THE PERFECT BALANCE OF DIGITAL MEDIA 1

Are you looking to learn what clients want in today’s digital publishing market? Kendall Jenner’s Estee Lauder ad campaign is a great example of the perfect balance between still imagery and video. The reason why I am writing about this […]

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Posted on: 06-11-2015
Posted in: Photography

The Sony Alpha a7RII has 42.4MP on 4K-capable full frame BSI CMOS sensor 0

Sony today introduced their new flagship full-frame mirrorless camera, the a7R II. The new a7R II interchangeable lens camera features the world’s first back-illuminated full-frame Exmor R CMOS sensor, which realizes high resolution (42.4 MP approx. effective megapixels), high sensitivity (expandable […]

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Posted on: 06-10-2015
Posted in: Photography

Paper and Cyrus Join Forces to Create Big Buzz [NSFW] 1

Miley Cyrus is back in the limelight once again. The young pop star seems to live in the eye of a hurricane of controversy. You may or may not be a fan of her music but her talent for attracting […]

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Posted on: 06-10-2015
Posted in: Photography