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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A Little Playmate Camera History – Gary Cole 1

Now that we’re fully into the age of digital photography with resolution sharper than the human eye, it is easy to think that photography is somehow better than it was 50 or 100 years ago. It is certainly easier, lighter, […]

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Posted on: 04-8-2015
Posted in: Photography

Join Shoot The Centerfold/Chimera for the NAB Show – April 13-16, 2015 – Las Vegas 0

There are lots of new and exciting things brewing in the photo and video business and if you like technology and future-ish stuff, then you need to come to the NAB SHOW in Las Vegas on April 13-16, 2015. This […]

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Posted on: 04-7-2015
Posted in: Photography

Did Photoflex Fall on Hard Times Because of Softbox Litigation? 0

Darkness Falls on Photoflex Photoflex, a well-known American manufacturer of photographic lighting equipment announced that it was closing its business by posting a notice on its website on March 31, 2015. Because of the timing of the announcement, some thought […]

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Posted on: 04-6-2015
Posted in: Photography

Shoot The Centerfold from an amateur photographer’s viewfinder – Peter Kos 0

Miami Beach has become my new favorite US city. The primary purpose of my visit was not business, but my hobby, namely photography. I, Peter Kos was attending Shoot The Centerfold’s (STC) workshop and I want to share a few of my thoughts regarding it. […]

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Posted on: 04-5-2015
Posted in: Photography

French MPs back ban on skinny catwalk models 0

French MPs have approved a law to ban the use of fashion models deemed to be excessively thin. Under the law, models will have to show they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) above a certain level. Modelling agents that break […]

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Posted on: 04-4-2015
Posted in: Photography

Copyrighting Your Photos – Gary Cole 0

I believe I’ve written on this subject before. However, someone raised a question again about copyright at the recent STC seminar so I thought I would give a short recap on the subject. Copyright protection exists on your images at […]

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Posted on: 04-3-2015
Posted in: Photography

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

The weather in Miami Beach averages 93º this time of the year. However, a significant temperature increase was recorded within a two-block radius from the Temple House Studios when Shoot The Centerfold’s March 2015 seminar/workshop models and photographers arrived from all corners of the world for […]

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Posted on: 03-31-2015
Posted in: Photography

LONGTIME PLAYBOY EDITOR TO HOST A ONE NIGHT WORKSHOP EVENT: CAMERA-TALK 0

Longtime Playboy Editor and godfather of Playboy casting calls Jeff Cohen is your hot ticket if you happen to be in Illinois in April. If you have been a Playboy fan or photographer and would like to get the inside […]

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Posted on: 03-19-2015
Posted in: Photography

STC Welcomes Two New Sponsors: PortBox and VertiApp 0

Shoot The Centerfold proudly announces two new sponsors for our March seminar/workshop. Verti Smart Tags and their technology helps you to solve the problem of misplacing your valuables and helps you to locate them at ease. And then there is […]

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Posted on: 03-17-2015
Posted in: Photography

The single focal length challenge – Shooting a Playboy pictorial with Zeiss OTUS 1.4/55 0

(Scroll to the end of the article for behind the scenes video.) At the end of 2013, the Apo Distagon T* 1.4/55, the first member of the new high-end SLR family of Zeiss lenses came on the market. The most […]

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Posted on: 03-16-2015
Posted in: Photography