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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In Defense of Peter Lik 2

According to claims made by sources, no one loves Peter Lik as much as Peter Lik. In an interview with The New York Times he described himself as “the world’s most famous photographer, most sought-after photographer, most awarded photographer.” Someone […]

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Posted on: 02-27-2015
Posted in: Photography

Femme Fatale Natalie Golba Joins the STC Miami Seminar 0

Natalie Golba is reminiscent of iconic sex symbols of the Golden Age, the likes of Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren or Ursula Andres. To exude such class and sexuality all at once is an extremely rare feature nowadays. Natalie’s career is […]

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Posted on: 02-26-2015
Posted in: Photography

I Want To Be a Celebrity Photographer 0

Wouldn’t we all like the opportunity to shoot celebrities? And probably most of us would be happy to shoot celebrities as the mainstay of our photography business. However, let’s face the facts. Unless you live and work in LA or […]

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Posted on: 02-24-2015
Posted in: Photography

Save Big With Academic Pricing – 5 STC EDU Tickets now available! 0

Since STC is a photography learning business after all, we have not forgotten about the students who are participating in goverment approved educational facilities. We have set aside 5 spots for qualifying lucky individuals who can now purchase the March […]

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Posted on: 02-24-2015
Posted in: Photography

7 Things All Photographers Can Learn from Peter Lik 1

People either love him or hate him. It’s inevitable that whenever I meet someone new and tell them I’m a photographer, they’ll ask, “Do you know of Peter Lik?” I will wince a little and then smile replying, “Well, of […]

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Posted on: 02-23-2015
Posted in: Photography

How Integrity and Trust Can Affect Your Career – Gary Cole 0

We discussed the importance of using your personality in a positive fashion both on and off the set in last week’s blog. Today, let’s spend a few minutes on integrity and trust. In my forty years of assigning and dealing […]

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Posted on: 02-21-2015
Posted in: Photography

Victoria’s Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel almost naked for Maxim 0

She seems fearless on the catwalk and sexy on photo shoots but Victoria’s Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel confesses it’s taken a lot of nerve to be comfortable in her own skin. The blonde, blue-eyed model from South Africa tells Maxim magazine […]

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Posted on: 02-21-2015
Posted in: Photography

Great Feature in German Photo Presse Magazine 0

Nothing like a little shameless self promotion. Photo Presse, the leading German photography magazine, just published an 8-page layout about yours truly, exhibiting some of my work. They even threw in the cover for good measure (with model Tina Brady). That’s […]

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Posted on: 02-19-2015
Posted in: Photography

Discover the Hottest New Lighting Products at WPPI 2015 – Las Vegas 0

Another WPPI show in Las Vegas is just around the corner. Wedding, portrait and general photographers will be united in their searches of new horizons and future possibilities. The Canon booth will be mayhem with anxious wishful gearheads that want […]

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Posted on: 02-18-2015
Posted in: Photography

Personality On Set – Gary Cole 0

While you can allow yourself to be laid back in some situations, being the photographer on set is not one of them. Dwight Hooker, bless his recently departed dear soul, once told me “When I am on set, I am […]

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Posted on: 02-17-2015
Posted in: Photography