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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

STC Archives

Check out all of our past posts in the 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.

Building a Classic Playboy Studio Set [NSFW] 0

One of the things in classic Playboy-style photography, as in any studio photography, is that not only the model, her wardrobe and lighting are the focus. It’s also about the set and not just any set. When working under tight […]

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

Where are we as photographers? 0

Where are we as photographers? Are we complacent with what we produce? Have we become stagnant or are we moving forward in a positive manner? Have the “Atta boys” and “good job” comments gotten us complacent in our work? How […]

Posted on: 02-16-2015
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Jade Amber Will Knock You Out in Round Two 0

Jade Amber Williams participated in last year’s seminar. Actually, let me rephrase that: Jade Amber Williams ROCKED last year’s seminar. The All-American sensation from Indiana is as close to perfection as you can get. Several of our attendees required intensive […]

Posted on: 02-16-2015
Posted in: Photography

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 […]

Posted on: 02-11-2015
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Guts, Glory and Freedom: Behind the Scenes of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 0

Truck company RAM is making waves with their latest ad campaign featured in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Guts, Glory and Freedom is the theme and this video will give you a preview and a sneak peek at how […]

Posted on: 02-10-2015
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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 […]

Posted on: 02-9-2015
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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 […]