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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Amazon Technologies Granted a Patent in Lighting Techniques 20

  Shoot The Centerfold attendee photographer Dana Manner informed us of his discovery of an interesting patent filing for a popular lighting technique known to world of photography. Amazon Technologies seems to have stumbled on to something new and unknown. […]

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Posted on: 05-2-2014
Posted in: Photography

Sony Announces the a77II 24.3MP APS-C DSLR 0

Sony just announced the new Sony a77II which has the world’s fastest continuous shooting speed in its class — up to 12 frames per second at full resolution. Equipped with a 79-point AF sensor and advanced auto focus tracking technology, you […]

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Posted on: 05-1-2014
Posted in: Photography

Canon Achieves A World First As Production Of EF Interchangeable Lenses Surpasses 100 Million Mark 0

  2014 marks the production of Canon’s 100 millionth EF Lens! Since the first EF lens was introduced in 1987, Canon EF lenses have played an integral role in the world of photography. In fashion, sports and broadcast news, on […]

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Posted on: 04-30-2014
Posted in: Photography

ALIEN SKIN SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES EXPOSURE 6 0

  Alien Skin’s Exposure is proven to be one of the best film simulation tools available on the market. Exposure offers you endless image enhancing options and believable effects from popular film stock looks and beyond. This morning, Alien Skin announced […]

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Posted on: 04-29-2014
Posted in: Photography

Ten Proven Strategies for Success in the Photography Business, pt. 2 0

  Ten Proven Strategies for Failure Success in the Photography Business, pt. 2 It appears we created a bit of controversy from last week’s post. We listed ten strategies for failure in the photography business and it came as quite […]

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Posted on: 04-28-2014
Posted in: Photography

New Leica T-System borrows from Audi and Apple 0

The traditionalist camera maker moves into the modern world of photography with a bold new design Leica is best known for being a traditionalist camera company. It took years for it to release a digital version of its revered M […]

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Posted on: 04-24-2014
Posted in: Photography

Ten Proven Strategies for Failure in the Photography Business Pt: 1 1

  Over and over again we are approached by photographers who are in a stage of their career that they consider a failure. We speak to each and every one of them and we have found some common behaviors. If […]

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Posted on: 04-24-2014
Posted in: Photography

Pentax Releases First 645z Sample Images 0

Pentax Japan has just released a product page for the all new medium format 645z and image samples with a full overview and specifications. The sample images include samples that have been shot using a variety of lenses. The 55mm, 90mm, […]

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Posted on: 04-20-2014
Posted in: Photography

How to Light the Female Form, pt. 1: Breasts 0

Disclaimer: This article is based on facts and my learnings during my career as a photographer. My seemingly endless search for that perfect figure and Playboy look led to conducting countless castings all over the US and foreign countries for a […]

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Posted on: 04-18-2014
Posted in: Photography

The Pentax 645Z is Here, Featuring 4K, a 51.4 MP & 3 FPS Shooting 4

It’s here. The Pentax 645Z Medium Format camera has arrived just as the rumor sites said it would. There was no shortage of discussion at NAB what this beast would do to some lower-budget cameras with 4K video capabilities because it packs a whopping […]

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Posted on: 04-16-2014
Posted in: Photography