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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Brooklyn Photographer Makes $15,000 in a Single Day Selling Prints on Instagram 0

Daniel Arnold had $90.03 in his bank account on Thursday when he had a clever idea: Why not sell some photos on Instagram? Arnold, a Brooklyn-based photographer, enjoys a bit of fame on the network: He was lauded by Gawker […]

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Posted on: 03-9-2014
Posted in: Photography

It’s Amazing How Much The ‘Perfect Body’ Has Changed In 100 Years 1

A woman with a “perfect body” in 1930 would barely get a second look from Hollywood producers or model casting agents today. Addiction and eating disorder recovery site Rehabs.com worked with digital marketing agency Fractl on a project looking at the origins of Body […]

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Posted on: 03-8-2014
Posted in: Photography

Getty makes 35 million photos free to use 0

Getty Images, the world’s largest photo agency, has made vast swathes of its library free to use, in an effort to combat piracy. Millions of images – including famous shots of Marilyn Monroe and Barack Obama – will now be available […]

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Posted on: 03-7-2014
Posted in: Photography

WPPI 04 Experience 0

We just wrapped up one more successful WPPI show in Las Vegas. For the uninitiated, WPPI is a wedding and portrait photographer show. But it was clearly evident that the attendees’ curiosity extended beyond portraits and lovable wedding shots. According […]

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Posted on: 03-7-2014
Posted in: Photography

DxOMark Confirms the Red Epic Dragon Sensor Outperforms the Nikon D800E 0

Red has been teasing the photography and videography world for along while before the release of their new Epic camera sporting the Dragon sensor. Right from the beginning there was word that this new sensor would be revolutionary in terms […]

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Posted on: 03-4-2014
Posted in: Photography

“Liz Ashley Celebrates with Playboy Venezuela” 1

They say that some of the most beautiful ladies come from Venezuela. In the past six years, three have been Miss Universe. STC attendee photographer Dr Dan has challenged the rule and put a spin to an old tradition by introducing model […]

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Posted on: 03-3-2014
Posted in: Photography

Kate Moss Poses Nude for Lui Magazine [NSFW] 2

She celebrated her 40th birthday last year by stripping off for the cover of Playboy magazine. And now Kate Moss has done it again in a racy shoot for French men’s magazine Lui, shot by renowned photographer Terry Richardson. Starring […]

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Posted on: 03-1-2014
Posted in: Photography

Orlando Sentinel Tells Photographers Their Jobs are Gone, Will Need to Reapply for New ‘Videocentric’ Positions 0

Earlier this week, the photography staff of the Orlando Sentinel in Florida was pulled into a meeting in which they were told that their current jobs are disappearing, and they will need to apply to new more ‘videocentric’ positions by […]

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Posted on: 02-28-2014
Posted in: Photography

A NOTE FROM TOM STAEBLER 0

I’m looking forward to meeting with many of you at the upcoming STC seminar on March 22-23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. As some of you may already know, I was the long-time Art Director of Playboy Magazine until stepping down a few years back and […]

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Posted on: 02-25-2014
Posted in: Photography

Nikon announces D4S flagship DSLR: ISO 409600, 11fps 0

The Nikon D4S has been teased, displayed in a plastic case and now, it’s official — and we even got to play with it. There’s a substantial list of what hasn’t changed (the same 16.2-megapixel image size, to begin with), […]

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Posted on: 02-25-2014
Posted in: Photography