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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Shoot The Centerfold attendee Steven Ruegnitz joins the esteemed ranks of our published photographers 0

Congratulations to Steven Ruegnitz, who now joins the ranks of Shoot The Centerfold’s published photographers. His success story includes scoring a full-page ad shot in a recent, international edition of Playboy. Ruegnitz, a seminar/workshop attendee many times over, attributes his […]

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Posted on: 01-4-2014
Posted in: Photography

Here’s the top 10 list of “to-dos” to keep you on track for 2014 – Happy New Year! 0

The year is at an end and many lessons and tricks of the trade have been learned. It’s time to look forward towards the future and get that plan together that will catapult you to the stratosphere and beyond. Shoot […]

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Posted on: 12-31-2013
Posted in: Photography

This Is What Happens When You Combine The Simpsons With An Erotic Photographer (NSFW) 0

Ever wonder what happens between Homer and Marge when the cameras go off? Artist AleXsandro Palombo provides a glimpse into the naughty and glamorous life you never knew the Simpsons had with a series riffing off the photography of Helmut […]

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Posted on: 12-30-2013
Posted in: Photography

A Sigma Holiday Lens Comparison Chart Packed Full of Fun Facts About Its Lineup 0

Here’s a cool holiday chart that only us photo types will appreciate. It was put together by Sigma Jack and Sigma’s in-house ‘design wiz’ Emi Erata, and shows the entire Sigma lens lineup arranged by size and placed next to some to-scale objects so […]

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Posted on: 12-20-2013
Posted in: Photography

Tyra Banks as Cara, Karlie, Iman, and the World’s Best Supermodels 0

Here is a good example for photographers and models to see the value of a good production, wardrobe, hair & makeup. Clearly it’s a lot of work, but nobody ever said that it was easy to be a successful model […]

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Posted on: 12-20-2013
Posted in: Photography

Shoot The Centerfold Holiday Give-Away 0

It’s the holiday season and Shoot The Centerfold will be giving away EIGHT of Shoot The Centerfold’s best-selling books. Sign up to the Shoot The Centerfold newsletter between Dec 19th – 31st and you could be one of eight lucky […]

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Posted on: 12-19-2013
Posted in: Photography

ENDLESS SUMMER – The Creative Approach to Shooting a Playboy Pictorial – [NSFW] 0

Glamour photography is as subjective as fashion photography – there is no clear definition of what is right and what is not, but the picture must work when you look at it. It is as simple as that. The average […]

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Posted on: 12-17-2013
Posted in: Photography

IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Lens Release Date and Price 0

Kipon has introduced the HandeVision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85, world’s fastest lens for mirrorless cameras.  This lens is made by Kipon and the German IB/E OPTICS and the Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens first demonstrated at 2013 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan, The IBELUX 40mm f0.85 high-speed lens, the fastest lens in […]

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Posted on: 12-16-2013
Posted in: Photography

Print Is Dying: World’s 5 Poorest Papers 0

Don’t be surprised if your younger son asks you, “Dad, what’s a newspaper?” You may as well tell him, “It’s a sign of dad getting older” and that your son was born to a digital age. As much as some […]

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Posted on: 12-16-2013
Posted in: Photography