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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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 Archives

Check out all of our past posts in the archive!

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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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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Steve Jobs’ Last Portrait Sitting 0

Check out the Behind the Scenes making of what turned out to be the last professional portrait sitting of Steve Jobs. Professional portrait photographer Marco Grob brought his crew to the Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California on April 2010. The […]

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Posted on: 08-4-2013
Posted in: Photography

What Makes a Good Photo? 0

What does photography and Carnegie Hall have in common? There’s a lot of practice involved if you ever want to make it big. Yes, the joke’s a bit of a stretch, but there are certain fundamentals any photographer must master […]

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Posted on: 08-3-2013
Posted in: Photography

Getting Hired: What Sports Illustrated Looks For In Photographers 0

As part of our latest free guide, Growing Your Sports Photography Business, we interviewed Brad Smith, Director of Photography atSports Illustrated. Prior to his gig at SI, Brad served as the Senior Sports Photography Editor at The New York Times for 12 years. He […]

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Posted on: 08-2-2013
Posted in: Photography

Don’t miss a unique opportunity to photograph RAQUEL POMPLUN Playboy’s Playmate of the Year 2013 @STC’s Seminar Oct. 19, 2013 Comments Off on Don’t miss a unique opportunity to photograph RAQUEL POMPLUN Playboy’s Playmate of the Year 2013 @STC’s Seminar Oct. 19, 2013

Shoot The Centerfold L.A. Model / Photographer Seminar Oct 19, 2013   PHOTOGRAPHERS Never has a deal this sweet been offered before! Charge your camera batteries and join the Shoot The Centerfold seminar on Saturday, Oct. 19th in Los Angeles. […]

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Posted on: 08-1-2013
Posted in: Photography

Five ways the digital camera changed us 0

Photography firm Kodak has run into hard times, with critics suggesting it has failed to effectively adapt to digital. But four decades ago Kodak was credited with building the first digital camera, an innovation that has changed the world. The […]

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Posted on: 07-31-2013
Posted in: Photography

8 Tips Every Photographer Should Know 0

Working with Models Photographers share many similarities, but the most intriguing is that each field of photography requires a specific set of talents in addition to the fundamentals of lighting and the technical knowledge of working a camera. As someone […]

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Posted on: 07-29-2013
Posted in: Photography

Here’s What You Get! 1

Successful photography starts when you master your lighting skills. The art-form of lighting has been the key behind Steve Wayda’s, Jarmo Pohjaniemi’s, Byron Newman’s, Ric Moore’s and Ales Bravnicar’s impressive careers and it continues to do so… Having great lighting skills is […]

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Posted on: 07-28-2013
Posted in: Photography

The MegaPixel War 1

Mention megapixels to any photographer and you’ll be met with either a long explanation or stony silence. However, everyone, photographer or otherwise, is certain the more megapixels the higher the quality, which mirrors film’s long-dead ASA assertions and misconceptions of […]

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Posted on: 07-26-2013
Posted in: Photography

“Miss Bumbum” Contest Searches for Brazil’s Best Butt 0

Brazilians are famous for their curved, sexy bodies and constitution. And one of the sexiest part of human body is enthroned annually to become the criterion in the contest called “Miss Bumbum” (“bum bum” is the word most commonly used […]

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Posted on: 07-22-2013
Posted in: Photography

Pre-Production, Production and how to get the “Money Shot.” 0

By: Jarmo Pohjaniemi The beauty of photography is that each photographer has his or her own way of shooting and capturing their desired photo. After seeing endless images and hearing of how most photographers just patch things together at the […]

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Posted on: 07-21-2013
Posted in: Photography