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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Take the STC Eye Exam 0

Shoot The Centerfold’s Oct. 13-14, 2012 seminar / workshop is getting closer and ticket sales are heating up! We figured it was also time to get our eyes checked and ready for everything in store, so we created this eye […]

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Posted on: 09-7-2012
Posted in: Photography

THE LIGHT GIANT – A Lens That Made History 5

Everybody has heard of Canon’s “dream” lens, the all-manual 50mm/f0.95, made for Canon rangefinder cameras. It is on the eternal wishlist of many a photographer because of its amazing f/stop and the sheer notion of its ultra-wide-open capabilities. The performance […]

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Posted on: 09-5-2012
Posted in: Photography

Third time’s a charm for STC fave Ksenia Tsiulina 0

Model to return for Oct. 13-14 seminar/workshop Hurricane Isaac has moved on from sunny Florida, but Shoot the Centerfold model and now, third-time-lucky Ksenia Tsiulina promises to raise a perfect storm that packs a punch by joining the STC seminar […]

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Posted on: 09-1-2012
Posted in: Photography

Are you cool? If so, you’re HIRED! Comments Off on Are you cool? If so, you’re HIRED!

As Shoot The Centerfold is growing and picking up speed, our philosophy has always been teamwork and sharing wisdom, and now it’s time to expand once more. If you think you’re cool and like to work with the Shoot The […]

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Posted on: 08-30-2012
Posted in: Photography

1600mm Leica Lens – The World’s Most Expensive Camera Lens 0

It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the world’s priciest lens comes with a red Leica dot logo on it. But when it comes to price, the Leica APO-Telyt-R 1:5.6/1600mm truly goes above and beyond. This one-off extreme […]

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Posted on: 08-28-2012
Posted in: Photography

In a Haze 0

No, we’re not just blowin’ smoke… Lately there has been an unusual amount of questions about fog machines and creating smoke on sets, so I decided to post some additional information in more detail. Since the early days of romance […]

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Posted on: 08-27-2012
Posted in: Photography

The Beauty of Primes – why fixed focal lenses are great for DSLR filming 0

By: Ales Bravnicar   Why primes? Well, they make you think. Think where the position of the camera will be, what perspective you will use and how you position the elements within the shot in relation to each other and the […]

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Posted on: 08-24-2012
Posted in: Photography

Magazines Don’t Have a Digital Problem, They Have a Bundling Problem 2

New media and publishing dynamics have changed the economics for magazines to the extent that it is simply not possible to continue with existing models. Much of the issue is that magazine publishers are misidentifying their problems, striving to find […]

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Posted on: 08-19-2012
Posted in: Photography

Shoot The Centerfold chooses Playboy model Stefanie Jennifer for its Oct. 13-14, 2012 seminar / workshop 1

According to Playboy magazine and our own investigation, Stefanie Jennifer is also known as a hottest BarMate in Miami Beach, which has also earned her the title as “Playboy’s Miss May BarMate 2012.” Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome Playboy model […]

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Posted on: 08-18-2012
Posted in: Photography

Michael Straley One on One with Shoot The Centerfold 0

Photographer Michael Straley recently went on a one-on-one with Shoot The Centerfold’s Jarmo Pohjaniemi for an awesome day of making magic behind (and in front of) the camera. Micheal’s very passionate about his photography and doesn’t like taking “no” for […]

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Posted on: 08-12-2012
Posted in: Photography