DOC GLIDEWELL'S SHOOTING BEAUTY

Techniques and Tools of the glamour photographer
Here are classic and current techniques and examinations of the newest tools used to capture stunning images. SB-Capture features articles and reviews of cameras, lenses, accessories, techniques and aesthetics that are central to seeing and grasping the images we love. In additon to the nuts and bolts of photography, SB-Captures also includes biographies of noted photographers and feature articles on the photo industry.Shoot The Centerfold Seminar Review
By fortunate happenstance, I choose to write an article about Arny Freytag, a venerable master of Playboy centerfolds, just as Arny was about to begin a new educational venture with fellow photographers Jarmo Pohjaniemi and David Mecey. Called Shoot The Centerfold, the project offers seminars, workshops, and other products designed to pass on the techniques behind Playboy images to a new generation of photographers.At Arny's invitation I attended their first presentation, a one-day seminar/workshop at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida and got a first-hand look at an extraordinary...
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Arny Freytag - A Playboy Centerfold Master
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Seeing The LightWelcome to the updated Shooting Beauty. In addition to coverage of photo techniques, people, and equipment, I've added a section, Shooting Beauty-Edit , on building and modifying computers optimized for photo editing. Beast I, our cost-effective PC, and Beast II, featuring the best gear made, will serve as platforms to try out the latest equipment and software. Over the next week or two, I'll be fleshing-out these pages with many new articles and reviews. You can see Beast II here and Beast I will appear shortly. Join me as I search for the best, and the best buys, in photo editing. Next Up: Monitors Next week I'll tackle monitors. Your average $150 LCD computer monitor does a poor job of displaying photos. They are bright and colorful, but the tonality stinks and the colors are invariably over-saturated and inaccurate. To see what a photo monitor can do, I'll look at two of the best, the NEC Multisync LCD2690WUXi2 and the Eizo ColorEdge CG222W . These are expensive monitors that will serve as our standards by which to judge others. Then comes the real challenge: finding a modestly priced monitor that comes close to these beauties. |
Manfrotto's pistol grip ball headHorizontal & AmbidextrousSeveral years ago Manfrotto introduced a ball head with a vertical hand grip between the ball and the camera that made positioning the camera faster and more intuitive. But I was never happy with the way the camera teetered on the top of the handle, swinging around at the end of the long grip. Good news: Manfrotto has just solved that problem and greatly improved the device. Read Article |
Byron Newman: Playboy's London connectionByron Newman's road to Playboy was unusually direct. Born in London, Newman discovered graphic design and photography in college and began commercial work by interviewing and photographing rock stars for Cream magazine in the late 60s and 70s. After college he founded a London-based fashion magazine Deluxe (1977). The magazine, which he calls a "punk Vogue," lasted only two issues.Read Article |
Who Really Shoots for Playboy?Who does, who doesn't, and contacting those who count.It's a problem for aspiring models and a bigger problem for Playboy Enterprises: photographers who misrepresent themselves to models as "shooting for Playboy magazine." Or a photographer, manager, or agent who claims to "have connections" that can get a girl in the magazine. Here is the truth of the matter. As of this moment, January, 2011, there are only nine people in the world who can approach a model and truthfully say "I shoot models for Playboy magazine." Read Article |
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Build / Modify your photo editing machine
The custom PC, easily assembled from a few basic components, outsells every major brand of personal computer. Building and/or upgrading the basic mini-tower PC is well within the skill level of any photographer who already juggles sync rates, color balance, and lighting ratios.The selection of high-quality, high-performance, economical components is staggering and custom PCs are tailored to every possible use: game playing, video production, home theater control, etc Oddly, little attention is paid to what photo editors want. And, until recently, it didn't make much difference. Any reasonably powerful computer with a decent graphics card and a big hard drive could run photo editing software pretty well, But the new generation of software, typified by Photoshop CS3 and CS4, is more demanding, and optimizing a PC for their use is not only possible but, especially for the photographer with a current DSLR who shoots 700 or more RAW shots per shoot, crucial. That's what Shooting Beauty - Edit is about
Platforms for photo editingPerformance and PriceThe Beasts are easily constructed, custom-built computers designed for photo editing. They are built from components that I have tested and recommend. Each will be benchmarked to measure the performance that changes can make and each will be a platform, optimized for photographers. There is nothing sacred about the initial configurations and components, these will be continually upgraded as new and better components come along. The focus here is how well a computer runs photo editing applications and accommodates a range of input and output devices that we use to enhance images. With real-world testing, SB can show the digital photographer which components can really upgrade your system and which are unneeded. |
Beast IIBeast II is a high performance computer, a no-holds barred machine with the best available components. It is our high-end benchmark machine. It represents the combination of the best practical products for mainstream use of editing programs like Photoshop.As a whole it will be expensive, but not unjustifiable for the working pro. It will give us top-performance benchmarks and a platform on which to test state of the art components. My suspicions is most users will want a mix of the components from Beast One and Beast Two. Read Article |
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