A Sentimental Journey: Revisiting the amazing world of film photography. Having inaugurated my amazing journey into photography in the mid-fifties, I am quite familiar with the capture and post production of the analog counterpart to digital, the world of film photography.

When studying any subject, working One on One with a Coach or Professional Instructor brings in the process of kinesthetic learning, with a hands on approach.

In Tim Meyer’s Lighting and Portraiture workshops, students are introduced to the origins and chronology of art. Tim walks us through the evolution of styles providing examples of period artists. We are asked to consider art history and the development of technique as an opportunity to explore the elements of our own personal journey and discovery of our own artistic voice. While I would look to Tim or materials from his classes to reveal the development of contour in art, the addition of specular highlights found personal intrigue with me.

Lighting to capture a natural sunset, poses some interesting challenges to photographic style…

As a design engineer at heart, Vivitar circa mid-70's, I enjoy finding a way to adapt lighting products to work together. Such is the case with the excellent OCF light Modifiers by Profoto and the somewhat revolutionary design of the Godox AD-200X portable strobe light.