by Kevin Thom | Jul 17, 2011 | Tips, Travel
As you might have guessed from my recent posts, Laura Hollick and I were in NYC last week. We decided to take advantage of this situation to shoot some photos and video in that most iconic of Manhattan locations, Times Square. As a photographer, the challenge was...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 19, 2010 | Tips, Travel
Laura Hollick is the MacGyver of art. While we were in California, we wanted to do a photo shoot on the beach. She found a couple of sticks on the ground, and with a few scraps of fabric from a local textile store, she fashioned a brilliant flying rainbow bird...
by Kevin Thom | Jun 17, 2010 | Philosophy, Tips, Travel
I did a shoot with Shirley on Aliso Beach in South Laguna, California. We set up the shoot by email, and initially, Shirley was a bit nervous about how it was going to go, but I assured her that it would be fun. After all, how could it not be? We’d be hanging...
by Kevin Thom | Oct 27, 2009 | Advanced, Intermediate, Tips
Okay here’s a little bonus entry for all of you beginner night photographers. Ever notice how hard it is to get a proper exposure of something that’s lit up at night? If you do a long exposure of that lit subject, it ends up that the rest of the photo is...
by Kevin Thom | Oct 8, 2008 | Photography
Here’s the anatomy of another collaboration with Laura… She created a “money forest” in her studio, and it was truly spectacular. It was my job to photograph it, so I really wanted to do it justice. The lighting was tricky in this one. We...
