Blog of Andrew Collings Photography: Chicago Headshot and Wedding Photographers » Writers http://blog.andrewcollings.com Images and Thoughts from the Andrew Collings Photography Team Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:13:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Author Portraits http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2010/04/02/author-portraits/ http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2010/04/02/author-portraits/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:28:48 +0000 Andrew Collings http://blog.andrewcollings.com/?p=1311 One of the most enjoyable kinds of shoots for me is working with authors on photographs for their books. I had the opportunity to work with several this past month. Pediatrician Dr Ira Chasnoff has another book coming out in September called The Mystery of Risk. And Tom Payne has his first book coming out later this year, The Template of Time.
Both of these shots were lit with my new lighting system. I couldn’t be more excited about the lighting options I now have with the Elinchrom System. It was an expense but the quality of light has improved dramatically. I love having wireless 1/10 stop control via the Skyport and via the computer. I also love the light modifier design, from the integrated umbrella/deflector shaft to the Octa softboxes. I never got into train sets as a kid, but I’m making up for it now!

]]> http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2010/04/02/author-portraits/feed/ 0 Author Joe Hallinan http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2008/08/22/author-joe-hallinan/ http://blog.andrewcollings.com/2008/08/22/author-joe-hallinan/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:23:19 +0000 Andrew Collings http://blog.andrewcollings.com/?p=126 Way back in 2000 Joe came to my studio for a portrait for his critically-acclaimed book Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation. It was great to see him again and do fun portraits for his new book, Why We Make Mistakes. Check out his always-thoughtful blog at whywemakemistakes.com.

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