Monthly Archives: December 2009

Barry Staver signs new book deal

It’s official, I’ve signed a contract with Amherst Media Publishing to author a book about photographic lighting. This is my 3rd book, having co-authored 2 others with my good friend and colleague Joe Farace. The current book, Copyright 2009, is “Better Available Light Digital Photography”, the 2nd edition to our “Better Available Light Photography” book...

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Barry Staver in the news…

… and NOT on the Crime Page and NO perp walk. The Denver Business Journal wrapped their weekly issue with a 4 page section highlighting their successful year. I’m mentioned in the story at the bottom of page 2. Since I’m best known as “the storyteller with a camera” capturing other people’s visual story, it...

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Barry’s Tips & Tricks #4-Motion Blur Xmas Lights

Are you ready for a “break-the-rules”  ”think outside the bun” way to jazz up your Christmas light photography? Denver Corporate and Portrait Photographer sharing an off-the-wall and cool way to deviate from the traditional lighting techniques described in Tips & Tricks #2 and Tips & Tricks #3. Don’t bother packing the tripod for this gig, we’re...

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Barry’s Tips & Tricks #3-More Xmas Lights

Let’s add people into our next Christmas Light photographs. Our goal is to keep the ambiance of the holiday lighting yet direct the focus (pun intended) to the main subject ~ people. As the “storyteller with a camera” I’m usually including people in my photography. Galleries at both the corporate and portrait websites will provide...

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Tips & Tricks #2-Xmas Lights

Christmas Light Photography provides several challenges including keeping you and the camera warm ~ at least in Colorado. I’d guess that desert cactus and beachfront palm tree lighting wouldn’t present this challenge. Another photography caveat to remember: What your eye/mind see and what the camera can record are two very different things. I’ll post in...

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