Stefan Simonsen gives us a behind the scenes look at how he lights the Volunteer Firefighteers Calendar Shoot. It’s almost as good as a tutorial.

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Watch: Part 2 and Part 3.

The picture is beautiful and the behind the scenes is fascinating. Look carefully and you can see each character in the diner has his or her own little story going on. The cast worked for free to make this project happen.

The Diner © Ryan Schude

Here’s a diagram of how the scene was lit (I counted 24 lights!): Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider.

See more work by Ryan Schude at: Glasshouse Assignment.

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Domino’s Pizza goes for a new image. Here’s a behind the scene of how a commercial is filmed.

Domino’s also promising truth in advertising:

• We will only photograph real, honest-to-goodness pizzas.
• Domino’s employees will make the pizzas we shoot.
• We will not artificially manipulate our pizzas when photographing them.

[ via PetaPixel ]

How did photographer Scott McClellan take this photograph? Watch the video:

View his portfolio at: Scott McClellan.

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The Making of the 2010 ‘Liquid Light” Hennessy print campaign. By Photographer Atton Conrad and Time Zone one. Shot fully with Light painting techniques.

Movies are becoming an integral part of DSLRs, we thought it would be interesting to watch a few minutes of behind the scenes video of how the Marié Digby’s Say It Again video was filmed.

First, here are the few minutes of the opening:

[What were Men in Black #3 and #4 doing hiding behind there?]

And here is the finished video, in all its glory:

It’s rare to see a singer these days with real talent and not something fabricated by Disney.

Someone should try this in a high school talent show and send it in to Marié’s YouTube channel.

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