Juice up the body of your model with anabolic lighting! Sometimes you want to emphasize the muscles of a toned body. At other times you want to bring out the breasts a bit more. Fitness, bodybuilding, or just fuller curves, it's no problem with

Episode 114: Use Her Elbows in Laying Boudoir Poses

Sep 30th, 2019 2m 2s

When shooting a boudoir portrait with your subject resting on her stomach, pose her so that she pushes up her upper body as tall as possible. It might not feel very comfortable for her. But it looks excellent on the photo.

Episode 112: Worry-Free Photo Workflow Folders

Aug 30th, 2019 10m 45s

FREE Download of the Photo Workflow Folder Structure here: https://michaelzelbel.com/workflowfolders Some photographers make a fulltime job out of shoveling around image files. Make better use of your time. Use ou GL-System for data handling an

Episode 111: Win-Win Strategies Get You the Talent For Your Photo Shoots

Aug 29th, 2019 6m 41s

FREE posing guide when you join our group "Tips for Photographers": https://glm.tips/group In this video, I share an example for a TfP arrangement that I made with a Chinese TV actress for a nude photo shoot. It's often difficult for photograp

Episode 110: How to Create A Quick Milk Bath For Bathtub Nude Portraits

Aug 16th, 2019 7m 5s

Creating a milk bath for a photoshoot is very simple. We recommend you fill your bathtub half with hot water and add one to four liters of regular cow milk, depending on how foggy you like your milk bath should appear. See here:

Episode 109: How to Get Professional Models For Your TfP Shoots

May 8th, 2019 10m 56s

Get the EBook: https://www.letsshoottomorrow.com/ Professional models don't have much time for TfP shootings. Some photographers think that they have to come up with something really big to convince these models to cooperate with them. Other ph

Episode 108: How To Leverage A Local Camera Club To The Max?

Apr 19th, 2019 4m 56s

Clubs are great places for making connections with people who will help you with your ambitions. With that mindset you are able to leverage even your local camera club to the max.

Episode 108: Avoid This Mistake When Using Color Gels

Apr 19th, 2019 2m 35s

Multiple light sources in multiple different colors can add an exciting element to your photos. But the important word here is "multiple". You need at least two lights with visibly different colors to create this effect. If you read this text e

Episode 107: How To Address The Market For Artistic Nudes

Apr 18th, 2019 7m 23s

We see that many people spend money on artistic nude photos. Also, it's easy to reach these people via social on the Internet. That means that there is a fantastic market for photographers who are into this genre. But the transparency of the In

Episode 106: Don't Edit JPGs Directly

Apr 17th, 2019 8m 33s

RAW Editors like Adobe Lightroom Classic go far beyond RAWs. They import and edit a myriad of image formats. The most popular among them is JPG. It's a perfect format for viewing photos but it does not lend itself to image editing. It might sou

Episode 105: A Multi-Tasking Trap of Photography

Apr 16th, 2019 5m 33s

When shooting photos we photographers pay attention to an impressive number of technical variables. At the same time we communicate with our model in front of the lens. This is not ideal.

Episode 104: Why I Set Up A Cloth LED Panel

Apr 15th, 2019 4m 14s

Flashlight freezes the subject of my photo. That's one of the reasons why I prefer it to constant light. But then again, a constant light source allows me to shoot stills and video with the exact same light quality. That's reason enough for me

Episode 103: When You Have To Learn Flash Photography Really Fast

Mar 29th, 2019 7m 36s

It can be intimidating when you agreed to do a photo shoot next and you must use off-camera flash only, that you never used a flash before. But I got you covered. One option might be that you team up with a veteran photographer who did hundreds

Episode 102: When They Abuse Your Photo

Mar 28th, 2019 6m 42s

It's a situation that can drive photographers furious. A model takes a photo from their photo shoot, runs it through a retouching app on her mobile. The app turns her skin into plastic, blows out all highlights, adds some face light leaks and a

Episode 101: Adobe Lightroom On A New Computer

Mar 27th, 2019 5m 57s

Moving Adobe Lightroom and the photos to a new computer sounds complex and scary to many photographers. But with a little bit of understanding about RAW Converters and how they work with catalogs, there's nothing to worry about. It's a straight

Episode 100: How To Avoid Bad Looking Hands On Your Photos

Mar 26th, 2019 4m 53s

There are quite a few issues to watch out for when the hands of your model are part of your photo. You can use a simple rule to avoid nearly all problems with hands. 1. Battle bad hands! 2. Show the sides! 3. Bend beautifully!

Episode 099: How To Avoid Models Ignoring Your Requests

Mar 25th, 2019 5m 50s

It feels painful to photographers when they send project requests to models, but most of them never answer. Once you know that a fierce battle for attention is the reason behind that, it not only feels so much less personal, but it also becomes

Episode 098: Morals Matter, Not Only For Photographers

Mar 15th, 2019 7m 52s

Discussions about ethics of glamour photographers usually come up when there is one black sheep amongst a vast herd of ethical photographers. I believe it's necessary to make clear sometimes, that there is nothing unethical about our hobby as s

Episode 097: How To Use Your Lighting Notebook

Mar 14th, 2019 3m 59s

There is a ton of leverage in keeping a journal of the lighting setups you used and the ones you are going to try out. Done right, it will make all phases of your photo shoot easier. I'm sharing how I use my notebook so that you can have the sa

Episode 096: Peace Of Mind When Using Skin Retouch Plug-Ins

Mar 13th, 2019 5m 14s

As a photographer, you might hate automatic plug-ins for retouching of any kind. On the other hand, many clients and models love them. Often you do them a great favor when you use them.

Episode 095: Shallow Depth of Field Portraits

Mar 12th, 2019 6m 43s

Do you have a lens with a huge aperture, like f/1.8, f/1.4 or even f/1.2? When you use the lens for portraits, then there are a few things to consider. Today I share the tips that Eric Younkin gave us. He's a pro in Dallas with a signature styl

Episode 094: How To Scout TfP Models In The Real World

Mar 11th, 2019 5m 3s

For many of us, it is more fun to communicate with others face to face than it is to exchange text messages. This includes finding models for our photo projects. To be successful with that, you have to go where your potential models are, and yo

Episode 093: You Can't Create In A Depleted Mental State

Mar 8th, 2019 2m 58s

I helped out a friend at a little photo workshop in Germany. Six beginner photographers were trying to create outstanding photos of a model, at 7 pm after their workday. What I saw there was not missing experience or missing talent. It was the

Episode 092: Tag Them To Spread Your Brand

Mar 7th, 2019 3m 16s

Many models and clients love getting followers on Insta and Facebook. They appreciate you tagging them when posting results from the shooting. They are happy to tag you when they post the photos. Tagging each other is an easy and free way to ge

Episode 091: Leveraging RAW Converter Catalogs

Mar 6th, 2019 5m 59s

RAW Converters like Lightroom and Capture One do a fantastic job of cataloging photos and videos. To make the most out of this feature, you can even use one catalog per Shooting and a master catalog that contains all the material you ever produ