It was such a fabulous day in Little India. The Food Bloggers of LA organized a great outing here. We started at Jay Bharat in the morning and had an amazing treat - Khandvi - seen here: This is rolled garbanzo pastry topped with cilantro, green chilies and coconut. You dip it in that ... VIEW POST
Little India in Artesia California
Fun on Set with Denise Vivaldo
Last week I had the pleasure of working with Denise, Cindie Flannigan and Tiffany Wu at my studio. We shot a bunch of yummy deserts to make some promo images for our upcoming class. This is what Denise, Cindie and Tiffany call the graveyard, where all beautiful food goes to die! We threw all ... VIEW POST
Do Not Use Go-Daddy for Your Website!
One of the reasons I started MDR Photography Classes is because I wanted to share with people my experiences, good and bad so we can all learn from them and hopefully I can save someone a lot of work or heartache, and maybe both. Now, granted most of the readers of this blog most likely have their ... VIEW POST
Using Fill Cards When Shooting
Here are a few examples that Amy and I did in class this last Saturday showing back lighting and also side lighting. Today I'll be talking about using fill cards. Fill cards are used to bring more light into the shadow areas of what you are shooting without adding another light. I tend to use them ... VIEW POST