Monthly Archives: September 2010

Seeing Something Else In A Photo

Creating Locations Digitally. http://www.greggcestaro.com Going through a recent shoot series, one pic really caught my eye. I asked the model to do her hair in pearl wrapped Princess Lea like do, and with the combined fashion, we had a really good look. A … Continue reading

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FASHION MAGAZINE IMAGES I LIKE…..

SIMPLE PICS WITH NICE EDGE. http://www.greggcestaro.com Thumbing through the October 2010 Glamour I found a lot of cool editorial images, but what I liked was some of the more simple commercial shots, primarily for their overall low production effort, but nice overall … Continue reading

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POST PRODUCTION PIN-UPS

Making so-so pictures slightly better. http://www.greggcestaro.com For most of Austin Fashion Week my battery charged studio lights were out of commission so, I had to use available light and on camera flash to shoot the events for that week (see Fashionably Austin).  … Continue reading

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Creating More with Random Photos

BLENDING MULTIPLE IMAGES FOR EFFECT http://www.greggcestaro.com The more times you bring your camera with you, the more opportunities you will have to capture something pretty cool and interesting where ever you go.  Soon you’ll have plenty of odd concept pieces, environmentals, … Continue reading

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Playing with Conceptualizing Sets

LOCAL LOCATION LOOKS & LOGISTICS  http://www.greggcestaro.com There are plenty of places for location shooting that everyone goes to and that is fine, but sometimes being in a location for one thing yields possibilities for another. Such is the case, while shooting an assignment … Continue reading

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Finding Fashion Forward Fotos on the Fly: part 1

Austin’s West 6th WINDOW SHOPPING picture in picture http://www.greggcestaro.com  Looking at your feet while walking down the street will help you miss out on some of the interesting things you can discover if you simply stroll with your head on swivel.  … Continue reading

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A Vintage Ad I Ran Across

Vintage Advertising at Local Antique Shop http://www.greggcestaro.com/ One of the Things I like is Vintage Fashion Advertising simply because it was fresh, original and certainly cutting edge for its time. I saw this while on photo assignment at an antique store … Continue reading

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Hello!

This is where I am gonna post hopefully interesting ideas or things I like about photography. You can see my stuff at http://www.AustinTxPhoto.com and http://www.GreggCestaro.com which is where my photography portfolios are.

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