Mike Luter

This  shot was taken during a seminar at my studio a last month ago with Rick Ferro.  It was raining outside and we had promise as part of the class to do some available light shooting. So we placed the subject next to the window in the lobby.  Window light is one of the most beautiful [...]

I love the look of the old style Hollywood glamour photographers from the 50′s and love the lights they used. Yesterday I just found and purchased an old Photogenic – Varibeam Fresnel 1000 watt light to add to my collection of lights. It is great for getting the lighting used in the 40s and 50s [...]

HI Guys, I just did this entire session with about $20 worth of lighting. Here’s the deal – I’ve have been getting a lot of e-mail’s from newer photographers saying things like.. if I only had all the equipment you had etc… I could produce the same results. This got me thinking (which is very [...]

With school getting out for summer in just a couple weeks, we are in the process of getting the studio ready for the  class of 2013.  Here is a quick video showing some of the fun we had  last year. Enjoy.

Vince  Lombardi came up with one of the world’s most famous motivational commands of all, beloved of managers everywhere: “Quitters never win, and winners never quit.”This is so true in life and in business… I know too many studios that have thrown in the towel recently because they couldn’t see the finish line and it [...]