by Jake Garn | Jan 20, 2011 | My Photo Philosophy, Whimsical Fashion Photography
Sometimes I cringe when I refer to my photos as art. I realize the simplicity of photographing the most photographed subject on the planet, beautiful girls, is a bit of a slap in the face to the artists I think really changed the world. Picasso’s Guernica,...
by Jake Garn | Jan 18, 2011 | Whimsical Fashion Photography
The answers to the questions posed in a previous post, titled Look Ma, no Photoshop! First off, congratulations to Simon who was the first one to accurately describe all three techniques. Others (like Nick) were very close and even others should win for sheer...
by Jake Garn | Jan 17, 2011 | Whimsical Fashion Photography
March 2, 2001 Almost ten years ago I launched new.jakegarn.com. The WayBackMachine has been archiving the web, silently, like the biggest creep in the world for well over a decade now. You can actually view my first website here… though it looks like the top...
by Jake Garn | Jan 14, 2011 | Photoshop & Lightroom, Whimsical Fashion Photography
This blog post is my homage to a photographic era of yester-year, the days before anyone had even heard of a little program called Adobe Photoshop, back when making a digital scan of your photo meant purchasing THOUSANDS of dollars in special equipment. This...
by Jake Garn | Jan 11, 2011 | All About Lighting, Product Reviews, Whimsical Fashion Photography
Great lighting is all about the modifiers. Whether it is the clouds that filter harsh sunlight or the light shaping tools that attach to the front of your strobes – the way you control the light can have subtle (or extreme) differences on your subject. I...