commercial & editorial photography from beautiful austin, texas.

WPPI 2011

Yes, it’s early. But I am way excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a masterclass at WPPI next February in Las Vegas! I’ll be covering shoot planning, location lighting, post production, and compositing. More details can be found on my other blog here. Hope to see you in LAS!

Film Composer Brian Satterwhite

I’ve known Brian for several years, probably going back to 2002 or 2003. When we moved to Austin, I was heavy into film scoring. Brian was teaching a class at U.T., so I signed up.

If you got into a conversation with Brian, he would describe himself more as a filmmaker than a music composer. He’s one of those guys that not only loves film music, but loves everything about film – the story, character development, production, all of it. He prefers writing for and recording live players in an intimate setting, which is a welcome departure from the sample-library-heavy stuff of today.

Hanging out for a few hours in his studio this week was a blast (we got into a detailed conversation about the movie Inception before I broke out any gear). It was a great opportunity to catch up, listen to some music, and try some crazy lighting ideas. I hope to do it again soon.

How I feel about my iPad

Happy July! (wow)

In between shoots over the last few days, I created a new profile pic for FB/Twitter/The-Next-New-Thing.

Big Site Changes!!

Today I’ve rolled out some new site updates which I am excited to share! Here’s what’s new:

  • Separate sites: Weddings have now been moved to their own site at doggettweddings.com. Commercial/editorial/portrait work will remain at doggettstudios.com. Both will share the same blog.
  • Updated Look: Both sites have a cleaner look, with larger, sharper images and less clutter.
  • More images: Each site now has over double the amount of images (36!!). Check out all the new additions!
  • Interviews: Each site also features over 20 minutes of audio interviews I’ve conducted with past clients & brides. Just click on “Case Studies” on the portrait site, or “Bridetalk” on the wedding site.

A big thanks to all of those that volunteered for the audio interviews – they came out great!

Words of Wisdom from Will

Came across this at my friend Jennifer Turner’s FB page. Enjoy!

"Baby and the Tramp" Shooting Info

In addition to the contest I mentioned earlier, “Baby and the Tramp” is getting some love over at Crash Taylor’s The Still Image blog. There, I talk about the approach, how I lit it and shot it. Head over there and take a look, and be sure to go through all of the excellent images posted there. Lots of good stuff!

Headed to WPPI on Saturday – if you want to meet up, catch me via Twitter or send me an email at eric //a t//doggettstudios.com.