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Stephen Dantzig Photography
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(808) 282-2732
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www.hawaiiphotographers.us
Author of photography books and articles
Award of Merit Recipient
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Stephen Dantzig is a nationally renowned lighting expert and author of Portrait Lighting for Digital Photographers: The Basics and Beyond, Lighting Techniques for Fashion and Glamour Photography for Film and Digital Photographers, Mastering Lighting Techniques for Outdoor and Location Digital Portrait Photography and Softbox Lighting Techniques for Professional Photographers (Amherst Media). He is the owner of Hawaii School of Photography and has written more than seventy articles and lessons on photographic lighting and ethics. He is a frequent contributor to RANGEFINDER Magazine and his lessons have appeared in Professional Photographer Magazine, PC Photo Magazine, Studio Photography and Design, ProPhoto West, ShootSmarter.com, ProPhotoResource.com, the Photoflex Web Photo School. His work has appeared on more than 22 magazine covers including local, regional and national markets. Some of his published works have appeared in the Amherst Media’s Portrait Photographer’s Handbook, Group Portrait Photography Handbook, The Best of Portraiture, The Best of Photographic Lighting (First and Second Editions), Lighting and Posing Techniques for Photographing Women, Professional Portrait Lighting Techniques and Images from Master Photographers, and Rangefinder’s Professional Photography This Week Magazine (Hawaii), Pleasant Hawaii Magazine, Doll Reader, Metropolitan Home, Studio City Lifestyles Magazine, Santa Clarita Valley Living, and The Los Angeles Times. Stephen is a twenty-one time Award of Merit recipient from the Professional Photographers of Los Angeles County and has received two Awards of Merit from The Professional Photographers of Hawaii. His specialties include fashion, beauty and corporate photography. Corporate clients in Hawaii include: United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii; Mr. Brickwood Galuteria; Miss Raeceen Woolford (Miss Hawaii 2009), Ms. Alicia Michioka (Miss Hawaii USA 2003); several past and current Miss Hawaii and Miss Hawaii USA preliminary title holders and Miss Hawaii Teen/Miss Hawaii Teen USA preliminary title and title holders. Stephen also holds a Doctor of Psychology degree from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. He now works, teaches and resides in Honolulu, HI.
Stephen Dantzig Photography
Partial Publication List
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Softbox Lighting Techniques for Professional Photographers, Amherst Media, 2007
“William Heuberger—A Profile” RANGEFINDER, Pending
“Digital Selective Focus,” an RF Cookbook, RANGEFINDER, Pending
“Using Curves,” an RF Cookbook, RANGEFINDER, Pending
“The Creative Uses of Color Temperature” RANGEFINDER, Pending
“SPOTLIGHTS!” RANGEFINDER, Pending
“Paul Landry—A Profile” RANGEFINDER, Pending
“Creating a Hand Tinted Portrait in Photoshop” RANGEFINDER, Pending
“The Wardrobe Can Add A New Lighting Challenges” October 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Simply Beautiful Portrait Lighting” September 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Let the Sun Work FOR You On Location” August 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Fiji” July 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Use Your Preview Screen To Judge Exposure!” June 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Shooting Just Because” May 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Still Learning” April 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Tips for Using Harsh Light Sources” March 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Reflectors on Location” February 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh My!!!” January 2009 www.prophotoresource.com
“The Subtleties of Light: Beyond Exposure” December 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Glamour, Portrait, or Fashion: Sometimes It Just Depends on the Perspective” January 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“When Murphy Comes Knocking” November 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Creating As Many Backdrops As You Want” October 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Rediscovering Reflectors” September 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“The Maiden Voyage” August 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Sharpen Your Axe–Take two” July 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“It’s Time to Be Silly” June 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Ah, ‘The Weather In Paradise!’” May 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Back to Basics – Simple Beauty” April 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
–March 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
–February 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
–January 2008 www.prophotoresource.com
“Lighting Ratios,” December 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“The Additive Nature of Light,” November 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Scrims and Strobes on Location,” October 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Toning Images in Photoshop,” Rangefinder’s Professional Photography, Amherst Media, 2007
“Tasha: A Senior Portrait,” an RF Cookbook, RANGEFINDER, September 2007
“New York Minute Revisited” www.prophotoresource.com September 2007
“A Different Look at Metering with a Strobe Outdoors” www.prophotoresource.com August 2007
“Beauty Lighting” Professional Photographer, August 2007
“Softboxes!” July 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Handling Your Background on a Location Portrait Session” May 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Hard-Soft Lighting Part Two” April 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“A look at Combining Hard and Soft Lights” March 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Change…and its friends Fear and Self-Doubt” February 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Color Correction with Curves Adjustment Layers” January, 2007 www.prophotoresource.com
“Location Portrait and Lighting Considerations” December 2006
www.prophotoresource.com.
“The Problem with Open Shade–and How to Fix it!” November 2006
www.prophotoresource.com.
“Shoot Fashion With a Beauty Dish” October 2006 www.prophotoresource.com.
“A Look at the ‘Beauty Dish’” September 2006 www.prophotoresource.com.
“Know—and Use the Tools That You Have Available to You to Create the Image
that YOU Want!” August 2006 www.prophotoresource.com.
“Bring Back Your Background By Taking Your Studio Strobes Outside” June
2006 www.prophotoresource.com.
Mastering Lighting Techniques for Outdoor and Location Digital Portrait Photography Amherst Media, 2006.
“Photographing WHITES”, www.shootsmarter.com, December, 2005 www.prophotoresource.com June 2006
“Storyteller,” an RF Cookbook, RANGEFINDER, June 2005
“Controlling Light with a Softbox,” PC Photo Magazine, May 2005
“Tutorial: Fashion Lighting” Professional Photographer Magazine, April, 2005
“Find the Right Exposure” Professional Photographer Magazine, March 2005
Sample Lighting Techniques” www.shootsmarter.com, February, 2005 www.prophotoresource.com. June 2006
Lighting Techniques for Fashion and Glamour Photography for Film and Digital
Photographers, Amherst Media, December, 2004
“Amy Cantrell—A Profile” RANGEFINDER, July, 2004
“Seth Resnick—A Profile” RANGEFINDER, May 2004
This Week Magazine—Oahu, COVER February 9, 2004
“David Bayles—A Profile” RANGEFINDER, December, 2003
“Will Crockett—A Profile” RANGEFINDER, November, 2003
“Trust—The Common Denominator” www.ShootSmarter.com September, 2003
www.prophotoresource.com. July 2006
“Photographing Swimsuits” RANGEFINDER, August, 2003
This Week Magazine—Kauai, COVER, January, 2003
This Week Magazine—Oahu, COVER, January 6, 2003
This Week Magazine—Kauai, COVER, October, 2002
“Back to Basics” RANGEFINDER, September, 2002
“Kalaupapa” Reflector, September, 2002
This Week Magazine—Kauai, COVER, July, 2002
This Week Magazine—Oahu, COVER, June, 2002
This Week Magazine—Maui, COVER, February 4, 2002
This Week Magazine—Maui, COVER, February 18, 2002
Pleasant Hawaii Magazine, INSIDE COVER, Spring, 2002
Pleasant Hawaii Magazine, INSIDE COVER, Winter, 2001
Pleasant Hawaii Magazine, INSIDE COVER, Fall, 2001
“Working with Editors in a Digital Age” www.webphotoschool.com
“The Make-Over” www.webphotoschool.com
“Shooting Swimsuits on Kauai” www.webphotoschool.com
“The Profitability of Model and Actor Photography” ProPhoto West, Spring 2001
This Week Magazine—Oahu, November 5, 2001
“Unraveling the Mysteries of Photographing White on White” RANGEFINDER, May, 2001
This Week Magazine—Oahu, COVER, February 5, 2001
This Week Magazine—Oahu, COVER January 22, 2001
“Using BIG LIGHT Sources!” RANGEFINDER, October, 2000
“Common Sense and Courtesy When Photographing Models” www.shootsmarter.com, 2004; www.melroseregistry.com, October, 2000; www.modelsmodeling.com, Pending; www.webphotoschool.com; ProPhoto West, January, 2001
“Photographing Hawaii’s Beauty” www.webphotoschool.com
“Shooting On Location—Without A Net!” www.webphotoschool.com
“Lighting a Fashion and Beauty Headshot—Black on Black” www.webphotoschool.com
www.webphotoschool.com, Web Site Home Page and Photoflex Spring 2000 Catalog
“Illuminating Leather Fashions” Studio Photography and Design, July, 2000; www.webphotoschool.com
“Lighting a Beauty Headshot” Professional Photographer, June, 2000; www.webphotoschool.com
“Basic Posing Tips” www.webphotoschool.com
“Profile—Stephen Dantzig” RANGEFINDER [Including COVER], November, 1999
“Photographing Lingerie From A Commercial Perspective” www.webphotoschool.com
“Four Light Commercial Headshot” www.webphotoschool.com
Professional Photographers of Los Angeles County REFLECTOR: Former Editor, Author
“Baby Peggy” Doll Reader, May 1999; Inside Editorial