Monday, December 21, 2009
Where: Austin, Texas (exact location to be announced) When: Monday, March 22nd and Tuesday March 23rd Registration: $279 per person Early-Bird Registration: $249 per person (if you register by January 31, 2010) Workshop Description: The market for Glamour and Boudoir Photography is growing every day. Don’t fall behind the curve. Learn how you can tap...
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
While I was in Orlando, model, Barrett Perlman and I worked on some very emotional images. Our goal was to portray the emotional distress and physical pain of domestic violence – more specifically – the agony of abuse that a woman suffers at the hand of her partner. I will tell you that the images...
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categories: Commercial, Model Shoots, News | tags: agony, Andy Armstrong, barrett, commercial work, domestic partner, domestic violence, emergency room, emotion, emotional distress, emotional images, images, Knoxville, perlman, Photographer, Photography, retouching
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Last weekend, I was invited down to Orlando to stay with and shoot professional wake boarder, Barrett Perlman. And, besides the fact that I kept having flashbacks of college life, I had a lot of fun. Barrett was an excellent host, and it was great to be able to shake of the Tennessee cold and...
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categories: Just for fun, Model Shoots | tags: Andy Armstrong, barrett, bikini, boarder, Fashion, Knoxville, models, orlando trip, perlman, Photographer, Photography, Tennessee
Friday, November 13, 2009
Yep. It’s Friday the 13th, and it’s a good thing that I don’t believe in all that superstitious hooey. Otherwise, I might be afraid to write a few paragraphs today. Black cats in my path. Walking under ladders. Broken mirrors. Umbrellas opened indoors (photographers are really screwed by this one by the way). Whatever. I just...
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categories: Just for fun | tags: Andy Armstrong, bad luck, Boudoir, dumb luck, failure, Knoxville, Nashville, Photographer, Photography, photography workshops, successes, Workshops
Thursday, October 29, 2009
I am not a traditional portrait photographer. I don’t believe that portraits have to be shot in the studio with Rembrandt lighting and a blue mottled background. I don’t believe that every subject needs to stare at the camera with a big smile. I don’t believe that multiple subjects have to be balanced in triangle...
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categories: Just for fun | tags: Andy Armstrong, art, insight, Knoxville, personality, perspective, Photographer, Photography, portraits, purist, retouching, smile, Tennessee, traditional portrait