Ted Dayton Photography | Blog

I will be conducting a class this coming Saturday, October 10th, on how to create
a studio portrait.

‘Big deal’, you say?  ‘Been done a million times’, you say?  Ah, read on.

What so many photographers don’t know is how to stay out of trouble, how to maintain control of the set, how to work within ’safe zones’, how to get the subject to contribute to the making of their own portrait, how to use studio lighting in simple but powerful ways. In short, not just what to do, but also what NOT to do. If you would like to learn how to make simple, satisfying, meaningful portraits that will stand the test of time, please attend my class at The Santa Clarita Center for Photography on October 10th from 9-4. For info and sign-ups, go to scvphotocenter.com

This is a test blog on 10-5-09.  This is Monday at 3:38 pm PDT.  Blah-blah-blah….

I feel fortunate to have a job that suits me so perfectly. Since the day I first looked through the viewfinder of my dad’s Konica film camera, one he’d had for years but that I had never been curious about until it became time to think about life as a grown-up, I was hooked. And when he brought out the wide angle lens and then the telephoto, I knew what I would be doing for a living all my life. The certainty I felt then, standing there in the kitchen with my parents, was perhaps the first true, life-changing experience I ever had because I realized that as a photographer my creative vision could be a part of my work almost every day. Work and play became one and the same. Working as a photographer is a lifestyle. I can never completely turn off the photographer inside as long as my eyes are open, enjoying this amazing world, recording and interpreting parts of it, sharing my vision, feeling connected. I hope you enjoy the photographs in this website and any that I may take for you one day.

My mission is to provide commercial clients with effective, distinctive photographs for use in business and public relations, maintaining a contemporary artistic approach while also delivering traditional customer service, and never losing sight of the ultimate purpose of each image.

Make it useful, make it beautiful, make it personal.