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Q & A: Three Tips for Better Home Studio Lighting Results

by Allen Mowery | Nov 3, 2011 | Photography, Q & A, Resources, Tips

For those becoming interested in photography, “strobism,” or artificial lighting, can sometimes be a daunting prospect. I recently received an email from a frustrated reader who was trying to set up a small studio and was having some issues with getting...

A Simple 2-Light DIY Photography Setup

by Allen Mowery | Nov 6, 2010 | Equipment, Lighting Setups, Photography

I dug this out of my archive while continuing to work on further organizing my image library in Lightroom. The Setup This is a very simple (and cheap) DIY lighting setup that I executed in our living room near the front door entrance. Using my daughter as a model, I...

The Golden Sun: Tips for Fall-time Portrait Photography

by Allen Mowery | Nov 4, 2010 | Photo Shoots, Photography, Resources, Tips

For those who associate with me on Facebook and Twitter, you have heard me comment about the absolutely stunning, almost ethereal quality of fall and winter sunlight, especially that which strikes the earth in the late afternoon. And a shoot from this past week stands...

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Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam

Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam

Tired of people calling 17 syllables “genius”? So am I.

In this brutally honest, occasionally unhinged episode of Perfectly Poetic, Allen Mowery finally unleashes his pent-up frustration about the most overrated poetic form of all time: the haiku. From childhood worksheet trauma to seasonal name-dropping, syllable policing, AI-generated nonsense, and the myth of Bashō’s frog — no stone (or smooth river pebble) is left unskipped.

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