Jason Lanier Photography

Uncovering Covid-19- Freedom: Being Arrested, and Going to Jail During a Global Pandemic

May 13, 2020

Freedom- How is Covid 19 Changing our Laws and and Freedom? In this documentary film we travel the United States to try and discover how our freedoms are being impacted by the outbreak of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Jason Lanier Photography Homework Assignment #2

April 25, 2020

Jason Lanier demonstrates a natural light shoot indoors. He uses flat soda diluted with water to make a pretend tea. Jason’s quarantine homework assignment number two shows how you can make really pretty portraits at your home using natural light. Have fun!

How to Shoot in Flash Mode with the Rotolight Neo 2 by Jason Lanier- Bamboo Forest in Maui, Hawaii

March 4, 2020

Jason Lanier photographs Emily Rinaldo using the Sony A7Riii and Rotolight Neo 2 modified by the Rotolight Illuminator. In this video Jason demonstrates how to set up and shoot in flash mode in Maui’s Bamboo forest. Let us know what you think in the comments below. Thanks for viewing!

Becoming a Profitable Photographer by Being Able to Shoot in Any Scenario- Jason Lanier Workshop

March 4, 2020

Jason Lanier uses the Godox Ad600 Pro and Ad200 Pro to create stunning imagery in the Rain during his workshop in New York City.

Jason Lanier's Real Wedding Workshop- Kauai, Hawaii (October, 2019)

December 28, 2019

Join Jason Lanier as he photographs a bride and groom in Kauai, Hawaii. Throughout this shoot Jason utilized natural light, strobe and LED. Take a look at some of the shots and let us know what you think in the comments below! Thanks for tuning in.

Jason Lanier Pairs the Godox AD200 Pro with the Rotolight Illuminator at his Photo Walk in Miami, Florida

December 5, 2019

Jason Lanier demonstrates how to create flawless portraits using the Sony A7Riii and Godox AD 200 Pro modified with the Rotolight Illuminator at his Photo Walk in Miami. Are you interested in attending a Jason Lanier Workshop? Visit www.jasonlanier.com/register to join. We hope to see you there!

5 Steps to Easy Portrait Photography- How to Set up & Use the Rotolight Illuminator by Jason Lanier- Sony A7Riii

November 27, 2019

Jason Lanier demonstrates how to take beautiful portraits at night with the Sony A7Riii and the Rotolight Aeos using the Rotolight Illuminator. Five steps to keep photography simple!! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Thanks!

Jason Lanier’s Real Wedding, Helicopter Excursion Workshop in Anchorage Alaska (June 2019).

November 15, 2019

Jason Lanier, bride, groom and crew charter 3 helicopters to three different glaciers to capture timeless, unique, bold, creative and elegant wedding photography. Oh, and Jason also married the couple! Check out the blog to read more. Let us know what you think!

Blue Horizon- Shooting Urbex, Workshop, and Portrait Shoot in a Legendary Boxing Arena by Jason Lanier

August 16, 2019

WOW! To say that my experience at Blue Horizon Boxing Arena was epic is a true understatement. My protege Emily and I were in town for a workshop that we had planned in Philadelphia. Emily’s Urbex buddy John Hall @jhal10 reminded her of a place he’d been called the Blue Horizon. He told us that there was some sort of a secret way to get inside of there and that if we tried hard enough, we’d be able to find the man inside who could let us in.

To see the complete experience in 3 parts, Urban Exploration, shoot with a Workshop Group, and the portrait session of Emily, please watch the video by clicking below!

So we knocked on the door for about 10 minutes, patiently waiting until a man opened the door. After paying the man for the opportunity to shoot there, we proceeded to start to explore this magnificent structure that was built as a private estate back in the 1800’s and then converted into a legendary boxing arena in 1961.

One thing that Emily and I share is the love for Urban Exploration. We didn’t even know if anyone was even going to answer the door to this place let alone be able to to shoot there. But since we were in we set out to explore this place for as long as we could. Below are some of the images from the Urbex shoot shot with the Canon 11-24mm lens as well as the Sony 90mm macro.

The Blue Horizon has only been vacant since 2010, but the amount of wear and tear at this property is just insane. I love taking macro shots at Urbex locations because it can really tell the story of a place. It’s easy to get carried away with wide angle shots in urbex locations, but don’t forget the details too my friends.

We asked the man taking care of the place if we could bring a group back. We negotiated a price and then came back the following day with our workshop group. The joy in being able to bring other photographers, many of whom have never been in an urbex place like this before, is just incredibly rewarding. After some instruction they proceeded to map out their own places in the building where they wanted to shoot with the models we brought and then proceeded to shoot them with our guidance.

We wrapped up the session with a group shoot in the center ring. WOW! What an experience. We had two models named Mae and Lauren who played the part of warriors fighting in the middle of the ring. The real trick was trying to recreate the lighting that would have been present during a prize fight. We put a Rotolight on top of a boom on a C stand and illuminated the ladies as they put on a show of might. You HAVE to watch the video to see one of their epic battles stitched together in 156 frames shot at 20fps on the Sony A9. Below is just one of the stills:

Following our workshop group we reached out to our man on the inside once again and asked him if we could come back for one more shoot with just Emily and I. For the right price he agreed and we returned with two helpers for quite the shoot.

One of the things that made this shoot so awesome was that one of the helpers was a former boxer who actually fought at the Blue Horizon named Thomas Woods. He went 7-1 in his 8 bouts there and it was a thrill to have him accompany us for the shoot. He’s one of my followers and we actually ended up including him in the shoot playing the part of Emily’s trainer. Being that this was our third time at the Blue Horizon we knew some of the best spots to shoot at and using the Rotolight Anova Pro 2 we did an amazing shoot together. Below are some of the shots from the shoot:

What made this shoot so amazing was using the current technology of today to story tell. When you watch the video you’ll see how fun it was to get Emily and Thomas to act out scenes and for me to be able to capture them at 20FPS using LED lighting with Rotolight. It truly was an incredible experience.

I can’t thank my protege Emily enough for everything she did and continues to do to make this such a remarkable experience. This video really shows her depth not only as a model and assistant, but as a photographer as well. Below are some of her images taken at the Blue Horizon:

We can’t thank you enough for following us, supporting us, and giving your precious time to our efforts here at Jason Lanier Photography. The experience at the Blue Horizon was unforgettable and I’m so grateful to the workshop attendees who joined us as well as Erik Rosa and Clif Lowry for taking the time to volunteer and assist with what we did down there.

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THANK YOU! We couldn’t do this without you.

Sincerely,

Jason and Emily

Making it RAIN! Epic High Fashion Portraits in the Water using Off Camera Flash- 7 Foot Parabolic by Jason Lanier

February 27, 2019

Any photographer who’s been shooting long enough outdoors has had his or her bouts of shooting in the rain. While it can certainly be challenging, it can also be very rewarding to give you some results that are different than what you create on a regular basis.

Well, there are some studios out there that actually offer rain INSIDE of a studio setting. What they do is set up pipes that pass water through with holes in them that drop water down into a studio setting that has the proper drainage and water collection set up to make it possible to shoot with rain indoors.

I recently did a shoot with my muse Emily (you can find her on IG at @em.explores), at FD Photo Studio in Los Angeles. The obvious benefit to shooting indoors vs. outdoors is the fact that it allows me to set up lighting in ways that would be very difficult or impossible to set up under normal rainy conditions.

Here are some of the pics from the shoot:

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This was a very fun shoot done at FD Photo Studio in Los Angeles. This was shot using the Sony A7Riii with both the 35mm and 50mm Zeiss lenses.

Lighting was set up using the Rotolight Aeos inside of a 7 foot parablic umbrella with a Rotolight Anova Pro 2 used as a kicker light and another Rotolight Aeos used as a fill light.

The model is the beautiful Emily Rinaldo who can be followed by going to Instagram and following her @em.explores.

We hope you enjoy the shoot and invite you to stick around and watch a few more videos while you're here. Don't forget to click on SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFICATIONS so you're updated every time a new video is released!

Thanks,

Jason