David and I started building sets for our photoshoots four years ago, and it changed everything for us! Before that, we were shooting with seamless paper backdrops—which are great—but building our own sets gave us so much more creative control. We didn’t start out building giant sets, though. It began with just two walls, shooting into the corner of a room. From there, we gradua...

You attract your dream clients by shooting your dream work. But strong creative shoots don’t happen by accident—they take planning and intention! In this post, I’m sharing how to plan a creative photoshoot from start to finish, from coming up with the initial idea to the actual shoot. Together, David and I combine photography and set design to create colorful, surreal images. W...

Lighting plays a huge role in photography. It’s why photographers invest thousands of dollars in lighting gear, purchase tutorials, and study breakdowns—always trying to master it and make their photos stronger. Lighting matters, big time. It can separate your subject from the background, adding depth and dimension. It sets the mood and tone of the shoot, whether you’re going fo...

Not every shoot goes according to plan… With our personal projects, we love challenging ourselves to try new things and experiment with new gear and materials. It helps us build our toolkit, so when big client projects come around, we know exactly how to use different techniques. But sometimes, these experiments don’t play out the way we expect. Prism Lens FX sent us a myster...

Not every client will be your dream client—and that’s okay. We all know that. But sometimes, you’ll run into clients who are, well, “difficult.” So how do you handle it when you're photographing someone like that? "Difficult" can mean different things to different people, but here I’m talking about clients who are rude, disrespectful, or hard to work with durin...

We built coffins for Kevin Smith and Harley Quinn Smith for a photoshoot that was equal parts spooky and cartoony. The color palette was black and red to give it a dramatic, bold vibe. Our goal with the coffins was to make them look almost hand-drawn. We went oversized with them to enhance the playful, cartoonish feel, and David used uneven, dramatic angles to really give them that quirky, an...

Kevin Smith and Harley Quinn Smith just dropped a new podcast called Beardless, D*ckless Me, and we had the chance to shoot the cover art for it! We flew out to Los Angeles back in May for the shoot and had such a blast working with them both. Their podcast is out now, so definitely check it out! Something unexpected happened though. We were watching Kevin Smith on Late Night with Seth ...

We love creating sets in all shapes and sizes, constantly pushing the boundaries of what a set can be. How small can you make it? How big? Recently, we got our hands on some exciting new gear: an xTool S1 laser cutter, Aputure Infinibars, and the Aputure 600C. Naturally, we had to put all these cool tools to work in one shoot! David has been using a CNC machine for a while to create many of our ...