Well, another book is off and running. “Christoper Grey’s Studio Lighting Techniques for Photography” will be on and off the press for a (I believe) November release. WooHoo! It’s my first lighting book since “Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers,” still a bestseller for its genre, and I’m still thrilled about that, as you can imagine. That book was an interesting journey; I started out to write a book about lighting and realized, along the way, that I was writing the book I’d wished I could have found when I was starting my career.

Well, it’s a few decades later and my career has gone well. Time flies when you’re having fun. The new book is just the first in a short series (Book Two will be out in about ten months) that builds on the tricks of the trade that I’ve picked up over the years. High tech, low tech – it’s all in those two books.

More on the way, too. For those of you who prefer to watch video, we just shot an intro to classic portrait lighting DVD. My crack editor, Alex, is working around the clock (I doubt that, actually) to get it done. I’ll make an announcement on the blog and on the websites I work with as soon as it’s completed.

Lots more fun stuff on the way as well, so stay tuned.

So, I’m basically taking the month off from shooting the concept sessions I usually shoot for my books and columns. Although I have a few that I’m looking forward to, I decided a few months ago that I’m a little tired of studio practice shoots just to get material for a book chapter, column or this blog. I did dozens of them for the books I just talked about as well as another project that I’ve been working on for over a year. Now I want to go outside. Minnesota summers are short, and I want to play with my toys in the good ol’ outdoors, mosquitoes be damned (and they are).

ps- go here to see what the new book looks like.