About Andrew Hagood

St. Louis, Missouri born and raised, now living in California! Student, aspiring photographer, and production intern at Silber Studios. I like to do a little bit of everything.

Quick Tips and Pro Help

Career Advice from Jessica Sterling Chances are if you're reading the words I'm typing right now, you'd like to be a photographer. Maybe even a famous one. You might even dream of it. Well, you have to start somewhere. Why not start here? Why not let this be the last video you watch

Green Screen and Flash Photography- New Videos!

3 Tips for a Professional Green Screen Look I would consider this a MUST WATCH video! The easy to learn, hard to master art of green screen is used for everything from setting the background for a scene to that amazing space battle in the most recent superhero movie. But how good it

Quick Rembrandt Lighting Setup

New Video from Fletch Murray Man, Fletch Murray is a video making machine! In his newest video, Fletch discusses Rembrandt lighting, what it is, how to set it up, and how to use it. As it turns out, lighting your scene or shoot the same way as legendary Dutch painters isn't all that difficult. All

Light and Location- New Videos from Fletch Murray and Denice Duff

Photography & Video Lighting Tips Using Only One Light The de-lightful Fletch Murray is back with another great video. This time, our resident master filmmaker presents us with a challenge: try to set up a scene lit like a Roger Deakins film. Deakins, for those who don't know, is a legendary cinematographer known

7 Fast Tips For Flash Photography

Fast Tips For Flash Photos! Here at AYP, we love alliteration, but sometimes our camera's flash gets a little less love. Well no more! Jessica Sterling is here to help! Our very own lighting legend gives out her favorite tips and tricks for using on-camera flash. Her fantastic flash advice includes showing you

Lighting & Portrait Tips From Denice Duff

New video feat. Denice Duff Hey, folks. Did you miss our videos? Because we did! So we're BACK with a great, brand new one. We didn't let the New York snow stop this one. I sat down with the multi talented Denice Duff to talk about portrait photography and her favorite tricks for

Composition Tips from the Masters!

Sneak Peek at the New Book + Pre Order Preorder now on Amazon After months of hard work, my new book, The Secrets To Taking Amazing Photos, is almost here! We're excited to give you guys an early look into some of the awesome content that will be inside. This new photography handbook includes tips