Enigma Studio & Learning Center

Enigma Studio & Learning Center Beauty/Fashion Photo Studio and Photography Learning Center. We concentrate mainly on lighting and thinking outside the norms.

Group or individual instruction is available and will be tailored to YOUR needs.

โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ; ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ.โ€ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐’. ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐จ...
06/17/2026

โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ; ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ.โ€ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐’. ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ซ.

I simply asked for an intense lookโ€”as if she were carefully scrutinizing somethingโ€”and that was all the direction needed. Her attention to detail and impeccable attire only reinforced the determination and resolve in her expression.
For this shot, I metered for the face and opened up by 1/2 stop to bring out the detail where it mattered most.
During WWII Weekend, I keep things simple. Most of the time, I shoot with a single cameraโ€”my Nikon Z8โ€”and one lens, the 24โ€“120mm f/4. Iโ€™ve always preached the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid), and I make a point of practicing what I preach.

Canโ€™t resist a LADY in Uniform One light, one camera the KISS system In frame Katie Wanner
05/07/2026

Canโ€™t resist a LADY in Uniform
One light, one camera the KISS system
In frame Katie Wanner

โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž.โ€ โ€• ๐“๐ก๐ž๐จ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญPerfect weather calls for walkabouts and some ...
04/15/2026

โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž.โ€ โ€• ๐“๐ก๐ž๐จ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ
Perfect weather calls for walkabouts and some street shooting. Iโ€™m drawn to moments of fashion and attitude in what I capture. Iโ€™d passed these doors hundreds of times without a second glanceโ€”yet with Amelia Rose, I finally saw the potential, and the light hit just right. We clicked instantlyโ€”like white on rice.
I broke away from my trusty 24โ€“120mm zoom and committed to a 135mm f/1.8 as my sole lens. It gave me that ultraโ€“shallow depth of field and all the shutter speed I could ask for. Shooting in aperture priority, one quick test and we were set.
A little tip: triangular composition is a power shapeโ€”it frames strength beautifully, especially with Ameliaโ€™s expression.
๐Œ๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐‹: ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐‘๐จ๐ฌฤ™
๐Š๐ˆ๐“: ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ง ๐™๐Ÿ– + ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ– ๐‹๐€๐ ๐™
๐’๐„๐“๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐’: ๐€๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ€ข ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ โ€ข ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ฌ โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐€ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€ฆJust because you own a copious amount of gear, never feel compelled to justify itโ€™s existence by us...
04/01/2026

๐€ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€ฆ

Just because you own a copious amount of gear, never feel compelled to justify itโ€™s existence by using it when itโ€™s not necessary. Less is more! This image of Catrina was made using the window as the main light and filling in with Westcott FJ400II fitted with a Joel Grimes 24โ€ beauty dish. I added a grid to control the light and eliminate spill. I metered the left side of the face first, test shot and then set the flash output to be 1.5 stops LESS than the previous reading on Catrinaโ€™s face. Add a Goldmist filter to soften the image and lower the contrast.

๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ: ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’‚๐’†
๐‘ฒ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป: ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’Œ๐’๐’ ๐’›8 ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ 24-120 ๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’š๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘ท๐’“๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’…๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’• 1/4 ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“.
๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฏ๐‘ป: ๐‘ญ๐‘ฑ ๐‘พ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’„๐’๐’•๐’• ๐‘ญ๐‘ฑ400๐‘ฐ๐‘ฐ. ๐‘พ/๐‘ฑ๐’๐’†๐’๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’” 24โ€ ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’‰

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.This years Mid Atlantic Air Museums 35 Annual WWII Weeke...
03/18/2026

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.

This years Mid Atlantic Air Museums 35 Annual WWII Weekend June 5-6-7 is my place to reconnect with friends and create images. Featuring, 1,500 Re-enactors, over 80 Aircraft, 200 Military Vehicles, Entertainers, 3 Big Bands and over 20 acres of WWII Encampments there is something for everyone to enjoy. Find me at the Home Frontโ€ฆlets create

๐‘๐„๐„๐๐€๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘: ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž
๐Š๐ˆ๐“: ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ– ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ฌ

๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž.Away from the...
03/04/2026

๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

Away from the noise of expectation and comparison, thoughts stretch wider, wander deeper, and connect in unexpected ways. In solitude, creativity is unhurried; it listens to the rhythm of breath, the echo of memory, the subtle spark of curiosity. What begins as silence slowly becomes a canvas, and in that stillness, ideas bloom with a sincerity that only aloneness can nurture.

๐Œ๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐‹: ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐‘๐š๐ž
๐Š๐ˆ๐“: ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐‰ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ

๐…๐”๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.Blending soft window light with a Westcott FJ250 f...
03/03/2026

๐…๐”๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

Blending soft window light with a Westcott FJ250 flash and a Joel Grimes white beauty dish, I aimed to match the vision in my headโ€”elevated further by the beauty and talent of Catrina Rae.
I metered for the window light first and set the exposure two stops under. Then I dialed in the flash so it delivered no more than one stop brighter than the window reading. Test shot. Once everything matched what I had imagined, I stepped back, stayed quiet, and let the incredible Catrina Rae do her thing.
๐Œ๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐‹: ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐‘๐š๐ž
๐Š๐ˆ๐“: ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ง ๐ณ๐Ÿ– ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ ๐‹๐€๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ– ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐“๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง โ€œ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€. ๐’๐„๐“๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐’: ๐ˆ๐’๐Ž ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ

12/31/2025

I close this year on a high note. It has been a good year.

โœจ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! โœจ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ: ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ž...
12/29/2025

โœจ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ! โœจ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ: ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐š๐ณ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐.

Set the mood... communicate. Simple light, one 12in.X 5 ft strip bank to camera right to simulate window light and silver reflector on the left for a slight fill. Meter and let the subject work and flow. NEVER break the mood.

๐Œ๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐‹: ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐’๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž
๐Š๐ˆ๐“: ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ง ๐™๐Ÿ– ๐ฐ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ
๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“: ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐…๐‰ ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ.

๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐.Let the beauty of the subject shine. No need to โ€œGuild the Lillyโ€ by ove...
12/17/2025

๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐.

Let the beauty of the subject shine. No need to โ€œGuild the Lillyโ€ by overlighting! One small beauty dish and a grid, plus a small strip behind Carissa for accent was all that was needed. I set the light and the mood, but Carissa made the magic. We made image this while teaching our Master Class, โ€œthe Art of Allureโ€, at Chromatik Studios last Saturday. From the response receivedโ€ฆwe will return in 2026.

๐Œ๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐‹. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐’๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž
๐Š๐ˆ๐“: ๐๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ง ๐ณ๐Ÿ– ๐ฐ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ณ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ

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