Lana Ortiz is a photographic artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. Operating out of a boutique studio near Albany, NY, which specializes in Family and Vanity Fair style Contemporary Portraits, Boudoir, Weddings, Engagements, Maternity, Senior and Professional Headshots; her work has been featured on television and magazine covers. To book your consultation visit https://www.lanaortizphotography.com.

In this episode, Rick and Lana discuss:

Biggest Pet Peeves of photographers - phone filters

Building formerly known as The Hilton Arts Center

Why she doesn’t want a new camera

The advent of digital photography

Postmortem photography

The importance of professional family portraits

Restoring old damaged photo prints

Why she got into portrait photography 

Photo file backups

Wedding photography techniques

How not to overshoot

Lens calibration

Canon vs Nikon vs Sony

Canon controls suck

Getting the painterly look

Lens calibration

Photoshop Crashing

Premiere Pro

All Adobe software failing

Gaining inspiration from art and film

Mic technique

Watch on YouYube here: https://youtu.be/yoK287Vjrss