lighting

Best flash accessories ($50 or less) that provide disproportionate value to their cost

Jun 19, 2023 PJ Pantelis

The Strobist mentality is about achieving big-budget images with low-budget equipment. But buying your flashes is just the beginning of your journey. Here are eight items…



These are the “cheat codes” to make any video cinematic

Jun 8, 2023 John Aldred

The term “cinematic” means lots of different things to different people. There are a lot of people out there who believe it’s anything shot on…



Comparing strobe and LED flash duration

May 10, 2023 Jake Hicks

We rarely see any big changes in the flash lighting world, but one area that is constantly evolving rapidly is LED lighting. One of the…



How to create intelligent presets to add a realistic background light in Lightroom

Apr 5, 2023 Alex Baker

There’s no denying just how incredibly powerful Adobe Lightroom has become in the last year. Lightroom’s AI tools and clever single-click masking can take your…



Master outdoor video lighting with these simple tips

Mar 9, 2023 Alex Baker

It’s one thing to shoot video and record audio indoors. But what happens when you need to start filming in outdoor locations? Moving your whole…



How to shoot great one-light portraits in a tiny home studio

Feb 16, 2023 John Aldred

Learning to shoot portraits at home is often a struggle. Even when you can convince one of your family members to hop in front of…



Feeling stale? Try Pye Jirsa’s unconventional 2 light set-up to create magical portraits

Jan 8, 2023 Alex Baker

It’s easy to get a little stuck in a rut when it comes to studio lighting, particularly with portraits. The human face can only be…



Paul C. Buff announces Celestial, a portable strobe with HSS and TTL capability

Jan 4, 2023 John Aldred

Paul C. Buff lighting company, producers of such lights as the Einstein, AlienBees and DigiBee lighting products, has announced a new strobe called the Celestial….



Two ways to take outstanding portraits with a projector

Dec 30, 2022 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Projecting light and shapes onto your model opens up a whole lot of possibilities for creative, unusual portraits. If you’re looking for some inspiration and…



No, you don’t need 5 strobes to take a great portrait. Create beautiful cinematic lighting with just one light

Nov 25, 2022 Alex Baker

Sometimes I watch movies or TV shows, and I miss important plot points because I’m trying to figure out how they did the lighting. I…