lighting

This is why food ads cost tens of thousands of dollars to produce

Nov 21, 2022 Alex Baker

We’ve all seen them thousands of times, the ubiquitous fast food advertisement flickering across the screen for 30 seconds while we catch up with our…



How to get beautiful golden sunlight for perfect portraits even on cloudy days

Nov 4, 2022 Alex Baker

The city I live in boasts 300 days of sunshine a year. Except on days when I have a photoshoot booked and need sunshine, it…



How to create a vibrant portrait using simple full cover gelled lighting

Oct 27, 2022 Jake Hicks

Controlling gelled lights can be tricky. We all struggle with washed-out or even muddy colours occasionally and the core reason for this, is your coloured…



What it’s like to photograph football players

Oct 24, 2022 Blair Bunting

Photographing football campaigns in one of the most aggressive and intense types of commercial photography there is. While some photoshoots will have a sushi chef for craft services,…



The easiest way to balance flash with ambient light when shooting outdoors

Oct 14, 2022 Alex Baker

If you’ve been a predominantly natural light shooter then the prospect of adding a flash or strobe to your images could feel a little daunting….



Lighting Setup: Pastel Colored Light and Gobos

Sep 7, 2022 Jake Hicks

Ever since I started to use colored lighting, I’ve always battled with the issues that many of us face when combining multiple colors and if…



Annie Leibovitz under fire for “poorly lit” photos of Black skin… Again

Aug 22, 2022 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Vogue recently hired famous photographer Annie Leibovitz to take photos of the United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. As perhaps we could have…



How to shoot portraits in natural light and enhance them with LED lights

Aug 3, 2022 Jake Hicks

The vast majority of us learn photography with the aid of natural light. Whether we started years ago with our parent’s film camera, or whether…



How to recreate the lighting setups for six scenes in Stranger Things 4

Jul 31, 2022 John Aldred

I don’t know about you, but I find movies and TV shows a great source of inspiration. And I don’t mean the story, but the…



How to make two DIY foldable V-flats for $150

Jul 20, 2022 Jake Hicks

I’ve used poly-boards, bounce-boards, and even white sheets and white walls as lighting modifiers to soften the light in the past, but arguably the quickest…