lighting

    Hard light vs soft light and how it applies to still life, food and product photography
    Feb 10, 2022 John Aldred

    The concept of hard vs soft light comes up all the time, particularly on YouTube, but it’s typically in relation to portraits and other photographs…

    The BBC’s 2022 Winter Olympics commercial shows off amazing 3D printed stop motion animation
    Jan 28, 2022 John Aldred

    Whenever the Olympics come around, the BBC always comes up with some fantastic promotional sequences for it – you know, just in case a single…

    Lighting Technique: How to photograph people with top-down sci-fi lighting
    Jan 19, 2022 Jake Hicks

    I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to hear that it’ll be a short and sweet one this week ;) Nothing mind-bending or buried in lighting…

    Create magic with this 3 light gelled portrait set-up
    Jan 17, 2022 Alex Baker

    Studio photography can be so creative. All you need is a subject and a light. But after you’ve mastered one light, the possibilities are endless….

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    You might soon be able to customize your Instagram grid
    Jan 12, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

    Have you ever thought how cool it would be to customize your Instagram grid and rearrange the posts you’ve published so far? Well, you just…

    Create striking portraits like these using a hat as a gobo
    Jan 10, 2022 Alex Baker

    If you didn’t already know, the term Gobo is an acronym that literally means ‘Goes Before Optics’. What does that mean then exactly? Well, it’s…

    Create dramatic portraits with a homemade Gobo like this photographer
    Dec 20, 2021 Alex Baker

    What makes a portrait dramatic? If you search the internet you’ll get quite a few answers, ranging from the practical to the abstract. Suggestions such…

    Shooting with Canon 1D 20 years later
    Dec 18, 2021 Blair Bunting

    It was my first year in college. I was going out everyday to teach myself photography, Harry Potter had just come out in theaters (although…

    Lighting setup: Combining hard and soft light
    Dec 9, 2021 Jake Hicks

    Trigger Warning: Yes these shots are of a young lady in her underwear and no that is certainly not necessary for this setup to work….

    How to shoot dramatic architectural silhouettes, without leaving your house
    Dec 8, 2021 Alex Baker

    Sometimes we see something that makes you stop scrolling, sit up, and take note. That is exactly what happened when we saw these dramatic silhouettes…