lighting Archives

This speedlight diffuser is either brilliantly stupid or stupidly brilliant

Jul 3, 2020 John Aldred

I haven’t quite made my mind up about this one yet, and I think I’d actually have to try it – or at least see…

I always say that we all make mistakes and that it gives us an opportunity to learn as long as we’re willing to fix them….

Jun 23, 2020 Blair Bunting

Every so often a photoshoot comes along that both excites you and terrifies you at the same time, and today’s article is about one such…

Jun 11, 2020 John Aldred

The last few months have been a challenging time for photographers the world over. Some are now able to start getting back out and trying…

Apr 14, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

The eyes are the window to one’s soul. What truly brings out the eyes in your portraits is a small, yet important detail: catchlights. In…

Apr 13, 2020 Udi Tirosh

If you are on the creative side, it’s hard to stay at home without any humans to shoot. If you are not familiar with Set.A.Light…

Mar 31, 2020 John Aldred

The leaks have been floating around for a while, but now the complete specs for the Godox AD1200Pro have been released, including the price –…

Mar 10, 2020 Blair Bunting

First, a little backstory to this piece… For much of my young career, I shot Canon. Be it the 1D, 1D2, 1DS, 1D3, 1DS2 and…

Mar 2, 2020 John Aldred

Joker has been one of the biggest movies over the last couple of years, taking home both the best actor and best original score Oscars….

Feb 20, 2020 Jake Hicks

Studio lighting can be tricky, but in reality shooting, in a big open studio space with all the fancy modifiers and stands is a damn…