lighting

    No assistant? No problem — a guide to mobile light diffusion
    Feb 16, 2020 Dan St Louis

    Hi — My name is Dan St. Louis, and I’m the Owner and Head Photographer at HeadShots Inc, a San Francisco-based photography service focused exclusively…

    Watch this introduction to hard vs soft light for beginners
    Feb 6, 2020 John Aldred

    Understanding light, how it works, and the effect it can have on your subject is one of the fundamental principles of photography. It basically determines…

    Paul C. Buff is back with the LINK battery-powered, TTL & HSS-capable strobe
    Jan 14, 2020 John Aldred

    It’s been a while since Paul C Buff has really released anything new. Sure, they announced the “DigiBee” back in 2016, but that was more…

    How to turn your on-camera flash into an off-camera softbox for $30 or less
    Jan 10, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    There can be many reasons why you don’t have a softbox, but there can also be many situations when you could really use one. I…

    How to shoot atmospheric photos of glass with just a couple of speedlights
    Jan 6, 2020 John Aldred

    Photographing glass can be a very tricky topic if you don’t know how to approach it. It doesn’t react to light the way that most…

    This video helps you master five primary lighting patterns in under ten minutes
    Jan 6, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    If you’re new to portrait photography, basic lighting patterns are a very useful thing to master. But if you want to use them efficiently, it’s…

    Take a look behind the scenes at the amazing cinematography of HBO’s “Chernobyl”
    Nov 26, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    HBO’s series Chernobyl took the world by the storm shortly after it was first aired, and if you ask me, it’s no surprise. With the…

    How to create the “Corona” lighting effect on your subjects
    Nov 20, 2019 Jake Hicks

    I’m just gonna come clean here and say that I just made up the name ‘corona’ for this lighting setup. In fact, the word corona…

    Rosco’s MIXBOOK is the “world’s first” digital gel swatchbook
    Nov 5, 2019 John Aldred

    Gel and lighting manufacturer Rosco has released the MIXBOOK. They say that it is the “world’s first digital swatchbook”. If you don’t know what swatchbooks…

    How to create spooky Halloween lighting in a small home studio
    Oct 28, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Halloween is just around the corner and you may want to shoot some spooky portraits in your home studio. I know I do! In this…