lighting
This software lets you test movie lights without leaving your home
Jan 9, 2021
Udi Tirosh
It’s no secret that we use Set a Light to test our photo lighting before we start a shoot. (We talked about it here, here,…
How to shoot overhead butterfly beauty lighting in a confined space
Jan 8, 2021
John Aldred
Butterfly lighting is a common technique in beauty and portrait photography. It’s so-called because of the butterfly-shaped shadow it creates underneath the subject’s nose. Typically,…
Watch these four awesome one-light portrait setups in just 10 minutes
Jan 4, 2021
John Aldred
Most of us end up getting so bogged down with gear at some point that it can be difficult to choose exactly what gear we’re…
The 2020 DIYP Holiday Gift Guide Megathread
Dec 14, 2020
John Aldred
With all of our 2020 Gift Guides now posted, we thought we’d pop up one more just so you have a handy link to all…
There are only 150 Arctic foxes in Norway, here is one with the moon behind it + other stories
Nov 16, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Roger Brendhagen has mastered the art of capturing wildlife and birds with backlight. It takes a lot of planning, experience, and patience to nail these…
Parabolic softboxes “make a mockery of the laws of physics” and are “completely unnecessary”
Nov 13, 2020
John Aldred
When somebody begins a video with the phrase “what a load of marketing bulls**t”, they’re about to either make themselves look like an idiot or…
How to turn one light into several for dramatic black and white portraits
Nov 7, 2020
John Aldred
When it comes to using just a single light source in the studio, there is a lot of great content out there, and we’ve covered…
This is how special effects artists made the muscle and “fat” suits for Bill & Ted Face the Music
Oct 23, 2020
John Aldred
Many of us will remember the original adventures of Ted Theodore Logan and Bill S. Preston Esq., and their long-awaited third movie was finally released…
How to photograph artwork like a pro with just one light
Oct 21, 2020
Harry Durgin
Scanning artwork certainly has its advantages, but it also has its limitations. Brushstrokes can benefit from a more unidirectional light source. Photographing in a controlled…
These are the best and the worst ways to use a single-light setup
Oct 15, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Although a single light doesn’t seem like much, there’s a lot you can do with it. From some more traditional setups to unusual horror setups,…