lighting

    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…

    How and why you might want to use High Speed Sync flash in the studio
    Oct 17, 2019 John Aldred

    High speed sync flash is typically associated with shooting outdoors. You’re in the bright light, and you need to take your shutter past your camera’s…

    An in-depth look at the best macro photography light modifiers you can buy, or make yourself
    Oct 14, 2019 Maximilian Simson

    Even though speedlights are incredibly useful for macro photography, they’re light does not always look flattering. Harsh shadows in unwanted places, blown-out highlights and strong…

    Manfrotto announces the water-resistant Lykos 2.0 bicolour on-camera LED light
    Oct 9, 2019 John Aldred

    While billed as an on-camera LED light for video, the new Manfrotto Lykos 2.0 is a pretty powerful 2-in-1 LED light panel that can also…

    Adaptalux expands its macro lighting range with new Xenon Flash Arm units
    Oct 8, 2019 John Aldred

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adaptalux/adaptalux-flash-arms-adaptable-flash-photography-lighting Adaptalux was launched through Kickstarter back in 2015, just creeping past its £100,000 goal. It was a new way to light macro easily with…

    Here are 17 light modifiers compared and how they affect your portraits
    Sep 17, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    No matter what kind of photography you prefer, there are so many light modifiers to choose from and give your photos the look you want….

    This surgery puts a Godox AD200 on an S-type bracket
    Jul 29, 2019 Mauro Pastore

    It was a while since I was thinking how to perfectly center the Godox H200J bare bulb head in the S-Type Bracket. The AD200 and…

    A comprehensive optical snoot review
    Jul 25, 2019 Jake Hicks

    When photographers use terms like ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ light, it’s actually incredibly vague. You would rarely describe your meal as simply a ‘meat’ dish, so…

    Modern cameras: how they make it harder to take a bad photo
    Jul 25, 2019 Blair Bunting

    Twenty years, they have gone by fast. I can remember the first time I saw a camera with a screen on the back of it…