lighting

    Imitating hazy backgrounds with diffusion gels
    Jul 10, 2019 Jake Hicks

    Shooting in a studio has its advantages. But although being warm, dry and convenient are greatly appreciated, shooting between the same four walls can get…

    This is what a gaffer does and why you need one on a film set
    Jul 5, 2019 John Aldred

    Gaffer is one of those titles that unless you actually become part of the photo or film industry, you’re not really sure what it is….

    How to balance your strobes with ambient light on location
    Jul 2, 2019 John Aldred

    Many users of flash feel quite comfortable with it in the studio. The studio makes things fairly straightforward. You expose to eliminate all the ambient…

    German lighting manufacturer Hensel goes into provisional insolvency
    Jul 2, 2019 John Aldred

    We appear to have another casualty in the increasingly competitive strobe market. According to ProfiFoto, The District Court of Würzburg has ordered the provisional insolvency administration…

    The Photon is a product photography “light tent” updated for the 21st century
    Jun 26, 2019 John Aldred

    The humble light tent is both loved and loathed by product photographers all over the world. On the one hand, it’s a great way to…

    DIY lighting

    Build Your Own DIY Floating Balloon LED Light Using a Few Shower Curtains
    Jun 19, 2019 John Aldred

    Balloon lights are an uncommon light source for most of us. But such lights are often used in TV and movie production. They’re essentially huge light…

    Understanding Light – Working with hard light
    Jun 5, 2019 Jake Hicks

    Being able to look at an image and understand the lighting within it is not crucial to becoming a great photographer. But having the ability…

    Profoto’s new B10 Plus doubles the power of the B10 to 500Ws with a 25% price increase
    Jun 5, 2019 John Aldred

    Profoto has announced the new B10 Plus strobe, doubling the power of the B10 from 250Ws to 500Ws. It’s a little longer than the B10,…

    Nikon D1 – What it’s like using the 20 year old digital camera in 2019
    May 14, 2019 Blair Bunting

    It is June 15th, 1999. The box office is being dominated by the release of the first new Star Wars in 16 years, even though…

    5 modifiers for photographers on the move
    May 8, 2019 Jake Hicks

    A little while ago I was teaching one of my lighting workshops and one of the attendees was looking to implement some of the set-ups…