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    Photographer takes you behind the scenes of this dreamy conceptual image
    Nov 28, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Swedish photographer Erik Johansson is known for his dreamy and surreal images. This time, he decided to depict the change between day and night. As…

    Make these portable and foldable DIY V-flats for under $100
    Nov 23, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    We’ve recently given you five ideas for using V-flats in the studio. And if you’d like to make your own V-flats on the cheap and…

    Make your own DIY diffusion panels for still life photography
    Nov 23, 2018 Martin Pitonak

    Light diffusion panels cost very little when you make them yourself, and to do so is very simple. I can’t tell you how many times…

    Here are five simple ways to use V-flats in the studio
    Nov 15, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    A V-flat can be a useful and versatile tool for studio photography. In this video, Spyros Heniadis gives you five easy ways to use a…

    This studio simulation is so good, I am recreating my entire portfolio as CGI
    Nov 11, 2018 Stefan Kohler

    Being kind of a computer geek, I found myself looking for a good way to simulate studio lights. I tried Blender, Cinema 4D, and other…

    An artist created this spooky pumpkin photo using practical effects and lighting
    Oct 26, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Halloween is a holiday that can spark our creativity in different areas: decorating the home, carving pumpkins, or creating costumes. And of course, it sparks…

    I combined 7 Godox AD200 lights to make a huge 1400Ws cluster light
    Oct 18, 2018 Markus Klinko

    Like most photographers who have been working for many years, I have my favorite, go-to lights. These include the Broncolor Para 88, 133, and 222;…

    How I create Hollywood glamour portraits in the studio with continuous lights and DIY cookies
    Oct 17, 2018 Owen Lloyd

    If I look back at how I learned to take pictures, the path isn’t straight at all. But this isn’t necessarily just because I took…

    This is how high your light source should be for photographing portraits
    Oct 15, 2018 John Aldred

    One of the questions I often hear from people who are new to photography, particularly when using flash is “How high should my light be?”….

    This scene of time passing in a room was shot as a single long take and it’s beautiful
    Oct 5, 2018 John Aldred

    If you didn’t know better, you’d swear this almost-two-minute sequence from new TV show, Kidding, was multiple takes with motion controlled cameras and some nifty…