lighting

    Porsche: lighting and photographing the racing icons

    Jun 5, 2019 Blair Bunting

    Photographing a Porsche is a special experience for me, as I am a racing fan, and Porsche is racing. They are the essence of speed on the curving…

    Ten things a photographer wishes he’d known before he started using strobes

    Jun 3, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    When you first start using strobes, it can be exciting but also overwhelming. There’s a lot to learn and a lot of mistakes to make…

    LIT xenon smartphone flash cancels Kickstarter campaign despite exceeded funds

    May 31, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    Last month, a promising Kickstarter campaign was launched to fund LIT Flash, a powerful xenon wireless flash for smartphone photography. It seemed like a good…

    Understanding light – an introduction

    May 29, 2019 Jake Hicks

    This article aims to look at how we as photographers ‘understand’ light. It may seem obvious to many of you, but to a vast majority…

    Maximising space – A tour of our new not-huge studio

    May 16, 2019 Iddo Genuth

    We moved to our new studio a few months ago and we have been gradually building things as we go. This will be the first…

    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…

    Shooting in a small space – a brief tour of my tiny home studio

    Apr 27, 2019 Laura Sheridan

    A lot of people seem to think I have this giant space. I do not. I actually never had more space than those 2 converted…

    How to use V-flats to create three different beauty lighting setups

    Apr 25, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

    When shooting in a studio, you can use V-flats in a variety of ways. In this video, Lindsay Adler  shows you three simple setups you…

    Getting creative with one light

    Apr 21, 2019 Barry Mountford

    So you have just picked up your first light or you have had one light for a while now and you are wondering what more…