lighting

    How to effectively light black & white shots for a dramatic look
    Jun 25, 2018 John Aldred

    Lighting scenes for shooting in black & white is a little different from working with colour. For a start, you don’t have to worry about…

    3 easy and inexpensive setups for shooting product videos
    Jun 22, 2018 John Aldred

    Product videos are a lot of fun to shoot. As is product photography. Coming up with different unique ways to show off a product is…

    Here is how the position of light changes your portraits
    Jun 13, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    The position of light in relation with your subject can significantly affect the atmosphere of your shots. Depending on where you place the lighting, you…

    How to make your own DIY beauty dish for less than $10
    May 31, 2018 John Aldred

    The beauty dish has become a staple of portrait and fashion photographers. When used well, they offer a pleasing and flattering look to your subject….

    6 Light Beauty and Fashion Lighting Setup
    May 30, 2018 Jake Hicks

    I know it’s extremely trendy right now to say that ‘one light is all you need’, and although in certain situations this is true, a…

    Four ways to recreate moonlight in your photos and video
    May 29, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    There is more than one way moonlight appears in photos and videos. Sometimes it’s blue, sometimes it’s silver, and sometimes it’s just white. Nerris Nassiri from Aputure shows…

    Comparison of six different Cheetah softboxes
    May 28, 2018 Robert Hall

    In my newest video I compared the 6 different softbox options available from Cheetah. This includes the Quick SoupBowl (QSB-26, QSB-34, QSB-42), Quick RiceBowl (QRB-36,…

    Objective & Subjective Lighting – What it is and how to do it
    May 24, 2018 Jake Hicks

    Like many things in life, there’s no right or wrong way to learn photographic lighting… but I do believe there are easy ways and hard…

    How to construct the world’s most well built and best looking DIY light box
    May 22, 2018 John Aldred

    It’s always interesting to see how those who have some kind of actual construction skill tackle photography related projects. For example, if any of us…

    The five steps set-up for a perfect TTL Strobe photo
    May 4, 2018 Andrew Appleton

    OK. Hands up to it. I am a huge fan of TTL flash on speedlights. Why? Because it means I can pretty much nail the…