lighting
Porsche: lighting and photographing the racing icons
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…








































