lighting
4 Lighting Principles I wish I knew when I started Photography
Mar 7, 2017
Tara Lesher
When I first started photography, I struggled a lot with lighting. In the beginning, we are often told to shoot our subjects in open shade….
How to make ultra lightweight giant scrims for diffusion or gels
Mar 2, 2017
John Aldred
There’s a lot of DIY solutions out there for big diffusers, and such. Most of them with either wooden or PVC pipe frame. While PVC…
See the difference between natural light, flash and high speed sync
Mar 1, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
there plenty of ways to achieve the lighting you want or use the one you have. In this video from Derrel Ho-Shing, you’ll see differences…
This photographer uses a mirrored disco ball to light up a VW Camper
Feb 23, 2017
John Aldred
Yesterday, I ran across an image by photographer, Chris Frosin. Chris is an automotive photographer for several car magazines in the UK. Many of the cars he…
How to turn off that annoying grid in Photoshop when you zoom in.
Feb 18, 2017
Joseph Parry
Hey, guys! I’ve been working on 4K for the last year, and as such, I have to zoom in quite considerably more than resolutions such…
Build your own DIY Kino Flo style lights with incandescent bulbs
Feb 16, 2017
John Aldred
There is no doubt that Kino Flo produce some very good lights. But they’re not exactly easy on the wallet. Sure, you can go out…
How to use gridded strip softboxes as your main light source
Feb 16, 2017
John Aldred
When it comes to setting up flash for a portrait, one might usually grab a big octabox or beauty dish. Normally, we wouldn’t consider something…
Build your own 3D printed DIY LED ringlight for your smartphone
Feb 16, 2017
John Aldred
The problem with mobile phones is that if you need lights, you’ve usually got two options. The first is to simply deal with the underpowered,…
Watch: How to truly make the eyes “windows to the soul” in your portraits
Feb 8, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Catching the mood and the spirit of the moment may be one of our primary tasks as photographers or videographers. Yet, we may also be…
Sekonic’s new L-858D light meter finally lets you meter for High Speed Sync flash
Feb 8, 2017
John Aldred
Ever since high speed sync was introduced to speedlights, I’ve seen questions about metering it. Up until now, it’s pretty much been impossible to judge…