lighting Archives

Two photographers going head to head, natural light vs. strobes

Apr 16, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Natural light or artificial light? Sure, it’s a matter of preference, but photographers Manny Ortiz and Jessica Kobeissi made an interesting challenge out of these…

First look at the Elinchrom ELB 500 TTL portable battery powered strobe

Apr 16, 2018 John Aldred

Announced at the beginning of March, the Elinchrom ELB 500 is the most powerful battery powered TTL strobe in Elinchrom’s lineup. That in itself is…

A hands-on first look at the Cactus RQ250 lithium ion 250Ws portable strobe

Apr 4, 2018 John Aldred

Cactus has remained quite a small player in the flash scene since Godox came along with their powerful and portable lithium-ion powered strobes. But, small…

Five easy ways to use V-Flats in the studio

Mar 13, 2018 Chris Ord

V- Flats, screens, flags, boards, whatever you want to call them. They can be really inexpensive but have a huge value in portrait photography in…

Product photography lighting: how to make a cheap and lightweight DIY softbox

Mar 8, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

Product photography can be really creative and fun. We’ve often seen it related to interesting DIY solutions, such as the “IKEA lamp hack” or my…

Elinchrom launches the ELB 500 TTL – Their most powerful portable TTL strobe ever

Mar 5, 2018 John Aldred

TTL seems to have become all the rage for big strobes the last few years. There are now TTL strobe options from Godox, Profoto and…

How colour contamination may be ruining your photographs and how to fix it

Feb 28, 2018 Jake Hicks

Whether you’re aware of the correct terminology or not, you have likely experienced this colour contamination happening in your photographs already. Put simply, colour contamination…