lighting

    6 ideas to help you start using color gels
    Sep 28, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    The use of color gels expands the possibilities and helps you create plenty of different looks. If you’re just discovering color gels, Ted Sim of…

    5 important things for lighting bald people
    Sep 27, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    It’s always fun and useful to learn skills, tips and tricks about lighting, and Caleb Pike of DSLR Video Shooter has shared tons of them…

    7 truths of shooting natural light only
    Sep 26, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    Natural light is beautiful and can give you incredible shots if you know how to use it. But should you limit yourself only to the…

    Spekular is the light that does it all for photographers
    Sep 24, 2017 Joe Edelman

    Spekular is spectacular! Hmmm – a little over the top? Not really. I recently had the opportunity to put this new LED lighting system from…

    How to create low key Rembrandt light portraits in the studio
    Sep 22, 2017 John Aldred

    Rembrandt had a wonderful way of simulating light in his paintings. So much so, that there’s a whole photography lighting technique named after him. Not…

    7 ways to improve your portraits with a reflector and white foamcore
    Sep 22, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    5-in-1 reflector is a super-handy tool for both bounding and diffusing the light. Arron Nace from Phlearn shows you seven different setups you can create…

    The Strobist offers up some advice for those starting out with flash
    Sep 21, 2017 John Aldred

    David Hobby is the man who started off the whole strobist movement. He literally is the Strobist. It’s been a while since we’ve seen him on…

    The Aputure MX is the brightest mini on camera light in the market
    Sep 19, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    A new light is coming from Aputure soon, and it contains a whole lot of brightness in the size of a credit card. Although it’s…

    See the pros and cons of using natural light and off camera flash outdoors
    Sep 16, 2017 John Aldred

    Before the proliferation of speedlights and portable strobes over the last few years, people always asked me why I’d take flash out in the daytime….

    Lessons on properly lighting dark-skinned actors from “Insecure” director of photography Ava Berkofsky
    Sep 15, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    How to properly light the model depends on several aspects, and one of them is skin color. Insecure’s director of photography, Ava Berkofsky, makes the…