lighting Archives

Shutter Dragging Explained

Feb 20, 2014 Laya Gerlock

A participant in one of my workshops asked me about taking a photo of their iPhone while using an off-camera flash. The main problem he…

Feb 14, 2014 Guest Author

Many people have asked me about the DIY softbox I made a year or so ago — lovingly nicknamed “the ghettobox” — so here it…

Jan 29, 2014 Laya Gerlock

A few weeks back I wrote an article about stopping down the ambient light by 2-3 stops and using flash to expose for your subject,…

Jan 22, 2014 Laya Gerlock

I regularly teach a workshop here in The Philippines and I always tell my students that I learned photography because I practice and shoot almost…

Jan 17, 2014 Laya Gerlock

One thing about photography is that from time to time you have creative dry spells and you need some inspiration to keep you going. One…

Jan 8, 2014 Laya Gerlock

Last week I shared an article about putting a granite tile to good use, there was one technique in that post that I wanted to…

Jan 2, 2014 Guest Author

It has been said many times before, the eyes are one of the key elements that photographers try and capture. Here is a little video…

Dec 31, 2013 Guest Author

We got this great quick tip by mail from Brian Carey. He shoots a lot with off camera lighting and came up with a clever…

Dec 25, 2013 Laya Gerlock

OK, you got me, there is no magic bullet. The truth of it is that you have to work hard and know what you’re doing….

Dec 18, 2013 Laya Gerlock

While I was doing my 365 Project, I wanted to challenge myself with using 4 or more lights and using different colors for a shoot….