lighting

    Make Your Own Beauty Dish From a Metal Mixing Bowl
    Feb 26, 2016 John Aldred

    We’ve featured a few DIY Beauty Dishes in the past, from the very cheap to the super cheap, but few of those builds would blend…

    How I Shot This Farm House Environmental Portrait with a Perforated Cardboard
    Feb 26, 2016 Gustavo Pomar

    I took this photo as part of a lighting class in Costa Rica. The theme was people who represent the spirit of the farm where…

    I Wish All Lighting Diagrams Were That Awesome
    Feb 25, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    If you are doing anything that has to do with lighting, you know the value of Lighting Diagrams and setup shots as a teaching tool (we…

    The Simplest, Fastest and Most Effective One Light Setup I’ve Ever Used
    Feb 21, 2016 Jake Hicks

    Sometimes, getting a sweet lighting setup is a matter of pure luck and this is the case with this setup. I’ll collect setups like tools,…

    Behind The Scenes with Sports Illustrated, Will Smith and Michael Grecco
    Feb 18, 2016 John Aldred

    I’m sure almost everybody would love to have the opportunity to photograph the likes of Will Smith for a high profile magazine like Sports Illustrated.  I know…

    These Two Photos Will Make You Instantly Understand How The Inverse Square Law Works
    Feb 8, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    When I started to use artificial lighting, The Inverse Square Law was my nemesis. Not only it is not intuitive, but it is also not…

    How To Make a DIY Honeycomb Strobe / Flash / Speedlight Grid with Straws
    Feb 7, 2016 Sandra Luoni

    So, this article is for stylish-or-so (mostly wedding) photographers on a budget; if you were looking for a DIY honeycomb speedlight grid that is sleek, easy to…

    Tons of Milk and Naked Models Transformed Into Stunning Fallen Angels (NSFW)
    Feb 1, 2016 Liron Samuels

    I’m sure most of you are familiar with Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz’s work by now. His signature splashed-milk photography has been featured twice before on the blog…

    Von Wong Tied Down a Model And Photographed Her With Sharks
    Jan 18, 2016 Liron Samuels

    In his latest adventure, Benjamin von Wong headed to Fiji where he tied down a model to photograph her underwater with the local sharks. While this…

    Using Gelled Lighting For In-Camera, Color-Theory Driven Stories
    Jan 18, 2016 Glenn Norwood

    I pretty much shoot exclusively color images – I don’t know why, I just always tend to resonate towards color rather than a monochrome image….