lighting

    Bring Your Lighting Game To The Next Level: The Power Of Shaping Hard Light
    May 1, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

    There’s a lot to be learned about lighting, even for the professionals. No one knows everything there is to know about it, but with a…

    Portraits On A Budget [NSFWish]
    May 1, 2015 Dave Kai Piper

    These days I have been shooting with very small lighting setups. Either one main light through a 170cm Softbox or a dingle speedlight. A few…

    Comparing 7 Common Light Modifiers
    Apr 27, 2015 Robert Mitchell

    Guest post by Robert Mitchell. Hit the bottom of the post to see his links. When assembling a lighting kit, it’s very difficult to know which…

    Lighting Tutorial: Using 1 Speedlight And Recyclable Stuff From Around The House
    Apr 25, 2015 Laya Gerlock

    Sometimes having a messy studio can inspire you to shoot. I have all sorts of boxes and plastics lying around my studio because I only clean…

    Spiffy Gear Announces Studio Strobe Add On To Its Light Blaster™ System
    Apr 22, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    We are big fans of Spiffy Gear’s Light Blaster and have seen quite a few creative uses of it over the time. From jewels photography…

    If You Want To Make Things Hard, Combine 4 Mirrors, Ground Fog And A Light Blaster To Create An Image
    Apr 20, 2015 Stefan Kohler

    There are these moments I have, lying in bed, closing my eyes and there it is: that idea that won’t let me sleep. Most of…

    How To Build A 5-point LED Interview Set Up
    Apr 19, 2015 Udi Tirosh

    Here is a quick and easy setup from Dedo Weigert Film for making a 5 point lighting setup using nothing but LED lights. This is…

    Product Photography: Shooting A “Papo Seco” Wine Bottle
    Apr 17, 2015 Rui Bandeira

    Here it is a short description of the process for creating the image of the bottle “Papo Seco” to Pinto & Raposo. For this shot…

    Tips on getting Gradient Reflection on Reflective Surfaces Part 2
    Apr 15, 2015 Laya Gerlock

    Last year I made an article about getting good gradient reflections on surfaces, but after a while of using this that I’ve come to realize that I…

    Adaptalux Hopes To Revolutionize The Way We Light Macro Photography
    Apr 15, 2015 Tiffany Mueller

    The old adage “Don’t fix it if it isn’t broken” holds a lot of wisdom, but every once in a while a new product shows…