studio photography
Confused by lighting terms? Here’s what they all mean
Nov 24, 2020
John Aldred
If you’re new to working with flash, especially when shooting portraits, all of the different terms for different lights can be quite confusing. With no…
How I shot a portrait of two people 7,000km apart on a single wet plate photograph
Nov 16, 2020
Markus Hofstätter
This is not about a technical perfect wet plate. This is about building connections from thousand miles away. Overcoming obstacles and being there for each…
Parabolic softboxes “make a mockery of the laws of physics” and are “completely unnecessary”
Nov 13, 2020
John Aldred
When somebody begins a video with the phrase “what a load of marketing bulls**t”, they’re about to either make themselves look like an idiot or…
How to turn one light into several for dramatic black and white portraits
Nov 7, 2020
John Aldred
When it comes to using just a single light source in the studio, there is a lot of great content out there, and we’ve covered…
Five clamps and brackets every studio shooter and strobist needs
Nov 4, 2020
Jake Hicks
What even is a ‘studio shooter’ today? Years ago it was a little easier to define, but due to us having tons of heavy, cumbersome lighting and…
How I shot this “Fructis” product image
Nov 2, 2020
Rui Bandeira
I decided to make this image for my product portfolio. I think it is important to build images with total creative freedom, without having to…
This is my favourite $1 lighting modifier
Sep 30, 2020
Jake Hicks
I’ve always been drawn to interesting looking light. The simple, soft and flat light of softboxes and other standard modifiers rarely hold my attention and…
Here is a simple $20 studio you can set up anywhere
Aug 31, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
If you plan to set up a home studio, there can be a lot of things on your mind and on your to-buy list. But…
Elinchrom has launched two new ELC 125 and ELC 500 studio strobes
Feb 25, 2020
John Aldred
These days, with the amount of battery-powered strobes out there, we often forget that some people still prefer to plug their strobes into the wall….
Lighting setup: bounced top light
Feb 20, 2020
Jake Hicks
Studio lighting can be tricky, but in reality shooting, in a big open studio space with all the fancy modifiers and stands is a damn…