studio photography

Here is your perfect lighting setup for shooting high school graduate portraits

Jan 11, 2021 Mark Ratcliffe

Having been a school and graduation Photographer for 20 years, I have changed my lights several times, always looking at improving my workflow, quality and…



A super simple 2-light setup for shooting still life photography

Dec 2, 2020 Jake Hicks

Big-shock I know. A coloured gel lighting technique from me is hardly surprising, but this time I’m scaling things down and today I’ll be sharing…



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…