studio photography

    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…

    How to use light, shadows and highlights for dramatic portrait lighting – Part 2
    Feb 15, 2020 Barry Mountford

    Hey guys! In episode 2 from my Light, Shadow, and Hi-light series, I will take you behind the scenes of the image below. I will…

    How to use light, shadows and highlights for dramatic portrait lighting – Part 1
    Jan 21, 2020 Barry Mountford

    Hey, folks! Its a brand new year and one I am pumped for! 2020 is gonna be another great year! To kick this new decade…

    How to shoot atmospheric photos of glass with just a couple of speedlights
    Jan 6, 2020 John Aldred

    Photographing glass can be a very tricky topic if you don’t know how to approach it. It doesn’t react to light the way that most…

    How I built this low budget DIY set for my recent photography project
    Nov 21, 2019 Nicki Panou

    For my latest project, “we are the dead“, I decided to build a room in which to shoot my pictures. I had absolutely no idea…

    How to create the “Corona” lighting effect on your subjects
    Nov 20, 2019 Jake Hicks

    I’m just gonna come clean here and say that I just made up the name ‘corona’ for this lighting setup. In fact, the word corona…

    How and why you might want to use High Speed Sync flash in the studio
    Oct 17, 2019 John Aldred

    High speed sync flash is typically associated with shooting outdoors. You’re in the bright light, and you need to take your shutter past your camera’s…

    Understanding Light – Working with hard light
    Jun 5, 2019 Jake Hicks

    Being able to look at an image and understand the lighting within it is not crucial to becoming a great photographer. But having the ability…

    Shooting in a small space – a brief tour of my tiny home studio
    Apr 27, 2019 Laura Sheridan

    A lot of people seem to think I have this giant space. I do not. I actually never had more space than those 2 converted…