studio photography

    I combined 7 Godox AD200 lights to make a huge 1400Ws cluster light
    Oct 18, 2018 Markus Klinko

    Like most photographers who have been working for many years, I have my favorite, go-to lights. These include the Broncolor Para 88, 133, and 222;…

    How to turn a small home studio into a concert stage
    Oct 2, 2018 John Aldred

    If we’re shooting in a small home studio, it can be a challenge to make images that look new and interesting. You often shoot the…

    Light modifiers compared: when to use beauty dish, softbox or umbrella
    Sep 18, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

    There are different ways to modify studio lights and adapt them to your shooting needs. In this video, Manny Ortiz compares three popular modifiers: a…

    Three ways to make the best out of your background in the studio
    Sep 4, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

    Portrait photographers pay a lot of attention to their subjects, but sometimes they don’t pay so much attention to the background. In this video, Jeff…

    Learn these five basic one-light patterns to improve your studio portraits
    Aug 30, 2018 Dunja Đuđić

    You don’t have to be new to photography to be new to studio lighting. In this video, Jeff Rojas will help you learn some of…

    How to use your LED modelling lamp for long exposure photography
    Aug 29, 2018 Jake Hicks

    Long exposure photography is tricky, especially in the studio when you’re trying to combine multiple light sources within a single frame that have very different…

    What fans to use and how to use them for blowing hair in the studio
    Aug 29, 2018 John Aldred

    Using fans to blow hair is one of the most effective ways to add a little life to a portrait or headshot. But it’s not…

    How to fix colour banding with gel modifiers
    Aug 1, 2018 Jake Hicks

    For those of us that have dealt with colour in any way digitally in the last decade, we are unfortunately all too familiar with the…

    Organize Your Studio or Set with This DIY Equipment Cart
    Jun 6, 2018 John Aldred

    Equipment carts for use in the studio or on-set can be expensive. REALLY expensive. Of course, those carts often need to hold hundreds of thousands…

    Objective & Subjective Lighting – What it is and how to do it
    May 24, 2018 Jake Hicks

    Like many things in life, there’s no right or wrong way to learn photographic lighting… but I do believe there are easy ways and hard…