Lighting is one thing that many photographers struggle with and with portraits good lighting is key to an amazing portrait. Gina Milicia has written a few solid portrait books for Digital Photography School, I read her first...
Read MoreOne of the questions I get most of on how to use off camera lighting.I have posted various lighting tutorials and info and you can browse through some of them in this category:Digital Photo Buzz Lighting Tutorials But today I...
Read MoreThe importance of adding just a little bit of light to your photos. Sometimes you might be photographing during the day with a nice soft shade or other good lighting situation and totally forget all about the flash in your bag....
Read MoreAs I was flipping through all of the Oscar contending movies the other day I kept looking at the movie poster for the Artist. It’s a striking black and white image that really captures the feel of lighting that Hollywood...
Read MoreAn Introduction to using off camera lighting If you have followed this site for awhile you know how much of a fan I am of off camera lighting. I really do hate to place my flash on camera and will only do so in certain...
Read MoreNot all shade is created equal. Learning to see all of the very intricate differences in light and the quality of light can be one of the best things to learn. I am continually learning to see light in a new way and constantly...
Read MoreAwhile back we polled everyone on what some of your top things are you want to learn more about in 2011. There was a wide range of answers but the #1 thing people wanted to learn more about was lighting. For my own work I love...
Read MoreSometimes I think people can get way too caught up with the gear of photography. When you start getting into lighting you can really start getting gear crazy, you want multiple lights, radio slaves, light modifiers, etc…....
Read MoreI mentioned awhile back how the first dance and some of the dancing at a wedding as one of my favorite times to shoot (creative wedding reception lighting article here). The reason is with a nice dark dance floor is the the...
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