light : Monoblock flash head in large softbox .Set almost at zenit , inclined.Single light source. Monoblock on medium softbox, mid-high, single light source, reflected with silver reflector. light : one monoblock in medium softbox on 45 ...

Here are a few lighting diagrams from studio photos : Monoblock bounced in silver umbrella, single light source, no reflectors.High on lightstand, close to model Direct flash. More diagrams soon.

Very happy with Bram's graphics on Stefanie's photo. Light on the model in a monoblock flashead in the Octalite softbox.Sealed and covered for the softest spread of light and some shadows playing with the distance of the source.Light was refle ...

In the world of fashion and high-end portrait photography, lighting is the key to professional-looking images. Having the ability to control the light that falls on your subject allows you many different ways of expressing an idea photographi ...

"The concept of diffusing light to control image contrast is the focus of this lesson. This is where the birth of the soft box came from. By controlling the raw light with a large fabric reflector then applying levels of diffusion material in ...

With hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more. Hugin panorama photo stitcher

1) Setup your single light source (It can be a continuous source, a low power strobe or a 100 watt flash). 2) Make sure you use a very large light modifier for your source, such as this homemade light panel, a very large shoot through umbr ...

* "Your camera is light and compact enough that you have it with you at all times. * You have about as good a lens as he does; like most first-time SLR owners, he hasn't bothered to upgrade from the cheap low-contrast zoom lens that was include ...

Post Processing HDR images - Tone mapped HDR images are rarely perfect when the HDR program finishes with them. They can look flat, lack overall contrast, and can suffer from artifacts, ghosting and halos. Ferrell McCollough of www.beforethec ...

All the cameras coming out now are colored, and also have a lot of options you can choose from to make photographing easy for you. However, there’s always a lot of nostalgia and implications when doing black and white photography. For one, a ...

An important concept to understand when dealing with studio lighting for portrait photography is contrast. Contrast is the difference in the amount of light that falls on the dark areas of a scene and the amount of light that falls on the hig ...

By 'exposure' we mean the amount of light that falls onto the film, or CCD if you are using a digital camera. In modern cameras the exposure is usually set to automatic by d ...

If you are a photographer and using flash (either for studio pictures or for outdoor shooting), you are probably aware of the problems that a hot-shoe flash introduces: the shadows of an object are crisp-sharp, creating an artificial look to ...

The trick with local contrast enhancement is that it increases "local" contrast in smaller regions, while at the same time preventing an increase in "global" contrast-- thereby protecting large-scale shadow/highlight detail.  It achieves this ...