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.

Shot with a beauty dish lately, here's a sample photo : click continue for video fragments of beauty dish and softbox shoot. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfWDXc6rAxI[/youtube]

Studio photography is easy because you can get exactly what you want. Studio photography is hard because you can get exactly what you want. Soft light, hard light, hair light, background. Everything is under your control. If you are a tr ...

"Knowing how your digital camera meters light is critical for achieving consistent and accurate exposures. Metering is the brains behind how your camera determines the shutter speed and aperture, based on lighting c ...

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 ...

I have seen a couple versions of video from Annie Leibovitz's Queen Elizabeth shoot. But this is the full segment, and has lots of interesting tidbits Annie scouts rooms, making notes with a camera. This is common practice with pros, n ...

The most popular studio lighting accessory? Hands down, the square softbox. Whether mini 12x12-inchers or 50x50-inch monsters, these boxy lighting tools are often the first thing to greet you when entering any portrait studio. But does the ...

"To really understand the concept of balancing light, many of you will have to expand your concept of a so-called proper exposure. After all, you are creating a scene that has precisely the tonal range that you want it to. You can use this ab ...

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If you want to take ultra modern style portraits with the pure white backgrounds, but think you can't because you only have one studio light think again. Experts may tell you that you need five lights comprising main or key light, fill light, ...

Master 550ex Speedlite 580ex slave Flash bounced in silver umbrella Manual mode - 1/1 power ISO 200 - f/6.3 - 1/200 sec - 70 mm Master 550ex Speedlite 580ex slave Flash shot trough softbox Manual mode - 1 ...

I'm using the speedlites with softbox combination more and more ... Here's the same set-up taking an other shot, the slave 580ex speedlite is trigerred by the 550ex master one: Other photo with the speedlite flashed through the softbox ...

"This is a DIY project I have had in mind for a while now. When I purchased my studio flash heads, they came with a couple of small softboxes. Although I prefer to use translucent umbrellas whenever I can (small, light, easy to transport), th ...

Photos with the speedlites and the softbox : click continue for more photos and flash set-up images. Flash is set on ETTL , compensated between 1/3 and 2/3, ambient is underexposed by one stop on the portrait below the set-up shots : It' ...

"Few decisions can push your photography to the next level like investing in serious, off-camera lighting. But what type of light? Your choices include exotics like HMI and LED lights, but the most popular today are tungsten, daylight-balance ...