The philosophy I have when shooting on pure white is that I want to light the BG and the subject independently from each other. Meaning; The light on the subject isn’t making a change to the exposure on the background and the light on the bac ...

We’ve taken our white seamless BG and made it pure white. The task set before us now is to get a few more visual options out of that white seamless paper or simple white wall we are shooting against. When I got my first studio space I ...

For part four we are going to look at making simple changes to our photos in post production. We are going to change the composition of our photos shot on pure white or pure black. We will also look at a way to add some color back into the ba ...

Three point lighting is often the best way to create a flattering portrait, shoot a great headshot and make an interview on video look professional. Here is the essence of three point lighting: Key Light This is your primary light source. ...

The main problem with using an on-camera flash is the same as using the built-in flash, the light goes straight at the subject and flattens features and can cause red-eye. With an on-camera flash you almost always want to use a diffuser if sh ...

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 ...

"Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts, and countless other great photographers have rocked the white background for decades. I recently went to a huge bookstore here in Atlanta and counted the number of magazine covers shot with a simple white backgrou ...

The new LumiQuest Quik Bounce is designed for use with or without a ceiling to soften the light and transitioning from the horizontal to vertical format effortlessly. The unique design has doors that can open to allow for 80% ceiling bounc ...

There is so much talk on some forums about the ’softness’ of shoot-thru umbrellas and how much it works to provide a soft light. And there is certainly some truth to that statement… especially with umbrellas at a distance. But finessed lig ...

When you use your camera to automatically chose aperture and shutter speed, what your camera is actually doing is using the built in light meter and measuring how much light is being reflected to the camera. But that doesn't mean that' ...

When going through the more advanced websites about lighting, you're bound to run into a lot of terms you're not familiar with. In this article, we've compiled some of the most mentioned equipment and techniques photographers today use to mod ...

"Bounce is a great alternative to direct flash, especially for people pictures made under low ceilings or near white walls. As its name implies, you bounce the flash off a nearby surface rather than blasting it directly at your subjects. Boun ...

Consider if the subject in the foreground was holding a piece of the white background seamless paper next to their face with only the key and fill lights on. When the exposure for the face was correct the paper would be reproduced as white wo ...

Kaiser Fototechnik has just introduced Vivicap, a small accessory that helps to make custom white balance quick and easy. It can also serve as a lens cover. White balance with digital cameras is not without its problems. The automatic whit ...

Speedlight Pro Kit’s latest innovation, a flash-mounted 46cm beauty dish, is being launched in Europe. Designed for portraiture, the beauty dish consists of two key elements; a large white collar and an inverted silvered cone mounted withi ...