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, ...

"We discuss three lighting options with our portrait studio continuous lighting kit. The kit consists of 3 lights including the "key", "fill" and "back" or "hair" light. The "key" and "fill" lights use "bounce" umbrellas to soften the light a ...

Outdoor portraits can offer a sense a drama or romance that can be hard to achieve in a studio setting. The early morning or evening sky can serve as a stunning backdrop for a portrait. The trick is in lighting your subject properly. T ...

Studio lighting can be broken down into two categories, continuous and flash. While continuous lighting has two main advantages there are many disadvantages. The good points of continuous light: * It's inexpensive, and makes a good starting ...

" One of the most common approaches in portrait lighting is to use the softest possible light and to maintain good detail in both the highlight and the shadow areas of the photograph. This kind of lighting usually involves more than one light ...

"Learn how light works to model a 3D face in 2D using window light before spending a lot of money on lighting gear. It costs little beyond your time and will will save you money in the long run because you'll understand intuitively what you n ...

I think what will be surprising for many of you watching today's tutorial will be the utter simplicity of the set-up. I'll show you a small shooting space, a simple background, and a very easy one light portrait technique. For me, it' ...

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 ...

Natural Lighting Artificial lighting Lighting Angles How many lights do you need? Lighting Ratios Photography is the art of illusion, tricking the viewer into thinking an image reproduced on a two-dimensional piece of paper or a comput ...

Here is a great lighting simulator to plan and test your portrait lighting with one light source + fill light if wished

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 ...

"We live in a world of off-axis light. The sun does not stay right behind us. Our lighting fixtures at home illuminate us from above and other various angles. And we are constantly exposed to imagery - both still and moving - that makes use o ...

"The aim of this article is to introduce you to the versatility of your new Paglight whilst exposing the secrets of good lighting in such a way that you can continue to build on your skills and enj ...

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 ...

So, we already know that direct flash from your built-in flash gives unflattering results, to say the least. Using your speedlight in the same way won’t change much. I did mention that you can redirect the light by rotating the head of your f ...