"Emporio Armani fragrances are inviting designers and filmmakers to create a print or video to advertise their Get Together range of his and hers perfumes. After the initial selection of national winners, which will be chosen by democr ...

"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 ...

Many people dream of the long, languorous days of summer, with its gentle, warm zephyrs. But, as a landscape photographer I dream of the short days of winter, preferably with snow and ice. Despite what you may think this isn’t simply a case o ...

"Light Trails continue to be popular subject matter for many photographers and they can actually be a great training ground for those wanting to get their cameras out of manual mode and to experiment with shooting in low light at longer expos ...

" 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 ...

Why start with just one light? Because you can get amazing portraits, that’s why. Did I mention less equipment, less complication, less cost, and less time? Oh, and once you’ve mastered portraits with a single light, using more lights is pure ...

One day I was at my local photography store I saw one of these  light tents. It consisted of a collapsible white fabric box with a hole in the front and 3 lights - used for photographing small objects in photographic studios. Materials ...

While down in Florida last month, I found out that my parents' next-door neighbors (and good friends) were selling their house. I was a little bummed, as they are good folks and you hate to see them leave. But I was even more bummed when I ...

"Using pretty much the same lighting set-up; natural window light, along with a Westcott Daylight Fluorescent Spiderlite with a 24x32 softbox as a fill light, and a small handheld white reflector to fill in the shadows xon the opposite side ...

Light painting is the process of photographing at night and illuminating the scene by moving the camera, or a handheld light/torch. The actual source of the light doesn’t need to appear in the photo, but the technique gives you the flexibilit ...

When ever we use a light source to illuminate an object, that object is being hit with multiple "rays" of light. Some of those rays are hitting the object in the place which is nearest to the light source, and some of the rays are hitting the ...

Umbrellas are cheap, portable little light softeners. But there are enough choices available to make picking the right one a little confusing. Or worse yet, to end up with something that is completely a wrong fit. The first choice you' ...

People always say, ‘Never work with children or animals’ – where’s the challenge in that! Capturing stunning images of children is one of the most rewarding parts of my job – and while they aren’t always perfectly behaved, there are many w ...

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 ...

This lesson shows a very effective method for shooting a full-length fashion shot in the studio using strobe lights and large soft boxes. This shot was lit with a 5-foot OctoDome3 and strobe as the main light, a large LiteDome and strob ...