Since one of the most important aspects of photography is how to control your lighting, today I'll be explaining how to perfectly light a scene for a warm, dramatic effect. We'll be using grids - hard lights that are more controllable - and t ...

Light is the language of photography. To express yourself well and communicate you need to be able to speak with light. Light determines what you see (and what you don’t see); the mood of an image; colour and tone. Light can be loud and br ...

Whether you’re light painting in the dark or shooting at night, light pollution can make or break the shot. Instead of risking it, rely on your flashlight to shed the perfect amount of light Introducing ICON, a line of sleek, long-lasting ...

Due to demand from its customers, Fujifilm Professional has decided to continue production of Fujicolor Pro 800Z.  It was announced recently that the company was to discontinue the film from September 2009. Fujifilm’s Product Manager for P ...

Inspired by the Nick Turpin street portraits (that have been inspiring a whole hell of a lot of us lately) we at N Maxwell Lander Headquarters set out to find a cheap boom arm option. i had read that a lot of people took apart light stands to ...

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 ...

Canon: When Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory started developing Japan’s first-ever 35mm camera equipped with a focal plane shutter, the engineers dubbed the creation “Kwanon” after the Buddhist goddess of mercy. At this point the comp ...

Open the image that you want to work with and also open any image of a sunset. Choose Image>Adjustments>Match Color The Match Color dialog box will open.  We will only need to use 2 settings for the task at hand. Under Source, ...

The Photoshop curves tool is perhaps the most powerful and flexible image transformation, yet it may also be one of the most intimidating.  Since photographers effectively paint with light, curves is central to their practice because it affec ...

In this tutorial we’re going to make custom 3d artwork in photoshop that we can implement in our logo’s, banners, flyers … any custom design - Open new document 20×20cm - Change foreground color to black. select the paint bucket tool and pa ...

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 ...

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Want full control over the light and shadows in your photography? Understanding how light works is necessary, and this paper will attempt to explain how to affect the lighting, shadow quality, and apparent shininess of your subject. The li ...