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Taking photos with white seamless backgrounds III – Full Length Model Photo With One Light

I felt challenged today to see if I could shoot a full length portrait on a plain old white seamless background with a single battery [...]

Umbrella or softbox in the studio video.

Do it yourself photography : making your own 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 [...]

I’ve been receiving more and more emails asking for information about the softbox I use with the speedlites. Several brands offer this package, I opted [...]

Taking photos with white seamless backgrounds II

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; [...]

Taking photos with white seamless backgrounds.

“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 [...]

580ex Speedlite flash in softbox, triggered by master 550ex speedlite flash. continue for set-up and additional photos / speedlite articles.

Canon 1ds mark II camera – 24-70 L lens @ 57 mm 1/160 sec shutter speed – f / 5.6 aperture – ISO 200 Shooting [...]

Photographing in the woods with Bert Stephani

Morgan Silk photographer interview and lighting diagrams.

“Not everyone gets a second chance with a team of Navy Seals. But, for photographer Morgan Silk, inspiration is hard to shake. It wasn’t enough [...]

Taking full length fashion photos in studio.

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 [...]

Using a Ring Flash

Photographing Jewelry.

When it comes to photographing jewelry, there are different approaches to consider with regards to how each particular piece will come across. Your choice of [...]

Smoke Photography: Capturing Delicate Wisps of Smoke Photography and PhotoShop Tutorial.

“Photographing and processing smoke can be a frustrating experience. The guide covers everything from properly setting up a mini studio to processing your images in [...]

Action Photography in studio tips.

“Maybe you are a professional portrait photographer trying to separate yourself from the high school senior market or maybe you are a parent just wanting [...]

Lighting Equipment Primer for Beginners.

As in all things you need to know your tools so you can pick the best one for the job at hand. The goals for [...]

Balancing Flash and Ambient Light Indoor Photography.

“Typical indoor ambient light, for instance, might be about 1/60th at 4/f at ISO 400. So If I shoot you in that light, available only, [...]

Five Flash techniques.

“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 [...]

Controlling Daylight at Strobist.

“I shot in the middle of the afternoon to use this portrait as an example of how to light an outdoor portrait with a couple [...]

More diffusion results in less contrast.

“The concept of diffusing light to control image contrast is the focus of this lesson. This is where the birth of the soft box came [...]

Better flash lighting through intelligent design and utilization.

” Single Flash Limitations : A single direct hot shoe flash regardless of where it is positioned will create sharply defined dark shadows because the [...]

Photographing glass.Tutorials about glass photography.

“It’s almost a magician’s art: giving form to an object that’s essentially invisible. Lighting and photographing clear glass objects and giving them real visual appeal [...]

One Softbox in studio lighting set-up + video.

hit continue for video fragments and result image.

Transmission versus Reflection with photo umbrella's.

In this lesson, we will look at how the efficiency of a light reflector works. To illustrate this, we will employ the line up of [...]

Lighting diagrams from studio shots I.

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

The Right Lights. Photo gear in studio and on location.

“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 [...]

Techniques for softer fill flash and softboxes on hot-shoe flashes.

“When shooting portraits outdoors, it is often necessary to control or modify the natural light in order to achieve the most flattering results. In a [...]

Light Faster With a Cheat Sheet.

” One of the first hurdles in learning off-camera flash photography in the manual mode is knowing where to set your flash for that first [...]

Good Lighting is an art article.

“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 [...]

Using Through The Lens TTL metering.

I’ve done comparison testing with all 18 of the possible ambient / fill metering combinations on my Canon 20D and having been shooting seriously since [...]

Lighting Ratios and Incident Metering.

“Light ratios are confusing because there is more than one way to describe the difference in intensity between lights and because incident readings used to [...]

Lighting set-ups for studio portraits with flash.

“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 [...]

Shooting Food Shots at Home. Food Photography

“Have you ever sat down to a plate of food and thought, “This would make a great photograph”? When the food, setting and lighting all [...]

Photos with the speedlites and the softbox : click continue for more photos and flash set-up images. Flash is set on ETTL , compensated between [...]

Flash over sun photos. Shooting with a studio strobe outdoors.

click continue for set-up and additional photos. We moved the flash from frontal position to a position of 45 degrees from the model, direct light.

Light position and distance.

“The thing that should strike you from this exercise is just how different a three-dimensional form can look when lit from different angles.

Ray Flash Ring Flash Adapter review.

The Ray Flash is the first commercially produced ring flash adapter designed to turn a speedlight into a ringflash. While ringlight is nothing new around [...]

Beauty dish sample photo and video fragments.

Shot with a beauty dish lately, here’s a sample photo : click continue for video fragments of beauty dish and softbox shoot.

Testing the Radiopopper at FlashFlavor.

“I used 3 flash unites in 2 different flash groups, Group A + Group B. (Remember, this is TTL folks). Group A 1:1 and Group [...]

Balancing the sun with flash.Crosslighting Photography.

“Warm up your eye and compositional brain using the sunlight properly, then convert to using your strobes to make a composition that you need for [...]

Balancing light : Twilight – ambient light and flash.

“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 [...]

Creating a custom living room portrait – portrait photography on location.

“In portrait photography, it helps to have a sense of imagination, vision, composition, and at times, a sense of humor. Interaction with your subjects is [...]

Light up the Floor – A Floor Lit Table Top Studio Project.

“Just recently, I became the proud owner of a new dining room table. Not a massively exciting announcement you might think (and you would be [...]

Setting Up a Pocket Wizard System video tutorial

Outdoor Portraits Lighting and Flash.

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 [...]

Understanding how softboxes work.

Before you shell out the money for a new camera, you’ll most likely want to learn about what the camera is capable of doing. “Will [...]

Studio Photography and Lighting article at Photo.net.

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 [...]

Studio Lighting on a budget.

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 [...]

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