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Let’s face it, lighting equipment can be pretty expensive once you add up all the power supplies, light stands, light modifiers, power packs, slaves and whatnot. This is where DIY and nice guys like Kevin Kubota come in. The video below explains how to make your own lighting scrims inexpensively with a quick trip to […]
Sometimes your whole life comes down to one single moment—a moment of truth, when you finally take that leap of faith. For a lot of budding photographers taking that leap of faith is the most difficult thing to do. They worry about the ‘what ifs’ of life. “What if I fail?” “What if I can’t […]
Getting wonderful captures of a couple on their wedding day is a challenge for most wedding photographers. It’s not just the lighting that they have to worry about. Posing, background, camera angle, and a hundred other things need to be considered to make those magazine cover quality photos. Making the couple look their best on the best day […]
Vignetting is a decrease in brightness of a photograph around its edges which are furthest from the centre of your photograph — Not only is the brightness of the photograph comprised in this darkened region but vignetting can have a negative effect on the accurate saturation of your timeless artistic work as well. Interestingly the […]
So often, we walk into a scene and find the perfect opportunity for an amazing picture. But then our camera seems to make a mess of everything. We’re left with a photo that looks nothing like what we envisioned. Sounds all too familiar? Josh Cripps deals with this common problem: The thing is, what you […]
It’s happened to the best of us—after a day of shooting, you download your photos only to find that some of them have that tell-tale, washed-out look. They’re overexposed. Certain lighting conditions can make it difficult to produce a well-exposed photo, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with Media Lab’s Camera Culture […]
In this video, photographer Peter Hurley shares some invaluable tips on how to make great portraits by mixing studio strobes with ambient light on location. This should be a fun watch for all you lighting enthusiasts who would love to get inside the head of a professional celebrity portrait photographer and find out the secret […]
Here’s a match up of two lighting tools that should make for an interesting watch. Two professionals, both shooting with almost the exact same setup of gear, the same model, the same venue, and the same time of day. Except, while one photographer is using a powerful studio strobe, the other is using a humble […]
A picture says a thousand words, right? It tells a story. But, that story isn’t always the truth. For photographer Jack Simon, the goal is to tell a story that is mysterious, surprising, funny, a little bit ridiculous, and just plain out of the ordinary. Simon spends much of his time walking the streets of […]
Pro sports photography can often seem like an exhibition of lighting and equipment. However, if you choose the right time of day to shoot and use ambient light mixed with artificial lights intelligently, you can shoot with only one light and still make dramatic portraits. To demonstrate this, photographer Matt Hernandez brought a single light […]
