Westcott U Contributor Kevin Kubota

Kevin Kubota is a photographer, educator, and author with photographic roots reaching over 30 years deep. He has been featured in American Photo magazine as one of the “Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World” and was named one of Nikon’s “Legends Behind the Lens.” He was awarded the Monte Zucker Humanitarian Award, and he is recognized as one of “The Most Influential People” by Shutter Magazine. His passion for educating photographers inspired KubotaImageTools.com, a resource for software, training, and creative hands-on workshops.

Articles by Kevin Kubota

How to Photograph Day for Night with Speedlights

Kevin Kubota

07/21/2016

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Westcott Top Pro portrait photographer Kevin Kubota demonstrates how to shoot with an ND filter to gain the effect of high speed sync, allowing you to shoot day for night with speed lights. In this video, Kevin modifies his speedlight with a warm gel and the .

Balancing Sunlight with the LunaGrip

Kevin Kubota

04/06/2016

Lighting Tips

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In the lesson above, photographer and educator Kevin Kubota uses the new  to capture beautiful senior portraits outdoors. When shooting outside on bright days, artificial lighting is necessary to properly expose your subject and background. By utilizing a speedlight as your key light source you can then utilize the sun as a hair light.

Inspiringly Easy High School Senior Portraits

Kevin Kubota

10/08/2015

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Westcott Top Pro photographer Kevin Kubota heads to a park near Westcott HQ to capture effortless high school senior portraits with the speedlite modifier. Designed by Kubota, the LunaGrip is a unique grip that allows photographers to pair their speedlite and favorite diffusion disc. The LunaGrip creates beautiful but manageable lighting.