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Portrait and fashion photographer Martin Howard of Columbus, Mississippi discusses the Westcott Rapid Box XL in this latest Real Deal Review video. For strobes and constant lighting, the 36” Rapid Box XL and...

Shooting Luke Bryan for Rolling Stone with Drew Gurian

This article is courtesy of celebrity and music photographer Drew Gurian. Rolling Stone just asked me to photograph country star, Luke Bryan, for the new issue of the magazine (with Justin Beiber on the cove...

Diffusing Harsh Sunlight with Clay Cook

This article is courtesy of Louisville-based fashion photographer Clay Cook. I’ve been there, standing in the middle of a field on a hot day with a scorching sun, mulling back and forth on how to capture a q...

Lifestyle Portraits with Chris Lambeth

Beauty and fashion portrait photographer Chris Lambeth uses the Westcott Apollo Orb to capture stunning suburban lifestyle portraits during a wintery day in Washington in this featured behind-the-scenes video. ...

Real Deal Review: The Rapid Box XXL

Mike Osborn of Osborn Photography in central Illinois reviews the Rapid Box XXL in this latest Real Deal Review. Designed for constant and strobe lights, the Rapid Box XXL is a 48" octagon-shaped softbox const...

Zeppelin Deep Parabolic: Assembly Tips

Gear Guides

Team Westcott walks photographers through the assembly process of the latest large modifier in this product how-to video. The Zeppelin Deep Parabolic softbox series is an essential item for commercial, fashi...

Understanding the Inverse Square Law

This article was originally published on Digital Photography School and is used with their permission. I don’t know about you, but I was never much of a math student. I needed a tutor in high school for bot...

Jonah Kessel on the Ice Light

Lighting Tips, Reviews

This review of the Ice Light is courtesy of Pulitzer prize-winning visualist Jonah Kessel We are working in an era where technology is fueling our passion to create powerful multimedia. However, the mark...

Wedding Portraits with Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis demonstrates both his talent and his ingenuity during this wedding portrait session. Shooting a beautiful couple in a hall of exquisite mirrors, Jerry needed to properly angle himself to avoid h...

Capturing Low-Key Celebrity Portraits

This Westcott Backdrop Stand review and the final celebrity portraits are courtesy of photographer Michael Herb of Michael Herb Photography in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have all been there, at the crossroad...

Shooting in Sunlight with Rick Nunn

This article is courtesy of English photographer and designer Rick Nunn. When you are shooting with the sun, the time of day, location & your positioning are very important. Believe it or not THE SUN...

Stripbank Lighting for Dark, Dramatic Portraits

This article is courtesy of renowned portrait and architecture photographer Thierry Dehove. Lea Vendetta is this kind of model you dream to capture due to her energy and her personality. I like her very muc...

Sid Ceaser’s Favorite Modifier: The Westcott Apollo

This review of the Westcott Apollo is courtesy of portrait photographer Sid Ceaser of Ceaser Photography in Nashua, New Hampshire. The Apollo, for those who have never seen one, is a softbox lighting mod...

Behind-the-Scenes of Rick Nunn’s Goodbye Gravity Series

This article on using the Apollo for creative lighting in a portrait is courtesy of photographer and designer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England. Photographer and designer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England discusses his...

Portraiture with The Ice Light

This Ice Light review is courtesy of Bruce Roscoe, owner of Aiyana Studio in Prescott Valley, Arizona. For years of going to Monument Valley and visiting my friends, the Yazzie's. This was my first time usi...

Halloween Portraiture by Tim Breaseale

This photography blog post was originally written by photographer Tim Breaseale of Tim Breaseale Photography located in South Florida. Final Image The past few weeks have been my photographer’s paradise fo...

Shutter Magazine’s Review of the Westcott Skylux

Award-winning photographer Sal Cincotta of Shutter Magazine discusses the in this video review. The Skylux was named Shutter Magazine's Editor's Choice for Continuous Lighting in 2013: As photographers, we ar...

Real Deal Review: Home Studio Lighting Kit

Georgetown, Kentucky resident Amy White discusses the features of the Erin Manning Home Studio Lighting Kit in this Westcott Real Deal Review. Relatively new to studio photography, Amy was interested in finding...

Real Deal Review: Five-in-One Reflector Kit

In this Westcott Real Deal Review, we sent photographer Jennifer Jackson from Lexington, Kentucky a 40" Five-in-One Reflector kit in exchange for her recorded opinions. Jennifer first discusses the contents of ...

Real Deal Review: The Apollo Strip