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Westcott Top Pro Ian Spanier

Ian Spanier

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Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Spanier worked in publishing as an editor, but making pictures never left him.

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Full Lighting Breakdown: High Aperture Portraits

Ian Spanier
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Photographer Ian Spanier takes us behind the scenes for a deep dive into how he captures studio portraits using high apertures. This shoot is a revisit of a personal project photographing motorcycle riders in h...

Lighting Dynamic Portraits for an Album Cover

Ian Spanier
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Portable On-Location Setups for Portrait Photography In this video, Top Pro Ian Spanier captures seamless portraits on-location using a two-light setup and the portable X-Drop Pro backdrop system. Ian works...
Behind the scenes using the FJ200 and 24" Deep Umbrella

Blending Flash with Ambient Light

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
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Portable Flash Setups for Portrait Photography In this portrait photography video, Ian Spanier uses portable lighting for on-location photography to blend his flash with ambient light. When you’re photograp...

Portrait Lighting in Challenging Locations

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In this video, Top Pro Ian Spanier is photographing a fly fisherman on location in two on-location settings with challenging lighting conditions. His mission is to showcase the different ways to use portable li...

Lighting Model Portfolio Portraits Outdoors with Ian Spanier

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
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Top Pro Photographer Ian Spanier has spent many years shooting on-location and capturing strong images that tell a story. We teamed up with Ian in Denver, Colorado to see his process for on-location shoots duri...
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How to Create Portrait Lighting to Help Tell a Story

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
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Celebrity commercial photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publis...
One Light Portrait

How to Create an Easy One Light Portrait

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
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Celebrity fashion photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point-and-shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publishin...
Ambient Light - Ian Spanier BTS

Matching Ambient Light with Tunable LEDs

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3 Point Lighting Setup for Bold Commercial Photography

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Celebrity commercial photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publis...
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