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Westcott U Contributor Justin Van Leeuwen

Justin Van Leeuwen

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Justin Van Leeuwen is a self-taught commercial photographer based in Ottawa, Ontario. He has been published locally and nationally, as well as being featured in the Huffington Post and Daily Mail Online. Justin has worked on national campaigns and also writes equipment reviews for canonrumors.com.

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JVL - Rapid Box Duo 2

How to Overpower the Sun with Only 1 Softbox

Justin Van Leeuwen
Lighting Tips
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While shooting on a roof top in Ottawa, Canada, Top Pro lifestyle photographer Justin Van Leeuwen experiments with diffusion and modification options to best overpower the sun to capture the best portraits of h...
Rapid Box Duo setup by JVL

Speedlite Portraits with the Rapid Box Duo

Justin Van Leeuwen
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Canon 5D3, Canon 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, ISO 200, 1/200th f/5.6 – Rapid Box Duo, 28” Apollo Softbox, 50” Apollo Softbox It's a documented fact that I'm a big fan of the 26” Rapidbox, so when I realized they h...
Justin Van Leeuwen Final Portrait 3

On Location with Justin Van Leeuwen

Justin Van Leeuwen
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On-location in Ottawa, Canada, commercial photographer Justin Van Leeuwen needs to overpower the setting sun for a portrait session. To do this, Justin modifies his strobe with the . This modifier produces a so...
Justin Van Leeuwen

Justin Van Leeuwen Reviews the Westcott ProGrip

Justin Van Leeuwen
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Corporate and editorial portrait photographer Justin Van Leeuwen hails from Ottawa, Canada. Modest and self-taught, Justin's photography often seems larger than life, featuring high contrast and colorful subjec...
JVL 7' Parabolic Umbrella Portrait

Creating a Large Light Source On-Location

Justin Van Leeuwen
Lighting Tips
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Westcott Top Pro and professional commercial photographer Justin Van Leeuwen demonstrates his use of the 7' Parabolic Umbrella and the  during an outdoor portrait shoot. To compete with the present sunlight, Ju...

Full-Length and Head shot Portraits with The Rapid Box

Justin Van Leeuwen
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Westcott Top Pro Justin Van Leeuwen walks viewers through brief outdoor photo shoot using the 26" Octa Rapid Box. Justin demonstrates how quickly this light modifier is set-up due to an umbrella-style frame. A ...
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Review: Westcott X-Drop Backdrop System

Justin Van Leeuwen
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White Backgrounds Seamless white backgrounds are a standard request for any portrait photographer. The client needs a clean, distraction free photograph that maybe suits their website or publication - often ...
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