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Colorful & Creative Lighting for Portraits

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In this lighting breakdown, photographer Ashley Boring works with a colorful three-light setup using portable flashes and the FJ80 Creative Pack for a portrait shoot. In collaboration with her model, the shoot ...
Portait Photo With FJ400 Closer And 6x6 Scrim

Comparing Light Patterns Using Scrim Jim Cine Diffusion

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Lighting Tips
Scrims are often considered one of the most versatile modifiers. Because they have convenient removable fabric, scrims can be used as a diffuser, a black block for negative fill, a reflector, or even a net fo...
Optical Spot by Lindsay Adler with a blue/violet gel on key light and a yellow/orange gel on the backlight

The Power of Color Theory in Photography with Lindsay Adler

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In this video, professional portrait and fashion photographer Lindsay Adler discusses the power of color theory and how she implements color theory into her portrait work. The use of color can be one of the mos...
Behind the scenes medium portrait shot

3 Ways to Use a Beauty Dish Switch by Manny Ortiz

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In this video, portrait photographer Manny Ortiz breaks down three ways to use the Westcott 36” Beauty Dish Switch. The beauty dish was designed to capture both pristine beauty headshots and full-body portraits...

Getting Creative with White Balance

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Top Pro Photographer, Ashley Boring has an incredible eye for stylizing portraits. In this tutorial, she creates two very unique portraits by changing only the white balance on her camera. White balance plays a...

Create Depth and Control Light with Softbox Grids

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In this video, Top Pro Ashley Boring breaks down the benefits of using softbox grids to help you create more impactful images and deeper shadows. A common way to use grids is to isolate your subject from the...

Behind the Scenes of Three Unique Portrait Looks

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Top Pro Photographer Ashley Boring is known for her creative and stylized portraits. Using very different lighting setups, she takes us behind the scenes in this one of a kind photo shoot that resulted in three...
BTS of FJ200 with Silver 43” Deep Umbrella

Using the Sun as a Backlight on Location with the FJ200

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Knowing how and when to use the sun as a backlight for portrait photography is a useful technique to know, especially when working on location. Introducing off-camera flash as the main light and combining it wi...
BTS using the 200mm lens with the 36” Beauty Dish Switch by Manny Ortiz

Capturing Portraits Using the New 36″ Beauty Dish Switch By Manny Ortiz

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Chicago based portrait photographer, Manny Ortiz, has an eye for capturing photos using different focal lengths. After collaborating with Westcott and creating his own branded Beauty Dish Switch, Manny took the...
HSS and the FJ200 Inside the Octa-M

Single Light Portraits On Location Using HSS & FJ200 Strobe

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Inspired by the landscape in his native region of the Rio Grande Valley, Top Pro Photographer Eli Infante loves to capture scenes with unique architecture and props to tell his story. In this video, Eli takes y...

Lighting Model Portfolio Portraits Outdoors with Ian Spanier

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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...

The Importance of Shelter Pet Photography with Adam Goldberg

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Tampa Bay Pet Photographer Adam Goldberg discovered his passion for photography when he began capturing images of shelter pets in 2013. Prior to his mission for photographing shelter animals, Adam didn’t have a...

Creating a Sense of Environment with the Optical Spot by Lindsay Adler

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Creating textures and patterns of light on your subject or a blank surface can add new life to your photos. If you’re looking to step out of your comfort zone and mundane routine of shooting on plain solid back...

Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone As A Photographer

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Your comfort zone provides you with a lot of great values when you’re in the groove of progress and success. It’s safe. It’s reliable. It gives you no reason to try new things. Being comfortable with your photo...

Go-To Composition & Lighting Tips for Outdoor Portraits Using The FJ200

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Evaluating the setup for your photo shoot involves a lot of technical details, including light placement and control, as well as the overall composition of the photo. In this tutorial, Westcott Top Pro Photogra...

The Essential Guide To The FJ Wireless Flash System

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With the expansion of our flash photography gear, choosing the right strobe or speedlight may feel overwhelming. Our FJ Wireless Flash System with multi-brand compatible transmitters allows you to capture incre...
Flash Photography For Beginners

Flash Photography Lighting Video Course for Beginners

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Join Westcott’s Brandon Heiss in this deep dive on flash photography using the FJ Wireless Flash System. In this free photography lighting video course, you’ll learn about on-camera lighting vs off-camera ligh...

Go-To High-Volume Headshot Lighting Setups

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In this portrait photography video, Yaneck Wasiek, Westcott Top Pro and Founder of Wasio Faces, explains how he approaches individual headshot sessions and how to capture high-volume photos at business events a...

Professional Lighting with Food Photographer Joanie Simon

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Commercial and editorial food photographer, food blogger and educator Joanie Simon, iconically known on social media as, “The Bite Shot”, captures captivating images of cuisines covering the entire food pyramid...
Purple Skies with FJ400

Couple’s Portraits On Location Using One Light with Sal Cincotta and the FJ400 Strobe

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Professional photographer, Sal Cincotta guides us through this couples portrait using a one-light flash set up located at the mesmerizing Salt Flats in Bonneville, Utah. Demonstrating his knowledge and years of...

High-Speed Sync Portraits in Full Sun Using the FJ200 Strobe

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Top Pro and photography educator, Eli Infante, walks us through a Texas-based photo shoot in midday sun using the FJ200 strobe to capture high-speed sync (HSS) portraits. Eli finds the FJ200 strobe’s exposed fl...
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