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Lighting Tips

Improve your still and motion photography with top-notch lighting tutorials, videos, and articles by some of the industry’s most influential filmmakers and photographers.

5 Creative Beauty Lighting Techniques

Ashley Boring
02/27/2026
Lighting Tips
962

Strobe vs. Sunlight: Pro Secrets for Natural-Looking Flash Portraits

Eli Infante
02/21/2026
Lighting Tips
1695

How to Use Reflectors for Better Natural Light Portraits

Niah Aldrich
02/16/2026
Lighting Tips
1250

How to Create a Mirrored Lighting Effect In-Camera

Ashley Boring
02/02/2026
Lighting Tips
1712

Using Flash to Mimic Natural Window Light for Portraits

Julie Gayler
01/23/2026
Lighting Tips
1961
Bright Background - Portrait with Net

How to Modify Bright Backgrounds with a Scrim Net

Joel Grimes
08/03/2016
Lighting Tips
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Have you ever had trouble shooting in full sun? It's often hard to know if you should be exposing for your subject's face or for the stunning and...
Day for Night with Kevin Kubota

How to Photograph Day for Night with Speedlights

Kevin Kubota
07/21/2016
Lighting Tips
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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...
Direct Light with Yousef AlMasoud 2

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Team Westcott
07/12/2016
Lighting Tips
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Yousef AlMasoud is a Saudi Arabian portrait photographer with a knack for capturing beautiful and dramatic portraits.
Beauty Lighting by Joel Grimes

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Joel Grimes
07/07/2016
Lighting Tips
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World­-renowned photographer Joel Grimes knows a thing or two about beauty lighting. And that's why he designed the new Rapid Box Beauty Dish.
Perfectly Light Couples Outdoors - Final Outdoor Image 2

How to Perfectly Light Couples with Speedlights

Bob Davis
06/30/2016
Lighting Tips
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In this video from SPTV, Bob Davis demonstrates how to perfectly light a couple during a real-life engagement session.
Final Image captured with the Book Light Kit (1)

5 Ways to Use the Book Light Kit

Jem Schofield
06/08/2016
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Featuring Westcott Page! a high-end customizable design, provides the ultimate light control for narrative and interview video productions.
Ice Light 2 Master Series with Jerry

Ice Light 2 Master Series with Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis
05/02/2016
Lighting Tips
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Join renowned photographer Jerry Ghionis on this 20-part behind-the-scene video series with the Ice Light 2.
Final Image Captured with the Peter Hurley Kit 2

Behind the Scenes with the Peter Hurley Kit

Peter Hurley
04/28/2016
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Award-winning photographer and headshot master Peter Hurley is known for creating flattering  portraits with impeccable lighting.

Balancing Sunlight with the LunaGrip

Kevin Kubota
04/06/2016
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In the lesson above, photographer and educator Kevin Kubota uses the new  to capture beautiful senior portraits outdoors.
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5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit

Jem Schofield
03/28/2016
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Featuring a unique and customizable design, provides the ultimate light control for on-the-go filmmakers, directors of photography, run-and-gun...
Final Posing Tips Portrait

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Matt Hernandez
03/14/2016
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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez began his career as an award-winning graphic artist, then combined his love of photography with his design background...
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Lighting On the Fly with Dixie Dixon

Team Westcott
02/16/2016
Lighting Tips
10131
This article is courtesy of renowned beauty and fashion photographer Dixie Dixon. As a Commercial Fashion and Beauty Photographer, I am always...
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How to Light for a Composite Image

Dave Cross
02/12/2016
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Creating a professional-quality composite image usually requires a lengthy editing session. For photographers who are not very efficient or...
Posing Tips - Final

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Matt Hernandez
02/04/2016
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Renowned sports photographer Matt Hernandez has had years of experience capturing professional and high school team portraits.
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Timeless Fashion Portraits with the Zeppelin

Team Westcott
01/29/2016
Lighting Tips
10367
This image is from fashion portraits I shot recently while testing out the incredible . This modifier is fantastic for full body fashion portraits...
SNL Video Production with Westcott Lighting

Using a Silver Bounce Umbrella on Major Productions

Team Westcott
01/28/2016
Lighting Tips
9654
As the Director of Photography for Saturday Night Live's Film Unit, Alex Buono has had the ability to "play" with lots of different lighting...
Monica Royal Macro Photography Final Version 2

Mastering the Art of Macro Photography

Team Westcott
01/22/2016
Lighting Tips
10465
From broken glass to small twigs, professional macro photographer Monica Royal uses a lot of creativity to capture beautiful images of small subjects.
Bob Davis Location Portrait with the Rapid Box

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Bob Davis
12/29/2015
Lighting Tips
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Lighting can separate you from the pack, using light to define your style and elevate the quality of your work is as important now as it was back in...
food styling for food photography final image

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

Steve Hansen
12/16/2015
Lighting Tips
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For photographers new to photographing food, food styling may seem a bit daunting. People can make a successful career out of styling food for...
Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis

How to Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis
12/09/2015
Lighting Tips
11782
Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Jerry Ghionis is widely considered to be one of the best wedding photographers in the world.
Environmental Portrait 1

Environmental Portraiture vs. Location Portraiture

Benny Migliorino
11/05/2015
Lighting Tips
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In this informative article and video, New York environmental photographer Benny Migs discusses the differences between environmental portraits and...
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