Lighting Tips Archives — Page 10 of 17

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This image is from fashion portraits I shot recently while testing out the incredible . This modifier is fantastic for full body fashion portraits because of its large size. This helps to maintain even, soft li...

SNL Video Production with Westcott Lighting

Using a Silver Bounce Umbrella on Major Productions

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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 equipment, finding the best options for illuminating a massive variet...

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Mastering the Art of Macro Photography

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From broken glass to small twigs, professional macro photographer Monica Royal uses a lot of creativity to capture beautiful images of small subjects. Macro photography, often considered a fine art, is a creati...

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Bob Davis

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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 the day when you had to light to capture an image. Today the...

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Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

Steve Hansen

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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 magazines and blogs. Luckily, Seattle-based food photographer Steve...

How to Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis

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Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Jerry Ghionis is widely considered to be one of the best wedding photographers in the world. Along with his wife Melissa, Jerry shares his expertise on posing, creative frami...

Environmental Portraiture vs. Location Portraiture

Benny Migliorino

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In this informative article and video, New York environmental photographer Benny Migs discusses the differences between environmental portraits and location portraits. Environmental Portraiture I get this que...

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

Matt Hernandez

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As part of Summit Online's team of photography instructors, Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez takes a senior portrait session outdoors to offer tips on capturing professional images for your clients. A key to ...

Inspiringly Easy High School Senior Portraits

Kevin Kubota

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Westcott Top Pro photographer Kevin Kubota heads to a park near Westcott HQ to capture effortless high school senior portraits with the speedlite modifier. Designed by Kubota, the LunaGrip is a unique g...

How to Overpower the Sun with Only 1 Softbox

Justin Van Leeuwen

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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...

Capturing Professional Portraits in a Tiny Studio

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While some photographers may be fortunate enough to own adequate or large studio space, many photographers and photography enthusiasts must learn to shoot in whatever space is available. This space may often be...

Creating Awesome Senior Portraits with Only One Light Source

Matt Hernandez

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Kentucky sports and senior portrait photographer Matt Hernandez is known for capturing dramatic, awesome senior portraits with relatively simple lighting setups. To capture these dramatic images of Cash, a h...

How to Pose for Portraits in Small Spaces

Jen Rozenbaum

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In Part 2 of Sigma's boudoir photography series, Westcott Top Pro photographer Jen Rozenbaum discusses how to pose your client in a small location or studio. While scouting for portrait locations at a historic...

Capturing Memorable Wedding Cinemagraphs with the Ice Light

Jim Schmelzer

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Westcott Top Pro photographer Jim Schmelzer utilizes multiple Westcott Ice Lights to capture beautiful wedding cinemagraphs in this video tutorial. Cinemagraphs, often called "living photos", are a contempor...

The Must-Have Modifier for Studio Fashion Photography

Craig Beckta

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In Westcott Top Pro photographer Craig Beckta's latest behind-the-scenes video, he gives us a fantastic view of his studio fashion photography setup. For this photo shoot, Craig utilizes a 35" Zeppelin Deep Par...

The Essentials of Motivated Lighting for Cinematography

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In his second part of the ‘Storytelling with Cinematography’ series, DSLRguide's Simon Cade focuses on the way that filmmakers can use lighting to tell a story. He takes a deeper look at the different aspects o...

Behind the Scenes with Clint Davis - Final 3

Behind the Scenes of a 6 Hour Athletic Photo Shoot

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"I got the green light from OhYeah! Nutrition to shoot their upcoming campaign featuring “weekend warriors” having an OhYeah! moment. To say these athletes are weekend warriors is a bit misleading, considering ...

Experimental Lighting Setups for Dynamic Band Portraits

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I must admit, I’ve never photographed a band before. Especially for something as important as official promo images that’ll be used for almost everything a band can think of (posters, album art, show banners, w...

Continuous Lighting with the Skylux - Wine Shoot

Capturing Food & Beverage Photos with Continuous Lighting

Steve Hansen

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The Westcott is a superb solution for photographing beverages. In this video, I will demonstrate my go-to lighting setup for photographing glass bottles. I prefer this method when photographing any glass or bo...

Subtle Cinematic Lighting

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This article on cinematic lighting is courtesy of lifestyle and celebrity portrait photographer Haoyuan Ren. When my client came to me about this shoot, he asked for raw, cinematic photographs that captures...

How to Add Dimension to Food Photography

Steve Hansen

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Award-winning Seattle food photographer Steve Hansen captures stunning food photography images with amazing depth and dimension. This can be extremely difficult when working with flat surfaces, as the camera is...

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Creating Cinematic Portraits with LED Continuous Lighting

Creating Dramatic Portraits with One Light

Getting Started with Studio Lighting

Portrait Lighting & Posing Techniques: An In-Depth Guide with Jerry Ghionis

Creating Moody Portraits: Studio Lighting Breakdown

Transform Any Space into a Studio: Sports Portrait Lighting with Jaison Sterling

Using Shoot-Through Photo Umbrellas

Easy Portrait Lighting Setups with One, Two, and Three Lights

How to Create Window Light in Studio

Square Softboxes vs Octa Softboxes

Portrait Lighting in Challenging Locations

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

Capturing Product Photography With The DigiTent Light Tent

Creating Cinematic Portraits with LED Continuous Lighting

Creating Dramatic Portraits with One Light

Getting Started with Studio Lighting

Portrait Lighting & Posing Techniques: An In-Depth Guide with Jerry Ghionis

Creating Moody Portraits: Studio Lighting Breakdown

Timeless Fashion Portraits with the Zeppelin

Using a Silver Bounce Umbrella on Major Productions

Mastering the Art of Macro Photography

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

How to Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis

Environmental Portraiture vs. Location Portraiture

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

Inspiringly Easy High School Senior Portraits

How to Overpower the Sun with Only 1 Softbox

Capturing Professional Portraits in a Tiny Studio

Creating Awesome Senior Portraits with Only One Light Source

How to Pose for Portraits in Small Spaces

Capturing Memorable Wedding Cinemagraphs with the Ice Light

The Must-Have Modifier for Studio Fashion Photography

The Essentials of Motivated Lighting for Cinematography

Behind the Scenes of a 6 Hour Athletic Photo Shoot

Experimental Lighting Setups for Dynamic Band Portraits

Capturing Food & Beverage Photos with Continuous Lighting

Subtle Cinematic Lighting

How to Add Dimension to Food Photography