Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Rick Sammon is not only a renowned photographer, but is also the author of over 36 books, winning both the Golden Light Award and the Ben Franklin Award. A talented educator, Rick is the leader...

Balancing Sunlight with Terry White

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With over 20 years of experience in the industry, author and educator Terry White takes a photo shoot outside of his Detroit studio to demonstrate the best practices of balancing sunlight for portraits. Sunligh...

Improving your Portraits using the Westcott Eyelighter

Dave Cross

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Top Pro Elite Photographer Dave Cross has been photographing and educating photographers for over 25 years. In this video, Dave covers how to improve portrait photography with the simple addition of the Westco...

Outdoor Portraiture in Bad Weather

Bob Davis

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Chicago portrait and wedding photographer Bob Davis is a 25 year veteran of photography, specializing in speedlite shooting. Here, Bob utilizes speedlites modified with the Perfect Portrait Kit to capture beaut...

Lighting for Fashion with the Ice Light

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When shooting portraiture, it is often easiest to shoot with continuous lighting. Continuous lighting allows photographers to visualize their final image as they are shooting, giving the ability to adjust camer...

Clamshell Lighting with the Skylux

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Clamshell lighting is a popular among portrait and beauty photographers. By using two light sources, one directed down onto a subject's face and one directed up toward a subject's face , a photographer can elim...

Inspired Photography with George Deloache

George DeLoache

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Westcott Top Pro Elite George Deloache discusses his lighting set up behind this Prince-inspired photo shoot with the Strobelite Plus: A few months ago, I had the opportunity to acquire a new studio space in a...

Modern Beauty Photography with Lou Freeman

Lou Freeman

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Lou Freeman has practiced the art of fashion, glamour, fine interior and product photography for three decades. Her clients are among the most respected and recognized names in America and Europe. Her work is b...

Andrew Tomasino - Family Portraits Final 1

Outdoor Family Portraits

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Nikon D600, Sigma 35 “Art” lens, ISO 100, 1/200 @ F8 For this blog I wanted to focus on something that everyone can get behind and has most likely been asked to photograp...

Shooting in Harsh Sunlight

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Any good landscape photographer will tell you that you’ll get the best results if you’re up, out, and ready to shoot as the sun is coming up or as the sun is going down. Middle of the day is probably the absolu...

In Studio with Joel Grime - Final Image 3

In Studio with Joel Grimes

Joel Grimes

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Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Joel Grimes has worked as commercial and advertising professional for over 26 years. Specializing in bold, eye-catching photography, Joel has been the recipient of a variety ...

Behind The Scenes: Fashion Photography with Clay Cook

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Go behind-the-scenes of this fashion photography editorial shoot with photographer Clay Cook and Westcott's new 59" Zeppelin Deep Parabolic light modifier. Introduced to the market in early 2014, the Zeppe...

Behind The Scenes with Hernan Rodriguez

Hernan Rodriguez

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When I saw the Zepplin showcased at this year’s WPPI Convention, my creative juices began brewing on what project I could create to give this bad-boy a run. As I unpacked my Zepplin, just by looking at the silv...

Capturing Impressive Senior Portraits

Matt Hernandez

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Westcott Top Pro photographer Matt Hernandez discusses the features and benefits of the Rapid Box XXL while shooting sports-themed senior portraits in this latest review. With quick set-up and a lightweight fra...

Product Photography from Home with Erin Manning

Erin Manning

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Professional product photography can make all the difference in your success selling crafts and goods online. Quality products are best shown through quality images, which illustrate better detail and more appe...

Joel Grimes in the Studio with the Zeppelin Deep Parabolic

Joel Grimes

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Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Joel Grimes has worked as commercial and advertising professional for over 26 years. Specializing in bold, eye-catching photography, Joel has been the recipient of a vari...

Understanding Depth of Field with Terry White

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In photography, depth of field can be the difference between an average image and an exceptional image. Depth of field is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in focus, in an image....

Shooting Luke Bryan for Rolling Stone with Drew Gurian

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This article is courtesy of celebrity and music photographer Drew Gurian. Rolling Stone just asked me to photograph country star, Luke Bryan, for the new issue of the magazine (with Justin Beiber on the cove...

Diffusing Harsh Sunlight with Clay Cook

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This article is courtesy of Louisville-based fashion photographer Clay Cook. I’ve been there, standing in the middle of a field on a hot day with a scorching sun, mulling back and forth on how to capture a q...

Record Store Engagement Session with Benny Migs and the Rapid Box

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