Lighting Active Children
This article is courtesy of Westcott Top Pro photographer Dawn Weisinger.
It has been my pleasure to photograph some of the most adorable children over the last 9 years. I have spent a great deal of that...
How To Balance Sunlight with Terry White
Shooting on a lake in Michigan, Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Terry White uses the Westcott Rapid Box Octa to balance sunlight during mid-day portrait session. Using the Rapid Box and a speedlite to bette...
Understanding the Inverse Square Law
This article was originally published on Digital Photography School and is used with their permission.
I don’t know about you, but I was never much of a math student. I needed a tutor in high school for bot...
Jonah Kessel on the Ice Light
This review of the Ice Light is courtesy of Pulitzer prize-winning visualist Jonah Kessel
We are working in an era where technology is fueling our passion to create powerful multimedia. However, the mark...
Continuous Lighting with Dave Cross
Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Dave Cross discusses the Westcott Skylux in this latest video review.
Photographer Dave Cross has been educating photographers and creative professionals on Adobe soft...
Dance Photography with the Strobelite Plus
This article is courtesy of Westcott Top Pro portrait photographer George DeLoache of Los Angeles, California.
Dance is a phenomenal art form incorporating, music, movement, color and compositional forms. I ...
Wedding Portraits with Jerry Ghionis
Jerry Ghionis demonstrates both his talent and his ingenuity during this wedding portrait session. Shooting a beautiful couple in a hall of exquisite mirrors, Jerry needed to properly angle himself to avoid h...
Capturing Low-Key Celebrity Portraits
This Westcott Backdrop Stand review and the final celebrity portraits are courtesy of photographer Michael Herb of Michael Herb Photography in Las Vegas, Nevada.
We have all been there, at the crossroad...
Light Painting for Amazing Automotive
I originally shot cars when I was coming up as a photographer, and I have wanted to shoot them more and more recently. When approached to do a Behind the scenes video about some of the commercial shots I was in...
Shooting in Sunlight with Rick Nunn
This article is courtesy of English photographer and designer Rick Nunn.
When you are shooting with the sun, the time of day, location & your positioning are very important. Believe it or not THE SUN...
Using the Ice Light for Shooting in a Small Space
Shooting in any type of small space can be difficult, especially in a vehicle. Lighting is key in creating beautiful portraits, but shooting softboxes and speedlites isn't an option when you are confined to a s...
Stripbank Lighting for Dark, Dramatic Portraits
This article is courtesy of renowned portrait and architecture photographer Thierry Dehove.
Lea Vendetta is this kind of model you dream to capture due to her energy and her personality. I like her very muc...
Shooting a Nighttime Portrait with a Softbox
New Hampshire portrait photographer Sid Ceaser previously discussed his preference of Westcott's Apollo line of softboxes. Sid uses a 28" Recessed Medium Apollo when shooting one or two subjects and a large ...
Safe Lighting for Newborn Portraits
This article is courtesy of premier newborn photographer Amber Scruggs of Little Moon Photography in Leesburg, Virginia.
I spent 3 years only shooting natural light, studio lights scared me. Once I got my...
Behind-the-Scenes of Rick Nunn’s Goodbye Gravity Series
This article on using the Apollo for creative lighting in a portrait is courtesy of photographer and designer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England. Photographer and designer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England discusses his...
Portraiture with The Ice Light
This Ice Light review is courtesy of Bruce Roscoe, owner of Aiyana Studio in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
For years of going to Monument Valley and visiting my friends, the Yazzie's. This was my first time usi...
Creating a Large Light Source On-Location
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...
Halloween Portraiture by Tim Breaseale
This photography blog post was originally written by photographer Tim Breaseale of Tim Breaseale Photography located in South Florida.
Final Image
"The past few weeks have been my photographer’s paradise...
Creating Comfortable Boudoir Shoots with Jen Rozenbaum
Westcott Top Pro and boudoir photographer Jen Rozenbaum discusses various techniques in creating a comfortable and beautiful boudoir photo shoot in this video tutorial. As a photographer, being able to successf...
Using the Rapid Box to Create Depth and Dimension
In this Westcott video, Top Pro Elite Rick Sammon discusses the dimension and depth that proper lighting can create in portraits. As Sammon states, "light illuminates, shadows define". He uses the Westcott Rapi...
Erik Valind Gaining Great Expression From Your Subjects
Westcott Top Pro Elite Erik Valind offers a photography quick tip in this Westcott video. Gaining authentic expression and emotion out from your models and subjects can be a difficult task. Offering a brief bac...