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

Jaison Sterling
Lighting Tips
647

How to Simulate Sunlight in Studio Photography

Joel Grimes
Lighting Tips
1627

Lighting Breakdown: How to Film a Corporate Video

Team Westcott
Lighting Tips
1281

How to Create Light Trails for Dynamic Portraits

Jaison Sterling
Lighting Tips
1551

Full Lighting Breakdown: High Aperture Portraits

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
2010
Final Image - Sid Ceaser

Shooting a Nighttime Portrait with a Softbox

Team Westcott
Lighting Tips
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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 ...
Little Moon Photography

Safe Lighting for Newborn Portraits

Amber Scruggs
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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...
Rick Nunn's Goodbye Gravity

Behind-the-Scenes of Rick Nunn’s Goodbye Gravity Series

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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...
Ice Light Portraiture with Bruce Roscoe

Portraiture with The Ice Light

Team Westcott
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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...
JVL 7' Parabolic Umbrella Portrait

Creating a Large Light Source On-Location

Justin Van Leeuwen
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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...
Tim Breaseale

Halloween Portraiture by Tim Breaseale

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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...
Jen Rozenbaum Boudoir

Creating Comfortable Boudoir Shoots with Jen Rozenbaum

Jen Rozenbaum
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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...
Dimension with the Rapid Box

Using the Rapid Box to Create Depth and Dimension

Rick Sammon
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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 on Expression

Erik Valind Gaining Great Expression From Your Subjects

Erik Valind
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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...
Sports Composite

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

Matt Hernandez
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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez, who specializes in sports photography, uses Photo Key 6 to remove a green background for a sports composite.  Watch how Matt sets up his lighting for this green screen image, an...

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync

Jim Schmelzer
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Midday on top of the Detroit Opera House, Westcott Top Pro and award-winning photographer Jim Schmelzer illustrates how matching sunlight is easily attainable utilizing HyperSync and Westcott lighting . Jim pre...

How to Control Reflection when Shooting Through a Window

Bob Davis
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Top Pro Elite Photographer Bob Davis heads to the streets of the big city to get great fashion shots in the rain and through a window. Shooting through a window can be a difficult task due to reflections. Corre...

Photo Booth Wedding Portraits using Green Screen

Dave Cross
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Watch how Westcott Top Pro Elite Photographer Dave Cross creates fun photo booth portraits at a wedding using Westcott Green Screen and PhotoKey Pro Software. Dave Cross uses the Westcott Ice Light to light the...

Capturing Action Shots on a Budget

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This Photography blog post using the Apollo Orb was originally written by Photographer, Charles Williams of Erudite Photography based in Ottawa, Canada. This photo shoot had to be one of the most inexpen...

Using Flour and Speedlites for a Warehouse Photo Shoot

Team Westcott
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The following lighting diagram and blog is courtesy of  photographer Taryn Truese of Art Factory Studios in Paterson, New Jersey. First Shot One of my favorite hobbies in photography is to "test" with ne...

Going Retro with Hernan Rodriguez

Hernan Rodriguez
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Top Pro and Celebrity photographer Hernan Rodriguez takes us back in time with a retro photo shoot in this video. Hernan uses a variety of layers to create some fantastic images.  First, Hernan discussess the o...

Full-Length and Head shot Portraits with The Rapid Box

Justin Van Leeuwen
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Westcott Top Pro Justin Van Leeuwen walks viewers through brief outdoor photo shoot using the 26" Octa Rapid Box. Justin demonstrates how quickly this light modifier is set-up due to an umbrella-style frame. A ...

Ice Light Review by Marc Mikhail

Team Westcott
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This Ice Light Review was provided by Marc Mikhail, Wedding photographer from Toronto, Canada. I love gadgets and cool stuff.  I'm a very tech-savvy guy, I love everything that has extra bells and whistles bec...

Ice Light Commercial starring Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis
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This commercial was produced by Ice Light creator, Jerry Ghionis.  It shows Jerry running through the streets of Melbourne, Australia frantically with the Ice Light but you wont guess where is trying to go.  W...

Inside Boudoir with Jen Rozenbaum

Jen Rozenbaum
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New York boudoir photographer Jen Rozenbaum believes in the power of femininity. Her wildly successful boudoir studio, Jenerations, is focused on empowering women, embracing both inner and outer beauty, and enc...

Cool Reflection Shot using the Ice Light

Jerry Ghionis
Lighting Tips
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Jerry Ghionis uses the Ice Light to take an unexpected reflection shot. The Ice light is a portable handheld daylight light source that is fully dimmable.  The Ice Light allows photographers a portable optio...
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