Lighting Tips

Diffuse Light and Alter Light using the Scrim Jim

Full-Length Outdoor Portrait

Lighting the Dress with the PocketBox

Product Shoot with Westcott DigiTent

Scrim Jim: Thinking Outside the Box

Comparing Large vs. Small Photo Umbrellas

Wedding Portrait Shoot Using Spiderlite TDs

Composite Photography Lit by the Spiderlite TD6

Black-and-White Action Shot Lighting Setup

Soft Portrait Lighting Setup for Painterly-Effect

The Ice Light for Outdoor Fill

Shooting Outdoors: Headshots in the park

Directing Speedlites for Portraiture

Shooting with Perspective

Using Apollo Orb to Control Light with Speedlites

Large Octabank Alternatives for Portability

Tribute to Hollywood Divas

Speedlites for Action Photography

Scott Kelby: Rules of Composition

Commercial Shoot: Sushi Photo Setup

Portrait Shoot using an Apollo and Stripbanks

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Erik Valind, Professional Photographer and Westcott Top Pro, talks about his favorite product—the Westcott Scrim Jim. He walks you through how he uses each of the Scrim Jim panels to diffuse light and alter lig...

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

A full-length outdoor portrait by photographers Zach and Jody Gray using a 24" x 32" Westcott Pro Signature Softbox, a 12" x 36" Westcott Pro Stripbank and .Westcott Softboxes are backed by 7 and 5-year war...

Dress Photo using Westcott Basics Pocket Box

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

It is of course crucial that you shoot the bride wearing the dress so she looks absolutely amazing in it, but it is also important these days to get a great detail shot of the dress before the bride puts on the...

Eric Eggly

Lighting Tips, Reviews

Join Westcott Top Pro Eric Eggly for a quick and easy solution for a product shoot using the Westcott Basics DigiTent. This low-cost method is ideal for photographing items for eBay listings, website catalogs, ...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

The Scrim Jim: Like a Swiss Army Knife When talking about different lighting modifiers I like to point out the basic features and benefits of each. Equally important though, is the outside of the box thinking ...

Erik Valind

Gear Guides, Lighting Tips

Photographic umbrellas come in so many sizes nowadays, perhaps even more so than the common rain variety. Let's set aside those and the for a moment and discuss some key differences and techniques, when select...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

Wedding portrait shoot by photographer Jim Schmelzer using multiple Westcott Spiderlite TD6 units, 36" x 48" Softbox and a 16" x 22" Softbox.The Spiderlite TD6 features 1200 watts of continuous lighting and...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

In this composite of a mountain biker in Boulder, Colorado, Mark S. Johnson's goal was to capture the feeling of hopping off the bike after an epic (and muddy) ride. To accomplish the effect, he employed his st...

Joao Carlos

Lighting Tips

Black-and-White Action shot by photographer João Carlos using aThe Medium Scrim Jim Kit is a useful photography tool that allows photographers to diffuse, reflect, cut down, or completely block light. Wit...

Rod Evans

Lighting Tips

Capturing precise, soft portrait lighting can be difficult. Proper lighting techniques and quality tools are essential in creating images that your clients will adore. To achieve this beautiful family portrait,...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

The Ice Light, , is a new little lighting tool that resembles a light saber in a big way. This makes it a blast to use right out of the gates. It was designed for being mobile and easy to use in event photogr...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

Shooting Outdoors Rocks When given the choice between shooting in a studio or shooting outdoors in the world, I'll drag my camera gear and subject out that door any day of the week. The sheer volume of differe...

Bob Davis

Lighting Tips

For this portrait shoot, Bob Davis had two speedlites in Group B manual mode 1/8th power with the flash heads manually zoomed to 200mm. One camera left and one camera right. The main speedlite was in Group A wi...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

Perspective It's good to have a little perspective - to know where you stand and just how big (or small) your world and the things in it are. Most pictures we see include something we recognize - a perso...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

F11, 1/500th, ISO 200 Levels Aimed At: Simple lighting setup with a little practice. One light source (Key light), setup. Controlling background exposure to render your creative results. Anything I should k...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips, Reviews

Most photographers love Octabanks. The light quality if amazing! Unfortunately, they are not easy on the wallet or easy to transport either. Usually rather heavy, they require a specific speed-ring to use with ...

Joao Carlos

Lighting Tips

Joao Carlos writes, "I was commissioned in January by the fabulous team at Noble Salon and Sebastian Hair Products to shoot a series of images inspired by Hollywood Divas. Everyone at Noble was involved - from ...

Tyler Stableford

Lighting Tips

Explorer of Light Tyler Stableford takes us to the legendary Snowmass Terrain Park in Snowmass, Colorado, where he utilizes the radio functionality of the Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite system to achieve a perfect ba...

Scott Kelby

Lighting Tips

A few weeks back, Scott Kelby hosted the first ever Google + Conference for photographers. In a lecture (over an hour long) Scott sheds light on how he believes photographers should work their scenes to find th...

Eric Eggly

Lighting Tips

Commercial shoot by photographer Eric Eggly using a Westcott Strobelite plus, , Scrim Jim with 1-1/4 Stop Diffusion Fabric, and a 10' Light Stand.The Westcott Strobelite Plus allows photographers to previe...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

This portrait shoot by photographer Erik Valind is set up with a Westcott 50-inch Apollo as the main light source, and two 12" x 36" Pro Stripbanks acting as rim lights, coming in from the side.The 50″ Mega...

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