The Ice Light for Outdoor Fill
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...
Shooting Outdoors: Headshots in the park
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...
Directing Speedlites for Portraiture
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...
Shooting with Perspective
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...
Using Apollo Orb to Control Light with Speedlites
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...
Large Octabank Alternatives for Portability
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 ...
Speedlites for Action Photography
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: Rules of Composition
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...
Portrait Shoot using an Apollo and Stripbanks
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...
Interview with Erik Valind on Environmental Portraits
Commercial, portrait, and lifestyle photographer Erik Valind joins Henry's TV host Mark Shannon on the Henry's TV stage at Exposure Spring 2012 to share some tips and tricks on creating better environmental por...
Outdoor Portrait Shoot using a Scrim Jim
Outdoor Portrait shoot by photographer Erik Valind using a Westcott Large Scrim Jim.
The Large Scrim Jim Kit is a useful photography tool that allows photographers to diffuse light, reflect light, cut down l...
Outdoor Football Portrait using a Scrim Jim
This lighting setup and final image was provided by photographer Jim Schmelzer. Jim used the Westcott Medium Scrim Jim overhead his subject so that there were no shadows on the football player, and that he cou...
Product Shoot: Super Bowl Ring Shot with Strobelite Plus
Take a look behind the scenes at this product shoot of a Super Bowl ring shot by photographer Hernan Rodriguez using two Westcott Strobelite Plus units, two Westcott Scrim Jims with 1-1/4 Stop Diffusion Fabric ...
Dark Field Photography Tips and Techniques
Photo by: Scott Valentine
You know those images of wine glasses that have glowing edges against a solid black background? The technique (called "dark field" photography) is a popular studio approach for showi...
Behind the Portrait with Strobist Rick Nunn
This behind the portrait blog is courtesy of strobist photographer and design Rick Nunn.
Last Saturday I headed to Tokyo to do a shoot for a friend. This first set up needed to be super dramatic so I had two...
Behind the Scenes: Strobist Portraits in a Warehouse
This article is courtesy of designer and strobist photographer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England.
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a lit portrait, so I text my friend Leah & arranged something for ...
Understanding Catchlights
The specific shapes of light modifiers come into play in how they shape light and how we apply them to our subject or scene. If we zoom into the eyes of our subjects and take note of the shape of the catchlight...
Joel Grimes’ Dramatic Composites with Blake Griffin
When renowned Canon Explorer of Light Joel Grimes photographed Detroit Piston's basketball star Blake Griffin, he knew he wanted to create a grungy, dramatic set of images despite their pretty standard gym loca...
Using Natural Light Outdoors for a Romantic Concept Shoot
In these works, Portugal-based fashion photographer Joâo Carlos pairs the literature of love tragedies through the ages with these stunning outdoor fashion portraits. These images have a composition and balance...