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Top Pro Jim Schmelzer uses Westcott Ice Lights to create beautiful a beautiful Senior Portrait with ease. Using the portable Ice Light, Jim is in and out of a shoot in minutes. The Ice light is a portable hand...

Speedlite Photos for Graduation Photos

Erin Manning

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Top Pro Erin Manning from Los Angeles, California uses a and the to create fun Graduation Party photos using a single speedlite. These images proved to be a hit at the party and it shows that a small amount o...

Using a 7′ Umbrella for Portraits

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Some people use umbrellas all the time. Reflective, shoot through, they just love the spill and shape of the light that comes out of them. For me, I like the control I get out of softboxes, strip lights, and oc...

How to Set the Perfect White Balance

Erik Valind

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Your white balance setting is how your camera decides what white should look like in a photo, and all of the other colors as well. It's straightforward enough when shooting a subject in clean white light, but w...

Compact, Versatile Lighting Setups

Hernan Rodriguez

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I'm sure everyone has had one of those moments when it would seem the planets have aligned in synchronicity... but not in your favor. This was one of those times. In all honesty, I can't remember a bigger chall...

Shooting a Super Bowl Feature with the Ice Light

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Lighting With No Time, On The Fly? When it came to lighting, we often had very little time--as might be expected on these type of run-and-gun shoots. What we needed were lights that could be ultra-portabl...

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

Rick Sammon

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This article is courtesy of renowned photograpger and Westcott Top Pro Elite Rick Sammon of Rick Sammon Photography. Got a speedlite? Add a softbox and you are on your way to making some awesome portrait...

Continuous Lighting Tips with the Spiderlite TD6

Terry White

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Terry White, Professional Photographer and Westcott Top Pro, talks about one of his favorite products - the which offers a continuous lighting solution. He walks through how he uses the Spiderlite TD6 in his s...

Russ Burden – 10 Ways to Become a Better Photographer

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There are so many articles out there on photography, but every once in a while, we come across an article that just makes sense! Well, we found such an article that does just that - it makes sense! A perfect ar...

Using the Ice Light for Child Photography

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This article discussing the Westcott Ice Light is courtesy of photographer and designer Andy Funderburg of Fundy Software. Many photographers choose to shoot children and families at the client’s home. H...

Andrew Funderburg: Painting with the Ice Light

Painting with Light Using the Ice Light

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This article is courtesy of photographer and software designer Andrew Funderburg of Fundy Software. Light painting with the is a lot of fun, and gives you a look you can't get anywhere else. It's a sim...

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 5)

Bruce Dorn

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Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching Speedlite techniques around the country for years through Canon Live Learning and his own workshops. With the Canon Digital Learning Cen...

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 3)

Bruce Dorn

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Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching techniques for speedlites around the country for years through Canon Live Learning and his own workshops. With the Canon Digital Learnin...

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites

Bruce Dorn

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Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching techniques for speedlites around the country for years through Canon Live Learning and his own workshops. With the Canon Digital Learnin...

Pet Photography Made Easier with the Apollo Orb

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These pictures were taken at Love Thy Pet, a local community pet store in Brooklyn NY. Every year they give back to the community by offering Free Pet Photos. I started taking pictures for them during their pe...

Building the Dramatic Portrait

Joel Grimes

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Westcott invites you to an inspirational lecture with Joel Grimes, a commercial advertising photographer, who has been working in the industry for over 30 years. Many consider Joel to be one of the leading inst...

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 4

Michael Corsentino

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Environmental Portraits Posing singer Melissa Phillippe in front of her piano adds context and helps create a portrait that reflects her passions. Shooting form a position above the subject has a slimming effe...

Between the Sheets with Jen: Ice Light Review

Jen Rozenbaum

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"My answer is YES YES YES. I love the Ice Light. The first thing that attracted me to it is the quality of light. It really blew away any of those cheap video lights out there." - Jen Rozenbaum I often...

Using Diffusion Fast Flags for Portraits

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Lan and I decided to shoot a couple of new avatars for ourselves today since the ones we have been using are 3 years old and we don’t really look the same (I’m now a little fatter and a LOT balder, but Lan is m...

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2

Michael Corsentino

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Executive & Business Portraits In this executive portrait the goal is the same but the approach is more subdued, formal and professional in nature. The look and feel for any portrait? is generally dete...

The Art of the Portrait Photography: Part 1

Michael Corsentino

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Portraits were some of the first images to grab my attention and draw me into my lifelong love affair with photography. The portrait work of Richard Avedon, with their stark black and white imagery, many shot o...

Lighting Dynamic Portraits for an Album Cover

Capturing Generational Family Portraits with Off-Camera Flash

Pro Tips for Large Family Portraits: Lighting & Posing Group Photos

Flash Power vs. Portability: Comparing FJ400 & FJ200 Strobes

Mastering Flash Photography: 5 Lighting Principles for Beginners

Mastering Family Portraits: Pro Tips Posing, Lighting, and Location Scouting

Master Light Control: A Guide to Using Scrims on Set

Erik Valind Showcases The Scrim Jim

Easy Portrait Lighting Setups with One, Two, and Three Lights

How to Create Window Light in Studio

Square Softboxes vs Octa Softboxes

Portrait Lighting in Challenging Locations with Ian Spanier

High-Speed Sync Portraits in Full Sun Using the FJ200 Strobe

Capturing Product Photography With The DigiTent Light Tent

Capturing Generational Family Portraits with Off-Camera Flash

Pro Tips for Large Family Portraits: Lighting & Posing Group Photos

Flash Power vs. Portability: Comparing FJ400 & FJ200 Strobes

Mastering Flash Photography: 5 Lighting Principles for Beginners

Mastering Family Portraits: Pro Tips Posing, Lighting, and Location Scouting

Senior Portrait Photography with the Ice Light

Speedlite Photos for Graduation Photos

Using a 7′ Umbrella for Portraits

How to Set the Perfect White Balance

Compact, Versatile Lighting Setups

Shooting a Super Bowl Feature with the Ice Light

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

Continuous Lighting Tips with the Spiderlite TD6

Russ Burden – 10 Ways to Become a Better Photographer

Using the Ice Light for Child Photography

Painting with Light Using the Ice Light

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 5)

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 3)

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites

Pet Photography Made Easier with the Apollo Orb

Building the Dramatic Portrait

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 4

Between the Sheets with Jen: Ice Light Review

Using Diffusion Fast Flags for Portraits

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2

The Art of the Portrait Photography: Part 1