Lighting Tips

Improve your still and motion photography with top-notch lighting tutorials, videos, and articles by some of the industry’s most influential filmmakers and photographers.

Storytelling with Light

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5 Creative Features of the FJ800 and FJ400 II

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Creative Mask: How to Get More Looks in Less Time

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Creative Lighting Techniques for Indoor Sports Portraits

Jaison Sterling

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Portable Portrait Lighting On Location

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Jim Schmelzer demonstrates lighting for a wedding: Part 2 by .

Wedding Photography Lighting Tips: Part 2

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Westcott Top Pro Jim Schmelzer continues his wedding photography lighting tips from Part 1 at the church. Here, Jim will bring in his bride and groom to start shooting beautiful images. Jim was using the in th...

Melody Gillikin Real Deal Review – Scrim Jim by .

Real Deal Review: Scrim Jim

Lighting Tips, Reviews

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Photographer Melody G. from Virginia had the chance to review the Scrim Jim for us. The , and you can mount a variety of diffusion panels, multiple reflectors, and even full black blockers. See what she liked, ...

Dave Cross – Childrens Portraits with Green Screen by .

Creative Childrens Portraits with Green Screen

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Top Pro Dave Cross shows the ease of doing childrens portraits using Photo Key 5 software. With the use of features like the Hot Folder, Photo Key 5 makes Green Screen quick and efficient. Dave will begin this ...

Erin Manning discusses Lighting Ratios and a Home Studio Lighting Kit by .

Understanding Lighting Ratios

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Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer and educator Erin Manning discusses lighting ratios and set-ups utilizing the Erin Manning Home Studio Lighting Kit in this Westcott video tutorial. Lighting ratios are the d...

Erin Manning Using a Reflector – Pro Tip by .

Using a Reflector to Fill Light

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In this video, Westcott Top Pro Elite Photographer Erin Manning shows us how to use a reflector to greatly improve the quality of her photos. She uses a as her main source of light, with a as a fill light. ...

Jim Schmelzer – Studio Lighting Fundamentals with the Apollo by .

Studio Lighting Fundamentals using a Mega Apollo

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Westcott Top Pro Elite Photographer Jim Schmelzer teaches us different possibilities for Studio Lighting when shooting with the Westcott Mega JS Apollo. Jim also uses a Westcott 6 in 1 reflector that acts as a...

Senior Portrait Photography with the Ice Light

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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

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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...

JVL - Family Portrait

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

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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...

Ice Light Portrait with Rodriguez

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...

Rick Sammon

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

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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

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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...

Photography Lighting Setup using the Ice Light for Child Photography

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)

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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)

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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

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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...