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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.

4 Essential Portrait Lighting Patterns

Jake Collins
03/26/2026
Lighting Tips
1245

Pro Lighting Tips for Nighttime Portraits

Ray Alvarez
03/17/2026
Lighting Tips
1324

5 Creative Beauty Lighting Techniques

Ashley Boring
02/27/2026
Lighting Tips
1217

Strobe vs. Sunlight: Pro Secrets for Natural-Looking Flash Portraits

Eli Infante
02/21/2026
Lighting Tips
1855

How to Use Reflectors for Better Natural Light Portraits

Niah Aldrich
02/16/2026
Lighting Tips
1344
Rick Nunn's Goodbye Gravity

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

Team Westcott
12/17/2013
Lighting Tips
8830
This article on using the Apollo for creative lighting in a portrait is courtesy of photographer and designer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England.
Ice Light Portraiture with Bruce Roscoe

Portraiture with The Ice Light

Team Westcott
12/09/2013
Lighting Tips
9323
This Ice Light review is courtesy of Bruce Roscoe, owner of Aiyana Studio in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
JVL 7' Parabolic Umbrella Portrait

Creating a Large Light Source On-Location

Justin Van Leeuwen
12/06/2013
Lighting Tips
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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...
Tim Breaseale

Halloween Portraiture by Tim Breaseale

Team Westcott
12/06/2013
Lighting Tips
6793
This photography blog post was originally written by photographer Tim Breaseale of Tim Breaseale Photography located in South Florida.
Jen Rozenbaum Boudoir

Creating Comfortable Boudoir Shoots with Jen Rozenbaum

Jen Rozenbaum
12/04/2013
Lighting Tips
10234
Westcott Top Pro and boudoir photographer Jen Rozenbaum discusses various techniques in creating a comfortable and beautiful boudoir photo shoot in...
Dimension with the Rapid Box

Using the Rapid Box to Create Depth and Dimension

Rick Sammon
11/20/2013
Lighting Tips
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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.
Erik Valind on Expression

Erik Valind Gaining Great Expression From Your Subjects

Erik Valind
11/20/2013
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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...
Sports Composite

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

Matt Hernandez
11/20/2013
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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.

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync

Jim Schmelzer
10/21/2013
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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...

How to Control Reflection when Shooting Through a Window

Bob Davis
10/21/2013
Lighting Tips
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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.

Photo Booth Wedding Portraits using Green Screen

Dave Cross
10/11/2013
Lighting Tips
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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...

Capturing Action Shots on a Budget

Team Westcott
10/01/2013
Lighting Tips
10554
This Photography blog post using the Apollo Orb was originally written by Photographer, Charles Williams of Erudite Photography based in Ottawa,...

Using Flour and Speedlites for a Warehouse Photo Shoot

Team Westcott
08/27/2013
Lighting Tips
11098
The following lighting diagram and blog is courtesy of  photographer Taryn Truese of Art Factory Studios in Paterson, New Jersey.

Going Retro with Hernan Rodriguez

Hernan Rodriguez
08/26/2013
Lighting Tips
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Top Pro and Celebrity photographer Hernan Rodriguez takes us back in time with a retro photo shoot in this video.

Full-Length and Head shot Portraits with The Rapid Box

Justin Van Leeuwen
08/23/2013
Lighting Tips
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Westcott Top Pro Justin Van Leeuwen walks viewers through brief outdoor photo shoot using the 26" Octa Rapid Box.

Ice Light Review by Marc Mikhail

Team Westcott
08/23/2013
Lighting Tips, Reviews
11205
This Ice Light Review was provided by Marc Mikhail, Wedding photographer from Toronto, Canada. I love gadgets and cool stuff.

Ice Light Commercial starring Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis
08/21/2013
Lighting Tips
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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...

Inside Boudoir with Jen Rozenbaum

Jen Rozenbaum
07/18/2013
Lighting Tips
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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...

Cool Reflection Shot using the Ice Light

Jerry Ghionis
06/18/2013
Lighting Tips
6894
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...
Street Portrait with Perfect Pair Kit

On-the-Go Lighting for Street Photography

Bob Davis
06/11/2013
Lighting Tips
10532
Join Top Pro Elite Photographer Bob Davis as he heads to the streets of the New York City to during a rainy modern fashion photo shoot.

Green Screen for Senior Portraits

Dave Cross
06/11/2013
Lighting Tips
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Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Dave Cross explains how to make high school seniors more interesting with the Power of Green Screen.
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