Lighting Tips

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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

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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

Lighting Tips, Reviews

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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

Tyler Stableford

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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

Scott Kelby

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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

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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

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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

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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

Jim Schmelzer

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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

Hernan Rodriguez

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Joel Grimes

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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...

ICE Light featured on LA Times Blog

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The ICE Light has made an impact from the East coast to West! This time it's on the LA Times blog under their photography section!

Natural Light Photography - Joao Carlos (11)

Using Natural Light Outdoors for a Romantic Concept Shoot

João Carlos

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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...

PDN PhotoPlus 2011 Recap

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We are back from PDN Photo Plus in New York City and WOW - was it an amazing show! We saw a TON of familiar faces while we were there like - Joel Grimes, Terry White, Rick Sammon, Syl Arena, George Simian, Eric...

Westcott wins Silver Addy Award

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Westcott was recently awarded a Silver ADDY Award from the Advertising Club of Toledo, Inc. (ACT) for the submission of the 2010 Westcott Catalog. The 2011 ADDY Awards show was a culmination of creative talents including Westcott’s own Art Director Ben Marckel as well as Westcott Top Pro photographer Michael Green.

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