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      The Power of Color Theory in Photography with Lindsay Adler

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Portait Photo With FJ400 Closer And 6x6 Scrim

Comparing Light Patterns Using Scrim Jim Cine Diffusion

Team Westcott
Lighting Tips
Optical Spot by Lindsay Adler with a blue/violet gel on key light and a yellow/orange gel on the backlight

The Power of Color Theory in Photography with Lindsay Adler

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Lighting Tips
Behind the scenes medium portrait shot

3 Ways to Use a Beauty Dish Switch by Manny Ortiz

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Lighting Tips

Getting Creative with White Balance

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Lighting Tips

Create Depth and Control Light with Softbox Grids

Team Westcott
Lighting Tips

Capturing Product Photography With The DigiTent Light Tent

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Gear Guides, Lighting Tips
Created with e-commerce and marketplace sellers in mind, the DigiTent Light Tent provides a perfect compact diffused space to photograph jewelry, handheld items, and craft supplies. With the DigiTent Light Tent...
The fresnel feature on the Learning Light

Using the Learning Light When Teaching Photography Lighting Principles

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For many years, Top Pro photographer, designer, and award-winning author, Scott Kelby was determined to help educators teach photography principles using a convenient and efficient handheld device. Capturing po...

Capturing Individual and Family Portraits Indoors and Outdoors with Michele Celentano

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In this portrait masters video, photographer Michele Celentano explains her lighting techniques for individuals and family portrait photography. Michele begins with photographing a family of four with the Westc...

Improve Your Lighting During Video Calls at Home Using the Ring Light Kit

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Gear Guides, Lighting Tips
Have you been using window light as your main source for video conferencing and virtual interviews? The Bi-Color Ring Light Kit is complete with features to make your work from home virtual meetings stand out. ...
strobe vs natural light

Benefits Of Off-Camera Flash Vs Natural Light For Outdoor Portraits

Ashley Boring
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As a portrait photographer, it’s important to be aware of the lighting conditions that you face in natural environments. Whether you are looking to use natural light or off-camera flash when shooting outdoor po...
outdoor portrait with Ice Light 2

Learn How Jerry Ghionis Shoots Outdoor Portraits with the Ice Light 2

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Westcott Top Pro photographer, Jerry Ghionis, set out to design the revolutionary Ice Light 2 for rendering beautiful consistent light quality for photographers and filmmakers whether you’re shooting indoors or...

Freezing Motion with Precision: FJ400 Freeze Mode Explained

Ashley Boring
Lighting Tips
When working in the studio in most situations, 1/280th of a second flash duration is more than enough to freeze your subject. But sometimes you need to photograph something that is moving much faster; a spinnin...
Using Flash - Behind the Scenes

Using Flash to Mimic Any Time of Day in Portraits

Ashley Boring
Lighting Tips
As photographers, we all know that you don't always get to shoot at the exact time of day you would like to. However, thanks to off camera flash, you are not tied down by mother nature. Using flash can convinci...
Portrait Lighting with Ian Spanier (1)

How to Create Portrait Lighting to Help Tell a Story

Ian Spanier
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Celebrity commercial photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publis...
Behind the Scenes: Flash Photography

Flash Photography: Front Vs Rear Curtain Sync

Ashley Boring
Lighting Tips
In flash photography, mixing the light trails from constant lighting with the freezing power of a strobe can create a sense of motion and get really cool effects in-camera. One of the most important things to c...
One Light Portrait

How to Create an Easy One Light Portrait

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Celebrity fashion photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point-and-shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publishin...
Photography Style - Final

How to Find Your Photography Style

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Lighting Tips
Renowned photographer Glyn Dewis is a master at capturing beautiful portraits. His images have a unique style - one that feels all his own and, yet, has been inspired by some of his favorite photographers. In t...
Leading Lines - Will Cadena (2)

Using Leading Lines to Create Better Compositions

Will Cadena
Lighting Tips
Leading lines are important compositional tools that help photographers draw viewers’ eyes to the main subject in their images. This framing technique is easy to master (especially outdoors) as long as you pay ...
Photo Compositing with the FJ400 - Matt Hernandez (3)

How to Simplify Photo Compositing with the FJ400’s Mask Function

Matt Hernandez
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The new FJ400 strobe's Mask Function is an excellent tool for creating in-camera cutout masks of foreground objects for easy photo compositing. Photographer Matt Hernandez combines his background in graphic de...
Jermain Horton - Restoring Confidence Portrait (2)

Jermaine Horton is Restoring Confidence with Photography

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When Chicago-area photographer Jermaine Horton first saw WILX News 10’s story about 8-year-old Marian Scott’s school photo session, he was furious. “The first thing I thought about was the impact of what this w...
Glyn Dewis - Male Portraits (4)

How to Create Rembrandt Lighting For Male Portraits

Glyn Dewis
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Rembrandt lighting is a classic lighting setup that most portrait photographers can master with a little practice. Rembrandt lighting creates a pretty dramatic, timeless look and it can be created with just a s...
Ambient Light - Ian Spanier BTS

Matching Ambient Light with Tunable LEDs

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
Celebrity fashion photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publishin...
3 Point Lighting Setup - Behind the Scenes

3 Point Lighting Setup for Bold Commercial Photography

Ian Spanier
Lighting Tips
Celebrity commercial photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publis...
BTS - Off-Camera Flash with WIll Cadena

Capturing Dynamic Fashion Photos with Off-Camera Flash

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Lighting Tips
You don't need a variety of light modifiers or multiple off-camera flash units to capture interesting and dynamic images. In this video, Will Cadena utilizes a single FJ400 Strobe modified by a Rapid Box with a...
Fashion Film Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes of a Run-and-Gun Fashion Film

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Lighting Tips
New York City-based photographer/cinematographer Dave Geffin had a challenge – shoot a high-energy fast-moving fashion film in low light and at night, in two distinct locations in Manhattan, without falling per...
Dramatic Lighting for Boudoir Photography

Creating Dramatic Boudoir Photography

Jen Rozenbaum
Lighting Tips
Sometimes a boring, blank space can be the best canvas for creating a portrait. In this case, a moody boudoir portrait. While most boudoir shots are typically in an environment, a simple solid colored wall can...
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