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The Essential Guide To The FJ Wireless Flash System

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With the expansion of our flash photography gear, choosing the right strobe or speedlight may feel overwhelming.
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Flash Photography Lighting Video Course for Beginners

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Join Westcott’s Brandon Heiss in this deep dive on flash photography using the FJ Wireless Flash System.

Go-To High-Volume Headshot Lighting Setups

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In this portrait photography video, Yaneck Wasiek, Westcott Top Pro and Founder of Wasio Faces, explains how he approaches individual headshot...

Professional Lighting with Food Photographer Joanie Simon

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Commercial and editorial food photographer, food blogger and educator Joanie Simon, iconically known on social media as, “The Bite Shot”, captures...

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When it comes to using color gels for photography lighting, there are two main reasons why you would want to create a setup with this simple strobe...
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Professional photographer, Sal Cincotta guides us through this couples portrait using a one-light flash set up located at the mesmerizing Salt Flats...

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Top Pro and photography educator, Eli Infante, walks us through a Texas-based photo shoot in midday sun using the FJ200 strobe to capture high-speed...

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Created with e-commerce and marketplace sellers in mind, the DigiTent Light Tent provides a perfect compact diffused space to photograph jewelry,...

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In this portrait masters video, photographer Michele Celentano explains her lighting techniques for individuals and family portrait photography.

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Have you been using window light as your main source for video conferencing and virtual interviews?
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As a portrait photographer, it’s important to be aware of the lighting conditions that you face in natural environments.
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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...

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When working in the studio in most situations, 1/280th of a second flash duration is more than enough to freeze your subject.
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As photographers, we all know that you don't always get to shoot at the exact time of day you would like to.
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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.
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Flash Photography: Front Vs Rear Curtain Sync

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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...
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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.
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How to Find Your Photography Style

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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,...
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Using Leading Lines to Create Better Compositions

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Leading lines are important compositional tools that help photographers draw viewers’ eyes to the main subject in their images.
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How to Simplify Photo Compositing with the FJ400’s Mask Function

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The original FJ400 strobe's Mask Function is an excellent tool for creating in-camera cutout masks of foreground objects for easy photo compositing.
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Jermaine Horton is Restoring Confidence with Photography

Jermaine Horton
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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.
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