Lighting Tips Archives — Page 9 of 17

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Have you ever had trouble shooting in full sun? It's often hard to know if you should be exposing for your subject's face or for the stunning and bright background behind them. Luckily, world-renowned commerci...

How to Photograph Day for Night with Speedlights

Kevin Kubota

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro portrait photographer Kevin Kubota demonstrates how to shoot with an ND filter to gain the effect of high speed sync, allowing you to shoot day for night with speed lights. In this video, Kevi...

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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Yousef AlMasoud is a Saudi Arabian portrait photographer with a knack for capturing beautiful and dramatic portraits. In this behind-the-scenes video, we go in the studio with Yousef as he captures action photo...

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

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World-renowned photographer Joel Grimes knows a thing or two about beauty lighting. And that's why he designed the new Rapid Box Beauty Dish. Grimes' 24" Rapid Box Beauty Dish is a collapsible, travel-frie...

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How to Perfectly Light Couples with Speedlights

Bob Davis

Lighting Tips

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In this video from SPTV, Bob Davis demonstrates how to perfectly light a couple during a real-life engagement session. Chicago portrait and wedding photographer Bob Davis is a 25 year veteran of photography,...

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5 Ways to Use the Book Light Kit

Jem Schofield

Lighting Tips

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Featuring Westcott Page! a high-end customizable design, provides the ultimate light control for narrative and interview video productions. This is a must-have kit for filmmakers, directors of photography, run...

Ice Light 2 Master Series with Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis

Lighting Tips

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Join renowned photographer Jerry Ghionis on this 20-part behind-the-scene video series with the Ice Light 2. Nikon Ambassador Jerry Ghionis is widely regarded as one of the top wedding photographers in the wor...

Behind the Scenes with the Peter Hurley Kit

Peter Hurley

Lighting Tips

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Award-winning photographer and headshot master Peter Hurley is known for creating flattering portraits with impeccable lighting. Earlier this year, Peter partnered with Westcott to bring photographers around t...

Balancing Sunlight with the LunaGrip

Kevin Kubota

Lighting Tips

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In the lesson above, photographer and educator Kevin Kubota uses the new to capture beautiful senior portraits outdoors. When shooting outside on bright days, artificial lighting is necessary to properly ex...

5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit

Jem Schofield

Gear Guides, Lighting Tips

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Featuring a unique and customizable design, provides the ultimate light control for on-the-go filmmakers, directors of photography, run-and-gun shooters, gaffers, and cinematographers. The DP Kit was developed...

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez began his career as an award-winning graphic artist, then combined his love of photography with his design background and love of sports to become one of the country's premier sp...

Lighting On the Fly with Dixie Dixon

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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This article is courtesy of renowned beauty and fashion photographer Dixie Dixon. As a Commercial Fashion and Beauty Photographer, I am always focused on bringing out the real raw beauty and personality of m...

How to Light for a Composite Image

Dave Cross

Lighting Tips

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Creating a professional-quality composite image usually requires a lengthy editing session. For photographers who are not very efficient or experienced in Photoshop and Lightroom, this can become a long and ted...

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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Renowned sports photographer Matt Hernandez has had years of experience capturing professional and high school team portraits. Through years of shooting in a variety of locations, he has perfected the group lig...

Timeless Fashion Portraits with the Zeppelin

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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This image is from fashion portraits I shot recently while testing out the incredible . This modifier is fantastic for full body fashion portraits because of its large size. This helps to maintain even, soft li...

SNL Video Production with Westcott Lighting

Using a Silver Bounce Umbrella on Major Productions

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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As the Director of Photography for Saturday Night Live's Film Unit, Alex Buono has had the ability to "play" with lots of different lighting equipment, finding the best options for illuminating a massive variet...

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Mastering the Art of Macro Photography

Team Westcott

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From broken glass to small twigs, professional macro photographer Monica Royal uses a lot of creativity to capture beautiful images of small subjects. Macro photography, often considered a fine art, is a creati...

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Bob Davis

Lighting Tips

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Lighting can separate you from the pack, using light to define your style and elevate the quality of your work is as important now as it was back in the day when you had to light to capture an image. Today the...

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Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

Steve Hansen

Lighting Tips

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For photographers new to photographing food, food styling may seem a bit daunting. People can make a successful career out of styling food for magazines and blogs. Luckily, Seattle-based food photographer Steve...

How to Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis

Jerry Ghionis

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Jerry Ghionis is widely considered to be one of the best wedding photographers in the world. Along with his wife Melissa, Jerry shares his expertise on posing, creative frami...

Environmental Portraiture vs. Location Portraiture

Benny Migliorino

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In this informative article and video, New York environmental photographer Benny Migs discusses the differences between environmental portraits and location portraits. Environmental Portraiture I get this que...

Light Painting with the Ice Light and Barndoors

Creating Cinematic Night Portraits | Lighting Guide

Storytelling with Light

5 Creative Features of the FJ800 and FJ400 II

Creative Mask: How to Get More Looks in Less Time

Creative Lighting Techniques for Indoor Sports Portraits

Portable Portrait Lighting On Location

The Essential Guide To Photography Backdrops

Easy Portrait Lighting Setups with One, Two, and Three Lights

How to Create Window Light in Studio

Square Softboxes vs Octa Softboxes

Portrait Lighting in Challenging Locations with Ian Spanier

High-Speed Sync Portraits in Full Sun Using the FJ200 Strobe

Capturing Product Photography With The DigiTent Light Tent

Creating Cinematic Night Portraits | Lighting Guide

Storytelling with Light

5 Creative Features of the FJ800 and FJ400 II

Creative Mask: How to Get More Looks in Less Time

Creative Lighting Techniques for Indoor Sports Portraits

How to Modify Bright Backgrounds with a Scrim Net

How to Photograph Day for Night with Speedlights

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

How to Perfectly Light Couples with Speedlights

5 Ways to Use the Book Light Kit

Ice Light 2 Master Series with Jerry Ghionis

Behind the Scenes with the Peter Hurley Kit

Balancing Sunlight with the LunaGrip

5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Lighting On the Fly with Dixie Dixon

How to Light for a Composite Image

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Timeless Fashion Portraits with the Zeppelin

Using a Silver Bounce Umbrella on Major Productions

Mastering the Art of Macro Photography

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

How to Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis

Environmental Portraiture vs. Location Portraiture