Real Deal Review: Perfect Pair Light Modifier Kit
Photographer Patrick F. from The Woodlands, TX reviews the Bob and Dawn Davis Perfect Pair Kit in this week’s Real Deal Review.
Learn Lighting for Photography and Filmmaking
Elevate your skills with free photo lighting video tutorials, gear guides, and more.
Using a 7′ Umbrella for Portraits
Some people use umbrellas all the time. Reflective, shoot through, they just love the spill and shape of the light that comes out of them.
How to Set the Perfect White Balance
Your white balance setting is how your camera decides what white should look like in a photo, and all of the other colors as well.
Compact, Versatile Lighting Setups
I'm sure everyone has had one of those moments when it would seem the planets have aligned in synchronicity... but not in your favor.
Shooting a Super Bowl Feature with the Ice Light
Lighting With No Time, On The Fly? When it came to lighting, we often had very little time--as might be expected on these type of run-and-gun shoots.
Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox
This article is courtesy of renowned photograpger and Westcott Top Pro Elite Rick Sammon of Rick Sammon Photography. Got a speedlite?
Continuous Lighting Tips with the Spiderlite TD6
Terry White, Professional Photographer and Westcott Top Pro, talks about one of his favorite products - the which offers a continuous lighting...
Russ Burden – 10 Ways to Become a Better Photographer
There are so many articles out there on photography, but every once in a while, we come across an article that just makes sense!
Painting with Light Using the Ice Light
This article is courtesy of photographer and software designer Andrew Funderburg of Fundy Software.
Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 5)
Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching Speedlite techniques around the country for years through Canon Live...
Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 3)
Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching techniques for speedlites around the country for years through Canon Live...
Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites
Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching techniques for speedlites around the country for years through Canon Live...
Review: X-Drop Backdrop System
This review was written by Photographer Brian Tetrault Innovative Backdrop Design Shooting many business headshots and portraits, I'm constantly...
Pet Photography Made Easier with the Apollo Orb
These pictures were taken at Love Thy Pet, a local community pet store in Brooklyn NY. Every year they give back to the community by offering Free...
Building the Dramatic Portrait
Westcott invites you to an inspirational lecture with Joel Grimes, a commercial advertising photographer, who has been working in the industry for...
The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 4
Environmental Portraits Posing singer Melissa Phillippe in front of her piano adds context and helps create a portrait that reflects her passions.
Between the Sheets with Jen: Ice Light Review
"My answer is YES YES YES. I love the Ice Light. The first thing that attracted me to it is the quality of light.
Using Diffusion Fast Flags for Portraits
Lan and I decided to shoot a couple of new avatars for ourselves today since the ones we have been using are 3 years old and we don’t really look the...
The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2
Executive & Business Portraits In this executive portrait the goal is the same but the approach is more subdued, formal and professional in...
The Art of the Portrait Photography: Part 1
Portraits were some of the first images to grab my attention and draw me into my lifelong love affair with photography.
How I Captured This Image at Boot Hill Cemetery
This image was taken in Tombstone at Boothill Cemetery following the Tombstone Trolley Ghost and Murder Tour with Parson George and Lee.