Tagged Backdrop

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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 sessions and how to capture high-volume photos at business events a...

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

Gear Guides, Lighting Tips

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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. ...

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...

Capturing Timeless Portraits of Veterans

Glyn Dewis

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Glyn Dewis is a photographer and best-selling author known for his classic, timeless portraiture. With a fascination for history, Glyn is currently working on an ongoing 1940s-themed project recreating images d...

Pro Food Photography on a Budget

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Photographing food is a fantastic way for budding photographers to build their portfolios, master studio lighting, and perfect their styling abilities. Even photographers without studios or pricey lighting gear...

8' x 8' X-Drop Pro Printed Fabric Backdrop

The Essential Guide to Photography Backdrops

Gear Guides

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Selecting backdrops is one of the easiest ways to add personality and style to your studio photography and videos. Whether you are shooting portraits or products, the backdrop behind your subject can make or b...

Pet Photography 101

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In this video, Team Westcott joins the Toledo Area Humane Society to teach photographers and shelters how to capture professional-quality pet photography. It has been proven that shelters with better photograp...

Using the Flex with World Class Results

Hernan Rodriguez

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I was every bit impressed with all the muscle the Flex light had to offer for a compact, flexible, and continuous light panel. What better subject to power up against than with former World Champion Victor Ort...

Experimental Lighting Setups for Dynamic Band Portraits

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I must admit, I’ve never photographed a band before. Especially for something as important as official promo images that’ll be used for almost everything a band can think of (posters, album art, show banners, w...

CLOSED: Enter to Win a Green Screen Video Kit

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Get creative with green screen! The perfect introduction to chroma key for video, Westcott’s Green Screen Video Kit includes FXHome’s HitFilm software, a 5’ x 7’ wrinkle-resistant chroma key backdrop, and two wall hooks for quick mounting.

Beauty Portraits with Terry White and the Skylux LED

Terry White

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Adobe expert and photography educator Terry White takes us behind-the-scenes of a beauty photo shoot in his Detroit studio. For this beauty shot, Terry utilizes 3 LEDs to light his subject. The Skylux LED by W...

Understanding Depth of Field with Terry White

Terry White

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In photography, depth of field can be the difference between an average image and an exceptional image. Depth of field is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in focus, in an image....

Capturing Low-Key Celebrity Portraits

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This Westcott Backdrop Stand review and the final celebrity portraits are courtesy of photographer Michael Herb of Michael Herb Photography in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have all been there, at the crossroad...

Erik Valind Gaining Great Expression From Your Subjects

Erik Valind

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Westcott Top Pro Elite Erik Valind offers a photography quick tip in this Westcott video. Gaining authentic expression and emotion out from your models and subjects can be a difficult task. Offering a brief bac...

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

Matt Hernandez

Gear Guides, Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez, who specializes in sports photography, uses Photo Key 6 to remove a green background for a sports composite. Watch how Matt sets up his lighting for this green screen image, an...

Going Retro with Hernan Rodriguez

Hernan Rodriguez

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Top Pro and Celebrity photographer Hernan Rodriguez takes us back in time with a retro photo shoot in this video. Hernan uses a variety of layers to create some fantastic images. First, Hernan discussess the o...

Review: Westcott X-Drop Backdrop System

Justin Van Leeuwen

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White Backgrounds Seamless white backgrounds are a standard request for any portrait photographer. The client needs a clean, distraction free photograph that maybe suits their website or publication - often ...

Review: X-Drop Backdrop System

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This review was written by Photographer Brian Tetrault Innovative Backdrop Design Shooting many business headshots and portraits, I'm constantly looking for a background solution that's fast to setup, flexibl...

Lighting Rumours: X-Drop Backdrop Review

Lighting Tips, Reviews

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The X-Drop Backdrop System was recently featured on Lighting Rumours. Bruce Foster, photographer out of the UK, reviewed the X-Drop with the Green Screen backdrop. If I had to sum up the X-Drop, I would ca...

Review: X-Drop Backdrop System by Terry White

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