Ice Light for Wedding Portraits
Jerry Ghionis uses the Ice Light to create some beautiful wedding portraits.The Ice light is a portable handheld daylight light source that is fully dimmable. The Ice Light allows photographers a portable ...
On-the-Go Lighting for Street Photography
Join Top Pro Elite Photographer Bob Davis as he heads to the streets of the New York City to during a rainy modern fashion photo shoot. Bob Davis uses the Bob and Dawn Davis Perfect Pair Kit by Westcott in this...
Outdoor Fashion Photography with Zach Gray
In this video, Top Pro Elite Zach Gray uses the 26" Rapid Box Octa in combination with the Rapid Box Strip to create amazing-looking outdoor fashion photography in the desert of Nevada.
Zach Grey is a lighting...
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. This was one of those times. In all honesty, I can't remember a bigger challen...
How to Diffuse Sunlight for Large Locations
Professional Photographer Lou Freeman as she shoots part of her new DVD series called 'Look Fabulous'. She is shooting outdoor portraits, on-location all through Florida and many know how bright the sun can be....
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 solution. He walks through how he uses the Spiderlite TD6 in his s...
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. It really blew away any of those cheap video lights out there." - Jen RozenbaumI often...
Diffuse Light and Alter Light using the Scrim Jim
Erik Valind, Professional Photographer and Westcott Top Pro, talks about his favorite product—the Westcott Scrim Jim. He walks you through how he uses each of the Scrim Jim panels to diffuse light and alter lig...
Directing Speedlites for Portraiture
For this portrait shoot, Bob Davis had two speedlites in Group B manual mode 1/8th power with the flash heads manually zoomed to 200mm. One camera left and one camera right. The main speedlite was in Group A wi...
Behind the Portrait with Strobist Rick Nunn
This behind the portrait blog is courtesy of strobist photographer and design Rick Nunn.Last Saturday I headed to Tokyo to do a shoot for a friend. This first set up needed to be super dramatic so I had two...
Behind the Scenes: Strobist Portraits in a Warehouse
This article is courtesy of designer and strobist photographer Rick Nunn of Lincoln, England.It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a lit portrait, so I text my friend Leah & arranged something for ...
Joel Grimes’ Dramatic Composites with Blake Griffin
When renowned Canon Explorer of Light Joel Grimes photographed Detroit Piston's basketball star Blake Griffin, he knew he wanted to create a grungy, dramatic set of images despite their pretty standard gym loca...
Using Natural Light Outdoors for a Romantic Concept Shoot
In these works, Portugal-based fashion photographer Joâo Carlos pairs the literature of love tragedies through the ages with these stunning outdoor fashion portraits. These images have a composition and balance...