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Using Flour and Speedlites for a Warehouse Photo Shoot

Painting with Light Using the Ice Light

The Art of the Portrait Photography: Part 1

How I Captured This Image at Boot Hill Cemetery

Full-Length Outdoor Portrait

Lighting the Dress with the PocketBox

Composite Photography Lit by the Spiderlite TD6

Black-and-White Action Shot Lighting Setup

Soft Portrait Lighting Setup for Painterly-Effect

Shooting Outdoors: Headshots in the park

Directing Speedlites for Portraiture

Using Apollo Orb to Control Light with Speedlites

Tribute to Hollywood Divas

Commercial Shoot: Sushi Photo Setup

Portrait Shoot using an Apollo and Stripbanks

Outdoor Portrait Shoot using a Scrim Jim

Outdoor Football Portrait using a Scrim Jim

Product Shoot: Super Bowl Ring Shot with Strobelite Plus

Behind the Portrait with Strobist Rick Nunn

Behind the Scenes: Strobist Portraits in a Warehouse

Using Natural Light Outdoors for a Romantic Concept Shoot

How and When to Use A Neutral Density Filter

3 Point Lighting Setup for Bold Commercial Photography

Capturing Dynamic Fashion Photos with Off-Camera Flash

Behind the Scenes of a Run-and-Gun Fashion Film

Creating Dramatic Boudoir Photography

Emphasizing Details in Bridal Portraits

How to Get the Best Facial Expressions for Your Portraits

The History of the Eyelighter with Larry Peters

Our Top 5 Wedding Photography Lighting Tools

The Essential Guide to Backdrops

The Essential Guide to Photo Umbrellas

White Eyelighter vs. Silver Eyelighter Portraits

The Essential Guide to Photo Reflectors

5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit

Using Flour and Speedlites for a Warehouse Photo Shoot

Painting with Light Using the Ice Light

The Art of the Portrait Photography: Part 1

How I Captured This Image at Boot Hill Cemetery

Full-Length Outdoor Portrait

Lighting the Dress with the PocketBox

Composite Photography Lit by the Spiderlite TD6

Black-and-White Action Shot Lighting Setup

Soft Portrait Lighting Setup for Painterly-Effect

Shooting Outdoors: Headshots in the park

Directing Speedlites for Portraiture

Using Apollo Orb to Control Light with Speedlites

Tribute to Hollywood Divas

Commercial Shoot: Sushi Photo Setup

Portrait Shoot using an Apollo and Stripbanks

Outdoor Portrait Shoot using a Scrim Jim

Outdoor Football Portrait using a Scrim Jim

Product Shoot: Super Bowl Ring Shot with Strobelite Plus

Behind the Portrait with Strobist Rick Nunn

Behind the Scenes: Strobist Portraits in a Warehouse

Using Natural Light Outdoors for a Romantic Concept Shoot

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The following lighting diagram and blog is courtesy of photographer Taryn Truese of Art Factory Studios in Paterson, New Jersey.First ShotOne of my favorite hobbies in photography is to "test" with ne...

Andrew Funderburg: Painting with the Ice Light

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This article is courtesy of photographer and software designer Andrew Funderburg of Fundy Software.Light painting with the is a lot of fun, and gives you a look you can't get anywhere else. It's a sim...

Michael Corsentino

Lighting Tips

Portraits were some of the first images to grab my attention and draw me into my lifelong love affair with photography. The portrait work of Richard Avedon, with their stark black and white imagery, many shot o...

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Photo by: Bruce Roscoe This image was taken in Tombstone at Boothill Cemetery following the Tombstone Trolley Ghost and Murder Tour with Parson George and Lee. The cemetery is one of the stops during the tour...

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

A full-length outdoor portrait by photographers Zach and Jody Gray using a 24" x 32" Westcott Pro Signature Softbox, a 12" x 36" Westcott Pro Stripbank and .Westcott Softboxes are backed by 7 and 5-year war...

Dress Photo using Westcott Basics Pocket Box

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

It is of course crucial that you shoot the bride wearing the dress so she looks absolutely amazing in it, but it is also important these days to get a great detail shot of the dress before the bride puts on the...

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In this composite of a mountain biker in Boulder, Colorado, Mark S. Johnson's goal was to capture the feeling of hopping off the bike after an epic (and muddy) ride. To accomplish the effect, he employed his st...

Joao Carlos

Lighting Tips

Black-and-White Action shot by photographer João Carlos using aThe Medium Scrim Jim Kit is a useful photography tool that allows photographers to diffuse, reflect, cut down, or completely block light. Wit...

Rod Evans

Lighting Tips

Capturing precise, soft portrait lighting can be difficult. Proper lighting techniques and quality tools are essential in creating images that your clients will adore. To achieve this beautiful family portrait,...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

Shooting Outdoors Rocks When given the choice between shooting in a studio or shooting outdoors in the world, I'll drag my camera gear and subject out that door any day of the week. The sheer volume of differe...

Bob Davis

Lighting Tips

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...

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F11, 1/500th, ISO 200 Levels Aimed At: Simple lighting setup with a little practice. One light source (Key light), setup. Controlling background exposure to render your creative results. Anything I should k...

Joao Carlos

Lighting Tips

Joao Carlos writes, "I was commissioned in January by the fabulous team at Noble Salon and Sebastian Hair Products to shoot a series of images inspired by Hollywood Divas. Everyone at Noble was involved - from ...

Eric Eggly

Lighting Tips

Commercial shoot by photographer Eric Eggly using a Westcott Strobelite plus, , Scrim Jim with 1-1/4 Stop Diffusion Fabric, and a 10' Light Stand.The Westcott Strobelite Plus allows photographers to previe...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

This portrait shoot by photographer Erik Valind is set up with a Westcott 50-inch Apollo as the main light source, and two 12" x 36" Pro Stripbanks acting as rim lights, coming in from the side.The 50″ Mega...

Erik Valind

Lighting Tips

Outdoor Portrait shoot by photographer Erik Valind using a Westcott Large Scrim Jim.The Large Scrim Jim Kit is a useful photography tool that allows photographers to diffuse light, reflect light, cut down l...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

This lighting setup and final image was provided by photographer Jim Schmelzer. Jim used the Westcott Medium Scrim Jim overhead his subject so that there were no shadows on the football player, and that he cou...

Hernan Rodriguez

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Take a look behind the scenes at this product shoot of a Super Bowl ring shot by photographer Hernan Rodriguez using two Westcott Strobelite Plus units, two Westcott Scrim Jims with 1-1/4 Stop Diffusion Fabric ...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

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 ...

Joao Carlos

Lighting Tips

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...

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