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Renowned photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Joel Grimes is known for creating impeccably clean and stylized lifestyle portraits. His signature style of Rembrandt cross lighting involves feathering two lig...

Creating Lifestyle Portraits with the Rapid Box Switch

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Renowned photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Joel Grimes is known for creating impeccably clean and stylized commercial portraits. In this video tutorial, Joel utilizes the new with the and a single spee...

Lighting for Black and White Portraits

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This article is courtesy of lifestyle photographer Jay Watson. It first appeared on Rangefinder. Using one big light source created three things for this black and white assignment for Bicycling magazine of ...

Creating Cinematic Sports Photography

Matt Hernandez

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Matt Hernandez began his career as an award-winning graphic artist in his home state of Kentucky. After discovering a passion for photography, Matt combined his experience in design with his appreciate of sport...

Photographing Kenya with Kole Purdy

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This article on photographing Kenya and it's people is courtesy of 18-year-old travel photographer Kole Purdy. My Journey to Professional Photography In June of 2014, my Dad quit his 20-year career. In Novem...

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...

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

Matt Hernandez

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As part of Summit Online's team of photography instructors, Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez takes a senior portrait session outdoors to offer tips on capturing professional images for your clients. A key to ...

How to Overpower the Sun with Only 1 Softbox

Justin Van Leeuwen

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While shooting on a roof top in Ottawa, Canada, Top Pro lifestyle photographer Justin Van Leeuwen experiments with diffusion and modification options to best overpower the sun to capture the best portraits of h...

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Real Deal Review: Quick Portraits with the Rapid Box Duo

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Chillicothe, Ohio photographer Matt Dat reviews the Westcott Rapid Box Duo speedlite modifier in the latest Real Deal Review. The Rapid Box Duo is an easy-to-use speedlite modifier for photographers that...

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...

Speedlite Setup for Portraiture

Benny Migliorino

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To capture this portrait of a musician, photographer Benny Migs utilized a four-speedlite setup. Three of these speedlites were modified by the softbox. These 3 speedlites were mounted on the , allo...

Mastering Location Lighting with Lindsay Adler

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This article on location lighting for photography is courtesy of renowned beauty photographer Lindsay Adler and SLR Lounge. Here I took my beautiful model on location wearing a dress and headpiece from Dream...

Creating a Summer Portrait In Studio with Jim Schmelzer

Jim Schmelzer

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Have you ever wanted to create a warm, summer portrait in unfavorable weather conditions? Photographers, especially those living in northern climates, often can not go outdoors in all seasons to capture images ...

Environmental Portraiture with Andrew Tomasino

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This article is courtesy of Pennsylvanian portrait photographer Andrew Tomasino. When I’m not photographing I take part in a new passion of mine; Jiu Jitsu. In specific, 10th Planet J...

Craig Beckta Reviews the 35″ Zeppelin

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Halifax portrait photographer Craig Beckta reviews the Westcott Zeppelin Deep Parabolic softbox and the Zeppelin Speedring Bracket for an outdoor portrait session. The Zeppelin softbox is available in 35 (shown...

Behind-The-Scenes with Rick Nunn

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The following article is courtesy of English portrait photographer Rick Nunn. She and I spent a few days at the cabin in the woods over the weekend. In between coffee on the balcony & trips to the beach, ...

Outdoor Portraiture in Bad Weather

Bob Davis

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Chicago portrait and wedding photographer Bob Davis is a 25 year veteran of photography, specializing in speedlite shooting. Here, Bob utilizes speedlites modified with the Perfect Portrait Kit to capture beaut...

Shooting in Sunlight with Rick Nunn

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This article is courtesy of English photographer and designer Rick Nunn. When you are shooting with the sun, the time of day, location & your positioning are very important. Believe it or not THE SUN...

Painting with Light

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Adobe Creative Director, Russell Brown, shows us how he produced a beautiful image in Death Valley painting with light and using only the . Painting with light is one of many applications you can use the Ice Li...

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 5)

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Explorer of Light and Westcott Top Pro Elite Bruce Dorn has been teaching Speedlite techniques around the country for years through Canon Live Learning and his own workshops. With the Canon Digital Learning Cen...

Pet Photography Made Easier with the Apollo Orb

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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 Pet Photos. I started taking pictures for them during their pe...

Real Deal Review: Andrew Foord and the Eyelighter

Capturing Generational Family Portraits with Off-Camera Flash

Pro Tips for Large Family Portraits: Lighting & Posing Group Photos

Flash Power vs. Portability: Comparing FJ400 & FJ200 Strobes

Mastering Flash Photography: 5 Lighting Principles for Beginners

Mastering Family Portraits: Pro Tips Posing, Lighting, and Location Scouting

Master Light Control: A Guide to Using Scrims on Set

Square Softboxes vs Octa Softboxes

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

How to Create Window Light in Studio

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

How to Set Up the HurleyPro ProBoard with Light Stands

How to Create Cross Lighting Like Joel Grimes

Creating Lifestyle Portraits with the Rapid Box Switch

Lighting for Black and White Portraits

Creating Cinematic Sports Photography

Photographing Kenya with Kole Purdy

Environmental Portraiture vs. Location Portraiture

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

How to Overpower the Sun with Only 1 Softbox

Real Deal Review: Quick Portraits with the Rapid Box Duo

Experimental Lighting Setups for Dynamic Band Portraits

Speedlite Setup for Portraiture

Mastering Location Lighting with Lindsay Adler

Creating a Summer Portrait In Studio with Jim Schmelzer

Environmental Portraiture with Andrew Tomasino

Craig Beckta Reviews the 35″ Zeppelin

Behind-The-Scenes with Rick Nunn

Outdoor Portraiture in Bad Weather

Shooting in Sunlight with Rick Nunn

Painting with Light

Bruce Dorn: Portraits with Speedlites (Part 5)

Pet Photography Made Easier with the Apollo Orb

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