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Behind the Scenes with Emily Soto and the Rapid Box XL

Capturing Dramatic Portraits with a Beauty Dish

Essential Tips for Shooting Engagement Photos with Speedlites

Essential Loop Lighting Technique for Speedlite Shooters

Capturing Unique Outdoor Engagement Portraits with Flash

Underexposing the Sky for Dramatic Portraits

How to Create Soft but Powerful Lighting

How to Capture a Shallow Depth of Field in Sunlight

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Using Backlighting for Interesting Portraits

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

Capturing Professional Portraits in a Tiny Studio

Real Deal Review: Quick Portraits with the Rapid Box Duo

Speedlite Portraits with the Rapid Box Duo

The Advantages of Shooting with 2 Speedlites

Efficient Studio Lighting Set-Up

On-Set of the Handmade Movement Series

CLOSED: Rapid Box Duo Sweepstakes

Adjusting Light Positioning for Portraiture

CLOSED: Rapid Box Octa Mini Sweepstakes

Behind the Scenes with Emily Soto and the Rapid Box XL

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Capturing Dramatic Portraits with a Beauty Dish

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips
Essential Tips for Shooting Engagement Photos with Speedlites

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips
Essential Loop Lighting Technique for Speedlite Shooters

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips
Capturing Unique Outdoor Engagement Portraits with Flash

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips
Underexposing the Sky for Dramatic Portraits

Matt Hernandez

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Emily Soto is an internationally renowned fashion photographer based in New York City, New York. Emily's style focuses on romanticism and high-fashion, with dreamy lighting that she creates with a simple Rapid ...

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

Joel Grimes is renowned for creating clean and dramatic portraits. In this video, Joel demonstrates his two favorite dramatic portrait setups. These are both created with a strobe that is softened and directed ...

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

Shooting engagement photos midday at the Red Rock Amphitheater in Colorado, Zach Gray knows that he'll need to use speedlites to properly expose his subjects and their stunning background. Zach also knows that ...

Team Westcott

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Loop lighting is an essential lighting technique for portrait photographers. It is easy to create with just a single light source and is flattering on most subjects. This lighting pattern will create a shadow t...

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

To capture eye-catching engagement portraits , photographer Zach Gray heads to a sunny open field with a stunning backdrop. With the Flatiron mountains in the distance, Zach wants to focus on his beautiful subj...

Underexposing the Sky - Hernandez Portrait

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

Kentucky sports and senior portrait photographer Matt Hernandez is known for capturing dramatic senior portraits with relatively simple lighting setups. To emphasize the drama in these shots, Matt typically sho...

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

If you are shooting outdoors though, maintaining powerful lighting is key for overpowering the sun. For this particular shoot, renowned photographer Zach Gray wants to photograph his subject outside on a...

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

Many photographers struggle with overpowering the sun when shooting on bright days. This becomes even more difficult when a shallow depth of field is desired. To maintain a proper exposure with a shallow depth...

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

World-renowned photographer Joel Grimes knows a thing or two about beauty lighting. And that's why he designed the new Rapid Box Beauty Dish. Grimes' 24" Rapid Box Beauty Dish is a collapsible, travel-frie...

Team Westcott

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In most cases, working photographers are not able to choose their preferred photoshoot location. Even when your wedding, senior, and engagement clients choose locations that offer a perfect background, there is...

Bob Davis

Lighting Tips

Lighting can separate you from the pack, using light to define your style and elevate the quality of your work is as important now as it was back in the day when you had to light to capture an image. Today the...

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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 ...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

While some photographers may be fortunate enough to own adequate or large studio space, many photographers and photography enthusiasts must learn to shoot in whatever space is available. This space may often be...

Rapid Box Duo Real Deal Review: Matt Day 9

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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...

Justin Van Leeuwen

Reviews

Canon 5D3, Canon 100 f/2.8 L IS Macro, ISO 200, 1/200th f/5.6 – Rapid Box Duo, 28” Apollo Softbox, 50” Apollo Softbox It's a documented fact that I'm a big fan of the 26” Rapidbox, so when I realized they h...

Craig Beckta

Lighting Tips

The Rapid Box Duo features the same instant setup and durable framework as the original Rapid Boxes, with the added ability to mount dual speedlites to the rear of the box. The Rapid Box Duo's fully-adjustable ...

Zach Gray

Lighting Tips

Zach Gray, renowned portrait photographer and educator, has a go-to studio portrait lighting setup. This setup is compiled of 4 strobe: 2 kicker lights, 1 main light, and 1 fill light. Zach modifies his main...

Thomas Interview Still - The Handmade Movement

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The Handmade Movement, a Montana-based film and photography collection, recently introduced “The Makers”, an online film series dedicated to the celebration of craftsmanship in the modern world. This series...

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The Rapid Box Duo is the latest addition to Westcott's popular speedlite softbox line. This portable modifier gives photographers the ability to attach up to 2 speedlites via a fully-adjustable rear-mounted double shoe mount bracket. The Rapid Box Duo features durable construction, highly-reflective interior, optional inner and outer diffusion, and umbrella-style framework. A grid is also availble seperately for more controlled output.

Joel Grimes

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Joel Grimes, a Westcott Top Pro Elite portrait photographer, creates a stunning overhead beauty shot in this lighting tutorial. Here, he discusses light positioning and how to capture both minimal and dramatic ...

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The Rapid Box Octa Mini by Westcott is the ideal on-location modifier for speedlite photographers, featuring a durable umbrella-style frame and a fully-adjustable cold shoe bracket. Enter now for your shot at winning this portable speedlite softbox.

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