Tagged Softbox

Lighting for Beginners: Off-Camera Flash

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Parabolic Modifiers vs. Traditional Octabanks

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

Portrait Quick Tip: Light Gradation

Choosing the Right Light Modifier with Joel Grimes

Photographing Children with the Pocket Box

Lighting and Post-Production for a Dramatic Headshot

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part Four)

Outdoor Family Portraits

Product Photography from Home with Erin Manning

Studio Lighting Fundamentals Part 5: Camera Settings

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part Two)

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part One)

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync Technology

Live Portrait Shoot with the Spiderlite TD5

Studio Lighting Fundamentals Part 2: Softboxes

Speedlite Photos for Graduation Photos

Lighting for Portrait Compositing

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

Food Photography Tips

Pre-Production Tips for Small Filmmaking Crews

3 Tips for Shooting Awesome B-Roll

Capturing Timeless Portraits of Veterans

Understanding the 4 Elements of Lighting

Dramatic Lighting for Photographing Athletes

Behind the Scenes: Lifestyle Photography Shoot

Studio Lighting Fundamentals Part 4: Stripbank

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

Lighting for Beginners: Off-Camera Flash

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Parabolic Modifiers vs. Traditional Octabanks

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

Portrait Quick Tip: Light Gradation

Choosing the Right Light Modifier with Joel Grimes

Photographing Children with the Pocket Box

Lighting and Post-Production for a Dramatic Headshot

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part Four)

Outdoor Family Portraits

Product Photography from Home with Erin Manning

Studio Lighting Fundamentals Part 5: Camera Settings

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part Two)

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part One)

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync Technology

Live Portrait Shoot with the Spiderlite TD5

Studio Lighting Fundamentals Part 2: Softboxes

Speedlite Photos for Graduation Photos

Lighting for Portrait Compositing

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

In this video, photography educator Erin Manning discusses camera settings and lighting for beginners looking to capture quality studio portraits. To capture these headshots, Erin used her camera in manual m...

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

Gear Guides

This article is courtesy of Santa Barbara-based photography educator Tim Meyer. True parabolic modifiers reflect light from a single point into parallel or collimated beams of light. The question is how this...

food styling for food photography final image

Steve Hansen

Lighting Tips

For photographers new to photographing food, food styling may seem a bit daunting. People can make a successful career out of styling food for magazines and blogs. Luckily, Portland-based food photographer...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

Portrait photographer Jim Schmelzer is a advocate for continuous lighting in photography. Continuous lighting gives photographers the ability to see exactly how their final image will appear. This allows photog...

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

Both new photographers and experienced professionals often question which light modifier is the best choice for each and every photo shoot. World-renowned commercial photographer Joel Grimes has been working in...

Erin Manning

Lighting Tips

Professional photography educator Erin Manning takes the Pocket Box Max modifier for a spin while photographing children at the Toledo Zoo. Constructed with the same materials as larger softboxes, Westcott Basi...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

Utilizing a 3-point light setup in studio allows portrait photographers to effectively control the highlights and shadows on his or her subject and background. For this dramatic headshot, New Jersey photographe...

Eric Eggly

Lighting Tips

Join commercial photographer Eric Eggly behind the scenes of this cinematic photography shoot using Westcott’s continuous LED light, the Skylux (the final installment of the four part series). Here, Eric utili...

Andrew Tomasino

Lighting Tips

Nikon D600, Sigma 35 “Art” lens, ISO 100, 1/200 @ F8 For this blog I wanted to focus on something that everyone can get behind and has most likely been asked to photograp...

Erin Manning

Lighting Tips

Professional product photography can make all the difference in your success selling crafts and goods online. Quality products are best shown through quality images, which illustrate better detail and more appe...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

Join Top Pro Jim Schmelzer as he uses the Westcott Spiderlite TD6 lights to discuss basic studio lighting fundamentals. During part five of this five part series, Jim discusses camera settings, camera placement...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

Midday on top of the Detroit Opera House, Westcott Top Pro and award-winning photographer Jim Schmelzer illustrates how matching sunlight is easily attainable utilizing HyperSync and Westcott lighting . Jim pre...

Eric Eggly

Lighting Tips

Join Top Pro Elite Photographer Eric Eggly on his cinematic photography shoot using Westcott's continuous LED light, the Skylux. This video is part two of a four part series. Eric uses five Skylux units to ligh...

Eric Eggly

Lighting Tips

Join Top Pro Elite Photographer Eric Eggly on his cinematic photography shoot using the newest continuous LED light, the . This video is part one of a four part series. Eric uses five Skylux units to light two ...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

This photo shoot was in the middle of the day in Detroit, Mi . The before image shows how I exposed for the background with no flash at 1/8000 @ 2.8 in order to achieve shallow depth of field. Using Pocket Wiza...

Scott Kelby

Lighting Tips

Scott Kelby from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) gives us his take on the Spiderlite TD5. Scott takes us through what he likes about the lights and does a live portrait shoot with the...

Jim Schmelzer

Lighting Tips

Join Top Pro Jim Schmelzer as he uses the Westcott Spiderlite TD6 to discuss basic studio lighting fundamentals. During part two of this five part series, Jim walks viewers through softbox set up and placement ...

Erin Manning

Lighting Tips

Top Pro Erin Manning from Los Angeles, California uses a Westcott Pocket Box and the Home Studio Creation Kit to create fun Graduation Party photos using a single speedlite. These images proved to be a hit at t...

Team Westcott

Lighting Tips

Photographer Mark Johnson has created some amazing composites in the last few years and today he is sharing some education on how to make composites look so nice. In this video, Mark illustrates exactly how to ...

Rick Sammon

Lighting Tips

This article is courtesy of renowned photograpger and Westcott Top Pro Elite Rick Sammon of Rick Sammon Photography. Got a speedlite? Add a softbox and you are on your way to making some awesome portrait...

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