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Lighting for Beginners: Off-Camera Flash

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Parabolic Modifiers vs. Traditional Octabanks

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

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

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part Two)

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part One)

Speedlite Photos for Graduation Photos

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

Continuous Lighting Tips with the Spiderlite TD6

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 4

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2

Commercial Shoot: Sushi Photo Setup

Joel Grimes’ Dramatic Composites with Blake Griffin

Pre-Production Tips for Small Filmmaking Crews

Freezing Motion with Precision: FJ400 Freeze Mode Explained

Using Flash to Mimic Any Time of Day in Portraits

How to Create Portrait Lighting to Help Tell a Story

Flash Photography: Front Vs Rear Curtain Sync

How to Create an Easy One Light Portrait

How to Find Your Photography Style

Zeppelin Deep Parabolic: Assembly Tips

The Essential Guide to Backdrops

The Essential Guide to Photo Umbrellas

The Essential Guide to Photo Reflectors

5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit

Parabolic Modifiers vs. Traditional Octabanks

Controlling the Sun with the Omega Reflector

Lighting for Beginners: Off-Camera Flash

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Parabolic Modifiers vs. Traditional Octabanks

Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images

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

Matching Sunlight using HyperSync

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part Two)

Cinematic Photography with the Skylux LED (Part One)

Speedlite Photos for Graduation Photos

Seven Tips for Shooting with a Speedlite in a Softbox

Continuous Lighting Tips with the Spiderlite TD6

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 4

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2

Commercial Shoot: Sushi Photo Setup

Joel Grimes’ Dramatic Composites with Blake Griffin

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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...

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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, Seattle-based food photographer Steve...

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

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 ...

Erin Manning

Lighting Tips

Top Pro Erin Manning from Los Angeles, California uses a and the to create fun Graduation Party photos using a single speedlite. These images proved to be a hit at the party and it shows that a small amount o...

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...

Terry White

Lighting Tips

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...

Michael Corsentino

Lighting Tips

Environmental Portraits Posing singer Melissa Phillippe in front of her piano adds context and helps create a portrait that reflects her passions. Shooting form a position above the subject has a slimming effe...

Michael Corsentino

Lighting Tips

Executive & Business Portraits In this executive portrait the goal is the same but the approach is more subdued, formal and professional in nature. The look and feel for any portrait? is generally dete...

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...

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

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...

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