Tagged Strobe

Knowing how and when to use the sun as a backlight for portrait photography is a useful technique to know, especially when working on location. Introducing off-camera flash as the main light and combining it wi...

Beauty Dish Vs FJ200 Reflector

Most strobes come with a small metal reflector to help you control and modify your light. It helps direct light output more than using a bare bulb, but using this reflector will give you hard light that often d...

The Essential Guide To The FJ Wireless Flash System

With the expansion of our flash photography gear, choosing the right strobe or speedlight may feel overwhelming. Our FJ Wireless Flash System with multi-brand compatible transmitters allows you to capture incre...

Flash Photography Lighting Video Course for Beginners

Join Westcott’s Brandon Heiss in this deep dive on flash photography using the FJ Wireless Flash System. In this free photography lighting video course, you’ll learn about on-camera lighting vs off-camera ligh...

Professional Lighting with Food Photographer Joanie Simon

Commercial and editorial food photographer, food blogger and educator Joanie Simon, iconically known on social media as, “The Bite Shot”, captures captivating images of cuisines covering the entire food pyramid...

Using Photography Gels On Location with the FJ80 Touchscreen Speedlight

When it comes to using color gels for photography lighting, there are two main reasons why you would want to create a setup with this simple strobe accessory. The first reason is technical, allowing you to bala...

Couple’s Portraits On Location Using One Light with Sal Cincotta and the FJ400 Strobe

Professional photographer, Sal Cincotta guides us through this couples portrait using a one-light flash set up located at the mesmerizing Salt Flats in Bonneville, Utah. Demonstrating his knowledge and years of...

Capturing Individual and Family Portraits Indoors and Outdoors with Michele Celentano

In this portrait masters video, photographer Michele Celentano explains her lighting techniques for individuals and family portrait photography. Michele begins with photographing a family of four with the Westc...

Benefits Of Off-Camera Flash Vs Natural Light For Outdoor Portraits

As a portrait photographer, it’s important to be aware of the lighting conditions that you face in natural environments. Whether you are looking to use natural light or off-camera flash when shooting outdoor po...

Freezing Motion with Precision: FJ400 Freeze Mode Explained

When working in the studio in most situations, 1/280th of a second flash duration is more than enough to freeze your subject. But sometimes you need to photograph something that is moving much faster; a spinnin...

Using Flash to Mimic Any Time of Day in Portraits

As photographers, we all know that you don't always get to shoot at the exact time of day you would like to. However, thanks to off camera flash, you are not tied down by mother nature. Using flash can convinci...

How to Create Portrait Lighting to Help Tell a Story

Ian Spanier

Celebrity commercial photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publis...

Flash Photography: Front Vs Rear Curtain Sync

In flash photography, mixing the light trails from constant lighting with the freezing power of a strobe can create a sense of motion and get really cool effects in-camera. One of the most important things to c...

How to Find Your Photography Style

Renowned photographer Glyn Dewis is a master at capturing beautiful portraits. His images have a unique style - one that feels all his own and, yet, has been inspired by some of his favorite photographers. In t...

Using Leading Lines to Create Better Compositions

Will Cadena

Leading lines are important compositional tools that help photographers draw viewers’ eyes to the main subject in their images. This framing technique is easy to master (especially outdoors) as long as you pay ...

How to Simplify Photo Compositing with the FJ400’s Mask Function

Matt Hernandez

The new FJ400 strobe's Mask Function is an excellent tool for creating in-camera cutout masks of foreground objects for easy photo compositing. Photographer Matt Hernandez combines his background in graphic de...

How to Create Rembrandt Lighting For Male Portraits

Glyn Dewis

Rembrandt lighting is a classic lighting setup that most portrait photographers can master with a little practice. Rembrandt lighting creates a pretty dramatic, timeless look and it can be created with just a s...

3 Point Lighting Setup - Behind the Scenes

3 Point Lighting Setup for Bold Commercial Photography

Ian Spanier

Celebrity commercial photographer Ian Spanier began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoot camera. After majoring in photography in college, Ian worked in publis...

Capturing Dynamic Fashion Photos with Off-Camera Flash

You don't need a variety of light modifiers or multiple off-camera flash units to capture interesting and dynamic images. In this video, Will Cadena utilizes a single FJ400 Strobe modified by a Rapid Box with a...

How to Create Cross Lighting Like Joel Grimes

Joel Grimes