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Flash Photography Lighting Video Course for Beginners

Professional Lighting with Food Photographer Joanie Simon

Using Photography Gels On Location with the FJ80 Touchscreen Speedlight

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

Capturing Individual and Family Portraits Indoors and Outdoors with Michele Celentano

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

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 Find Your Photography Style

Using Leading Lines to Create Better Compositions

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

How to Create Rembrandt Lighting For Male Portraits

3 Point Lighting Setup for Bold Commercial Photography

Capturing Dynamic Fashion Photos with Off-Camera Flash

How to Create Cross Lighting Like Joel Grimes

Fashion Photography with Sal Cincotta and the Rapid Box Switch

Using Long Exposure for Creative In-Camera Effects

Creating Glamorous High-Key Portraits with Jerry Ghionis

Food Photography Lighting in Tight Spaces

Making On-Camera Flash Look Natural Using the FJ80

The Essential Guide To The FJ Wireless Flash System

Flash Photography Lighting Video Course for Beginners

Go-To High-Volume Headshot Lighting Setups

Professional Lighting with Food Photographer Joanie Simon

Using Photography Gels On Location with the FJ80 Touchscreen Speedlight

5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit

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

Improve Your Lighting During Video Calls at Home Using the Ring Light Kit

The Essential Guide to Photography Backdrops

The Essential Guide to Photo Umbrellas

The Essential Guide To The FJ Wireless Flash System

Flash Photography Lighting Video Course for Beginners

Professional Lighting with Food Photographer Joanie Simon

Using Photography Gels On Location with the FJ80 Touchscreen Speedlight

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

Capturing Individual and Family Portraits Indoors and Outdoors with Michele Celentano

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

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 Find Your Photography Style

Using Leading Lines to Create Better Compositions

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

How to Create Rembrandt Lighting For Male Portraits

3 Point Lighting Setup for Bold Commercial Photography

Capturing Dynamic Fashion Photos with Off-Camera Flash

How to Create Cross Lighting Like Joel Grimes

Fashion Photography with Sal Cincotta and the Rapid Box Switch

Using Long Exposure for Creative In-Camera Effects

Creating Glamorous High-Key Portraits with Jerry Ghionis

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Lighting Tips

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Ian Spanier

Lighting Tips

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...

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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...

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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...

Will Cadena

Lighting Tips

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 ...

Matt Hernandez

Lighting Tips

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...

Glyn Dewis

Lighting Tips

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

Ian Spanier

Lighting Tips

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...

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Lighting Tips

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...

Joel Grimes

Lighting Tips

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...

Behind the Scenes - Sal Cincotta & Rapid Box Switch

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Renowned wedding photographer Sal Cincotta is a noted industry writer, author, educator, and publisher of Shutter Magazine, which industry pros turn to for cutting-edge technical and business insights from lead...

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There are tons of ways to spice up your images with unique and eye-catching effects created in-camera. This summer, Team Westcott explored playing with sparklers, gels, and long exposure in the Westcott Soundst...

Jerry Ghionis

Lighting Tips

Jerry Ghionis is widely regarded as one of the top wedding and portrait photographers in the world. Based in both Melbourne and Beverly Hills, Jerry has developed a successful career based on his unique ability...

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