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Real Deal Review: The Rapid Box Beauty Dish

07/28/2016

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This Real Deal Review of the Rapid Box Beauty Dish is courtesy of Jamie Boler of Red Elephant Studios in Scottsville, Kentucky. World-renowned photographer Joel Grimes designed the new Rapid Box Beauty Dish.

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Team Westcott

07/12/2016

Lighting Tips

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Yousef AlMasoud is a Saudi Arabian portrait photographer with a knack for capturing beautiful and dramatic portraits. In this behind-the-scenes video, we go in the studio with Yousef as he captures action...

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Joel Grimes

07/07/2016

Lighting Tips

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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.

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Matt Hernandez

03/14/2016

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez began his career as an award-winning graphic artist, then combined his love of photography with his design background and love of sports to become one of the country's premier...

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Matt Hernandez

02/04/2016

Lighting Tips

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Renowned sports photographer Matt Hernandez has had years of experience capturing professional and high school team portraits. Through years of shooting in a variety of locations, he has perfected the group...

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Bob Davis

12/29/2015

Lighting Tips

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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.

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

Matt Hernandez

10/14/2015

Lighting Tips

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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.

Creating Awesome Senior Portraits with Only One Light Source

Matt Hernandez

08/18/2015

Lighting Tips

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Kentucky sports and senior portrait photographer Matt Hernandez is known for capturing dramatic, awesome senior portraits with relatively simple lighting setups.

Modern Pin-Up Photography

Benny Migliorino

04/23/2015

Lighting Tips

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The shoot starts with the Yaphank Garage, a restored 1930's-era gas and service station that these days is a museum. It's about 15 minutes from my home in Long Island, New York, and I pass it countless times,...

Modifying a Key Light with a Parabolic Umbrella

Modifying a Key Light on a Budget

Craig Beckta

04/23/2015

Lighting Tips

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Canadian portrait photographer Craig Beckta used a wraparound key light setup for this portrait. While it can often be expensive to create large key light source in-studio, Craig decided to use an affordable...

Creating Soft Cross-Lighting with Joel Grimes

Joel Grimes

12/22/2014

Lighting Tips

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Successful commercial photographer Joel Grimes is known for creating dramatic lighting setups for eye-catching portraits. One of Joel's go-to setups is soft cross-lighting.

Real Deal Review: Zeppelin Deep Parabolic, “Desert Warriors” by Michael Herb

Team Westcott

10/22/2014

Reviews

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Las Vegas concept photographer Michael Herb created this stunning Desert Warriors portrait series in the Nevada desert. While shooting, Michael reviewed the newest addition to the Westcott softbox lineup: the...

Senior Sports Portraits with Matt Hernandez

Matt Hernandez

09/10/2014

Lighting Tips

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This really sets the bar for senior sports portraits. To bring his creative vision to life for this shoot, talented photographer Matt Hernandez needed to completely control his lighting.

Lighting and Post-Production for a Dramatic Headshot

Team Westcott

07/16/2014

Lighting Tips

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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.

Inspired Photography with George Deloache

George DeLoache

06/06/2014

Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Elite George Deloache discusses his lighting set up behind this Prince-inspired photo shoot with the Strobelite Plus: A few months ago, I had the opportunity to acquire a new studio space in a...

Dance Photography with the Strobelite Plus

George DeLoache

01/16/2014

Lighting Tips

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This article is courtesy of Westcott Top Pro portrait photographer George DeLoache of Los Angeles, California. Dance is a phenomenal art form incorporating, music, movement, color and compositional forms.

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

Matt Hernandez

11/20/2013

Gear Guides, Lighting Tips

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Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez, who specializes in sports photography, uses Photo Key 6 to remove a green background for a sports composite.

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2

Michael Corsentino

09/11/2012

Lighting Tips

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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?

Product Shoot: Super Bowl Ring Shot with Strobelite Plus

Hernan Rodriguez

06/07/2012

Lighting Tips

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Take a look behind the scenes at this product shoot of a Super Bowl ring shot by photographer Hernan Rodriguez using two Westcott Strobelite Plus units, two Westcott Scrim Jims with 1-1/4 Stop Diffusion Fabric...

Shooting Outdoors: Headshots in the park

5 Creative Beauty Lighting Techniques

Strobe vs. Sunlight: Pro Secrets for Natural-Looking Flash Portraits

How to Use Reflectors for Better Natural Light Portraits

How to Create a Mirrored Lighting Effect In-Camera

Using Flash to Mimic Natural Window Light for Portraits

How to Create Multiple Portrait Looks with One Portable Strobe

Easy Portrait Lighting Setups with One, Two, and Three Lights

The Best Holiday Gifts for Photographers in 2025

How to Create Window Light in Studio

Square Softboxes vs Octa Softboxes

Portrait Lighting in Challenging Locations

High-Speed Sync Portraits in Full Sun Using the FJ200 Strobe

Capturing Product Photography With The DigiTent Light Tent

Real Deal Review: The Rapid Box Beauty Dish

How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots

Understanding Beauty Lighting with Joel Grimes

Team Portrait Posing Tips

Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits

Location Lighting Using The Rapid Box: Share The Light

Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session

Creating Awesome Senior Portraits with Only One Light Source

Modern Pin-Up Photography

Modifying a Key Light on a Budget

Creating Soft Cross-Lighting with Joel Grimes

Real Deal Review: Zeppelin Deep Parabolic, “Desert Warriors” by Michael Herb

Senior Sports Portraits with Matt Hernandez

Lighting and Post-Production for a Dramatic Headshot

Inspired Photography with George Deloache

Dance Photography with the Strobelite Plus

Creating Sports Composite Portrait with Photo Key

The Art of Portrait Photography: Part 2

Product Shoot: Super Bowl Ring Shot with Strobelite Plus

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