Food Photography Lighting in Tight Spaces
Seattle-based commercial photographer Steve Hansen shows us the essentials food photography lighting for tight or confined spaces in this tutorial.
How to Modify Bright Backgrounds with a Scrim Net
Have you ever had trouble shooting in full sun? It's often hard to know if you should be exposing for your subject's face or for the stunning and bright background behind them.
Real Deal Review: The Rapid Box Beauty Dish
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 Photograph Day for Night with Speedlights
Westcott Top Pro portrait photographer Kevin Kubota demonstrates how to shoot with an ND filter to gain the effect of high speed sync, allowing you to shoot day for night with speed lights.
How to Direct Light for Moody Action Shots
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
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.
How to Perfectly Light Couples with Speedlights
In this video from SPTV, Bob Davis demonstrates how to perfectly light a couple during a real-life engagement session. Chicago portrait and wedding photographer Bob Davis is a 25 year veteran of photography,...
5 Ways to Use the Book Light Kit
Featuring Westcott Page! a high-end customizable design, provides the ultimate light control for narrative and interview video productions.
Ice Light 2 Master Series with Jerry Ghionis
Join renowned photographer Jerry Ghionis on this 20-part behind-the-scene video series with the Ice Light 2. Nikon Ambassador Jerry Ghionis is widely regarded as one of the top wedding photographers in the...
Behind the Scenes with the Peter Hurley Kit
Award-winning photographer and headshot master Peter Hurley is known for creating flattering portraits with impeccable lighting.
Balancing Sunlight with the LunaGrip
In the lesson above, photographer and educator Kevin Kubota uses the new to capture beautiful senior portraits outdoors. When shooting outside on bright days, artificial lighting is necessary to properly...
5 Ways to Use the Scrim Jim DP Kit
Featuring a unique and customizable design, provides the ultimate light control for on-the-go filmmakers, directors of photography, run-and-gun shooters, gaffers, and cinematographers.
Team Portrait Posing Tips
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...
How to Light for a Composite Image
Creating a professional-quality composite image usually requires a lengthy editing session. For photographers who are not very efficient or experienced in Photoshop and Lightroom, this can become a long and...
Dramatic and Effective Lighting for Team Portraits
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...
Using a Silver Bounce Umbrella on Major Productions
As the Director of Photography for Saturday Night Live's Film Unit, Alex Buono has had the ability to "play" with lots of different lighting equipment, finding the best options for illuminating a massive...
Mastering the Art of Macro Photography
From broken glass to small twigs, professional macro photographer Monica Royal uses a lot of creativity to capture beautiful images of small subjects.
Food Styling Tips for Tasty Images
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.
How to Light Faces with Jerry Ghionis
Westcott Top Pro Elite photographer Jerry Ghionis is widely considered to be one of the best wedding photographers in the world.
Maximize Your Senior Portrait Session
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.
Inspiringly Easy High School Senior Portraits
Westcott Top Pro photographer Kevin Kubota heads to a park near Westcott HQ to capture effortless high school senior portraits with the speedlite modifier.