The recipe for balancing natural light with flash
Balancing natural light with flash isn’t complicated — once you have the ingredients and know the recipe!
Balancing natural light with flash isn’t complicated — once you have the ingredients and know the recipe!
It took me years to work up the guts to start playing with off-camera flash. As an enthusiastic but financially-challenged amateur photographer, buying a flash
In this video, I’ll show you the power of using a grid to further modify the light on a softbox. It creates mood and makes
Want an inexpensive way to reflect and direct the light from your flash or speedlight? Here’s some easy ways of doing just that! Why should
The Inverse Square Law is simple. No, really. And it can help your lighting. I’ll describe it in simple terms. No charts, no math. Sounds
We put together some great tutorials and articles for exploring portrait lighting techniques for using speedlights, especially in portrait photography. Perhaps you’re ready to make
Fun little afternoon project to capture some action shots, there are two ways to get your action photo, one involves some Photoshop and the other
I created this photograph at WPPI in Las Vegas. I was at the ClickProps Studio Backdrops booth. This company makes over 500 backdrops in various
If you like flexibility when you shoot, but love golden hour lighting, then this setup could be a good one to add to your mental
Sometimes when working with natural light, you can’t always get the most flattering image, especially when it comes to food photography. That’s where using a
Whenever you photograph still life or product, using a soft backlight is a good place to start and car interiors are simply well-composed still-life arrangements.
Yes, the snoot, the most underrated and underutilized light modifier I’ve been a professional photographer since 2005 and in that time I’ve tried a TON