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 kit! In this walkthrough, I’ll show you how I simulated a hazy golden hour look with a simple off-camera flash kit. What you’ll need Setting
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 seemed like an expense fraught with uncertainty. I didn’t know what I was looking for, they cost a lot, and I didn’t know what to
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 it simple to control the light completely. From the course: Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers Modifying a softbox with a grid from Improving
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 you reflect light from your flash or speedlight? Illuminating your subject with a flash or speedlight aiming directly at it can look flat and harsh.
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 good? Let’s do it! Stand farther back! Just like anything else, light travels. And just like you calling after someone far away or throwing a
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 the jump to lighting but not sure which way to go, speedlights or strobes? Portrait lighting: Should you get a strobe or a speedlight? Here’s
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 consists of some patience! What you need Camera Gear This is just what I used, but you could shoot outdoors and just use a white
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 designs and sizes, and we got to test out a number of them. This photograph was shot against the “Brick Natural” backdrop. Our shooting “studio”
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 supplemental speedlight can help dramatically. Set the scene I set my scene up on a table near the back door of my studio but found
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. Try this technique for a simple one light setup that can kick-start your car interior shoot. This works with any camera and practically any lens
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 of different lighting modifiers. Umbrellas, softboxes, scrims, translucent umbrellas, umbrellas with diffusion, octo boxes, light spheres, barn doors, flags … you name it. But recently,
