Portrait Tips: OCF with one umbrella
I recently said that if I were allowed only one light for the rest of my life I’d choose a huge white umbrella. But if
I recently said that if I were allowed only one light for the rest of my life I’d choose a huge white umbrella. But if
I made this portrait the other day at the Out of Oregon Photography Conference. I was teaching a class on portraiture, and I had a
Making marketing pictures at schools is one of my favorites activities. There’s endless variety in subjects and every classroom offers unique challenges in lighting. Last
Dread: That’s the feeling that happens when you know you’re in over your head but you have to perform anyway. Dread started weighing on me
For the past couple years, I’ve utilized the Nissin line of flashes — specifically the Di700A and i60A — for my on-camera flash photography. While
If you give a boy a hammer, everything looks like a nail and he will pound it. If you give a photographer a flash, everything
Sometimes you might not have a plethora of lights and other modifiers at your disposal. But you can still make great, impactful images using just
The other day a fellow contacted me about a picture I made nearly ten years ago. He was an assistant to the master woodcarver and
What’s not to love about making portraits in front of waterfalls? Beautiful place, beautiful people, water spraying your camera, nothing going the way you had
When shooting in the hot sun, you will often run across situations where you have a lot of shadows on your subject. To get around
Happy Independence Day! You’ve got a terrific opportunity to make some fun portraits with fireworks. Kids love sparklers, and when you show them what you
When using studio strobes or a hot shoe flash, you might come across a black gradient at the bottom of your images. This happens when