Photo lighting

How to Properly Use Lights in Photography: You can't have an image without light. It is essential to your photography. Without proper lights you could have your photos turn out badly and looking unprofessional. This tutorial will show you how to make different lighting setups.

I've been reading photographers' discussions on various external strobe accessories. I had these tests done some years back for my textbook, "Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach." From top to bottom, the Indoor/Outdoor comparisons are for: Direct Flash Bouncing the strobe off a ceiling Lumiquest Omnidome Through an umbrella Off an umbrella Through a softbox Outdoors or in a large ballroom or gymnasium, all the accessories work less well at softening shadows. The scattered light rays…

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Lighted photos

Photo - Babakfatholahi Model - Shademaneh

Instructional Video Production sounds like a boring topic, but this project was far from mundane. We used a variety of techniques during this Chicago shoot

Jeffery Luhn demonstrates how to get a fresh look at the world's favorite lighting accessory, the softbox.

We break down how to use photography lighting gels, including how to measure and balance colour temperature as well as how to use gels for photography effects

I am a big fan of using colored gels for rim lights in my work, but there’s really so much more that you can do with them besides that. In this article I’d like to walk you through some of the basics of working with colored gels when shooting Beauty in a studio and also […]

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