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Member Exclusive: Hard and Soft Light with Pierce & Jordan
In this months member exclusive video I go over tow hard light and two soft light setup's and cover feathering, catch lights, fine tuning...
Member Exclusive: Portrait Photography & Lighting Photo Critique
In today's video I set out to critique five portraits and headshots. After pointing out the positives I share my advice on how the...
Member Exclusive: Everything you need to know to get started with one light
In this months member exclusive video I am going to go over hard light, soft light, feathering, light placement, diffusion, fill and more.
Member Exclusive: What is the difference between Speedlights, Monolights and Packs & Heads?
I am often asked what the difference is between AC Powered Packs & Heads, Monolights and Speedlights or Speedlites. We will also touch on...
Member Exclusive: Exploring New Ideas with Dyren
For this months video I decided to explore 4 ideas I have been interested to try.
Member Exclusive: Jr. Gels Tutorial Part 2
In this months member exclusive tutorial I go over the third of three hard light gels looks with our model Jr.
Member Exclusive: Jr. Gels Tutorial Part 1
In this months member exclusive tutorial I go over three hard light gels looks with our model Jr.
Member Exclusive: Model Portfolio Building Part 2
During my first shoot with Etherio he mentioned that he was excited to have my images in his portfolio, because he was trying to...
Member Exclusive: Model Portfolio Building Part 1
This lighting tutorial will cover how to design and light a modeling portfolio.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Lightroom and Photoshop B&W Tutorial
Step-by-step Black & White retouching using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Neural Filters for Skin Smoothing. I also mask out the backgrounds and replace...
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE Tutorial: Lighting for Black & White
In this months member exclusive, go behind-the-scenes with me during my photoshoot with professional dancer Fernando. I was focusing creating contrast for Black &...
ReadyLightMedia va. JohnGressMedia Photo Critique: Fashion & portrait photography tips
So I sat down with professional photographer and lighting expert Jeff Carpenter (of Ready Light Media fame), to go over 5 images from multiple...
