Lighting Techniques
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Lighting Techniques
Lighting Tutorial: how to create extremely soft light using a soft box, diffusion & V-Flats
In this week's video I am going to breakdown how I created extremely soft light in the photography studio using an Elinchrom Indirect softbox,...
Lighting Tutorial: Cinematic Hard Light Portraiture using hard reflectors, a beauty dish & a softbox
In this week's video I am going to breakdown how I lit this cinematic portrait of Dyren. I'll cover everything from light placement, to...
Kicker 101 – The 3 Secrets You Need to Know!
Part of making a refined image in the studio is separating your subject from the background. In today’s video, I will teach you the...
8 common portrait lighting mistakes that every new photographer makes
Everyone makes mistakes, weather your a beginner or a seasoned professional. The goal is to practice and to make fewer of them as you...
Lighting Handbook Tutorial – Breaking down a hard light outdoor portrait & a soft light studio setup
In today's video I breakdown a TTL HHS outdoor hard light portrait and a soft light Rembrandt setup in the studio.
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...
High Key Lighting Tutorial – Two ways to get a pure white background in the photo studio
In today's video I am going to show you how to get a perfect white background for high-key headshot photography in the studio.
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: 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...
3 Light Window Light Lighting Tutorial
After finding an inspiration image by Kristian Fanselow (https://www.instagram.com/kristian_fanselow/), my friend Seed Lynn (https://www.instagram.com/seedlynn/) asked me to help him recreate the lighting. So afer...
4 secrets to recreating window light in the studio
4 secrets to recreating window light in the studio
If you could only own one background, what color should it be?
In this video I will show you how a gray backdrop is the most versatile backdrop you can own as I break down five...
