The Academy with John Gress

Lighting Techniques

What does diffusion do anyway? How to soften your light by adding diffusion to your softbox 564

What does diffusion do anyway? How to soften your light by adding diffusion to your softbox

12/19/2021

Lighting 101: Flags, Silks, Nets, & Scrims

Lighting 201: Flags, Silks, Nets, & Scrims

11/28/2021

Whether you're just experimenting or needed to recreate a specific look for a client, deciphering someone else's lighting is a key skill every photographer needs to know. In this video I will take you through my process for recognizing the modifiers, to evaluating the positioning and determining the ratios.

How to recreate the lighting from inspiration images in three easy steps

11/18/2021

Portrait lighting doesn't have to be hard. In fact you can get a lot of variety with one light so long as you know where to position it. In this video, I I show you three killer one light setups that will help you make your studio portraits pop!

3 key positions for your main light

11/11/2021

In this video I walk you through 3-Point Lighting and surprise 4-point lighting!. Covering Key, Fill, edge / kicker and hair lights.

Lighting 101 – Three Point Lighting Tutorial

11/06/2021

Action freezing examples include a dancer jumping and long hair blowing with a fan as we examine flash duration and how much you need to overpower the ambient light to freeze action in the studio or on location

How to Freeze Motion In the Studio Using Flash

10/30/2021

In this months member exclusive, go behind-the-scenes with me during my photoshoot with Fernando. I was focusing creating contrast for Black & White images while working with Fernado.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE Tutorial: Lighting for Black & White

10/28/2021

I wanted to compare three set-ups using hard light. So I set up a shoot with our models Kasan and David plus stylist Pablo Roberto.

Studio Lighting Tutorial: The Battle of the Hard Lights!

10/14/2021

Lighting Handbook Tutorial - Breaking down a three light setup to show off the model's physique

Lighting Handbook Tutorial – Breaking down a three light setup to show off the model’s physique

10/13/2021