The Academy with John Gress

Lighting Techniques

Hard light shootout: Parabolic vs. beauty dishes for headshots

Hard light shootout: Parabolic vs. beauty dishes for headshots

07/11/2021

Softlight V. Hard light, breaking down 5 lighting setups in the photo studio

07/04/2021

Why I don't like to be on camera. Plus three great interview lighting setups for video using Nanlites

Why I don’t like to be on camera. Plus three great interview lighting setups for video using Nanlites

06/09/2021

There are two ways photographers can grow and improve -- practice and critique. But the feedback we get online is often all positive and unqualified or destructive and also unqualified. So in today's video, James Quantz Jr. and I will go over 6 images, submitted by their makers, and give suggestions on how the photos could be improved.

Photo critique with James Quantz Jr.

05/29/2021

In today's video I explore how many watt seconds you may need in each situation so that you can make the right choice when you're purchasing lights for your studio and on location.

How many watt-seconds do you need for portrait photography?

05/19/2021

I was wrong about photogaphy

The 10 things I thought I knew about photography, but I was wrong

04/17/2021

Complete training guide to color effects gels

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE – Lighting Tutorial – Gels – Part 1 & 2

04/03/2021

photo critique with gary hughes

Photo Critique with Gary Hughes

03/27/2021

begiiners lighting tutorial with flash

Transitioning from window light to flash – a beginners guide to portrait lighting

03/24/2021