Lighting Techniques
The Academy with John Gress
Lighting Techniques
How to Freeze Motion In the Studio Using Flash
Action freezing examples include a dancer jumping and long hair blowing with a fan as we examine flash duration and how much you need...
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 &...
Studio Lighting Tutorial: The Battle of the Hard Lights!
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...
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
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...
Member Exclusive Tutorial: A gelled background series with model Christopher Marrs
In this months member exclusive, go behind-the-scenes with me during my photoshoot with Christopher. I was focusing on using gels and different techniques for...
Three ways to light a background in the photo studio
In this video, you will learn three key strategies for lighting backdrops in the studio and see the results from a test and in...
WPPI 2021: Speaking and attending this year’s convention in Las Vegas
In this VLOG I take you along with me to this year's convention in Las Vegas, including taking you behind-the-scenes and introducing you to...
Member Exclusive Tutorial: Augmenting natural light with flash
Watch in near real time as I go over three strategies for using flash on location outdoors.
Member Exclusive: Lighting Tutorial with Christian
Member Exclusive: Lighting Tutorial with Christian
Hard light shootout: Parabolic vs. beauty dishes for headshots
I wanted to test out which hard modifier I prefer for headshots while comparing three Mola Beauty Dishes with a Parabolix 35D.
Softlight V. Hard light, breaking down 5 lighting setups in the photo studio
There are two main approaches you can take in the studio, or on location. And which lane you choose will have a huge impact...
