Lighting Techniques
The Academy with John Gress
Lighting Techniques
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...
Why I don’t like to be on camera. Plus three great interview lighting setups for video using Nanlites
Three ways to light an interview and finding the best lighting for your subjects face.
Photo critique with James Quantz Jr.
There are two ways photographers can grow and improve -- practice and critique. But the feedback we get online is often all positive and...
How many watt-seconds do you need for portrait photography?
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...
The 10 things I thought I knew about photography, but I was wrong
Over the course of my career I have often been certain about things, only to discover that I was on the wrong path. Whatever...
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE – Lighting Tutorial – Gels – Part 1 & 2
This 40 minute class will cover everything you need to know about color effects gels!
Photo Critique with Gary Hughes
After doing a critique for Gary's YouTube channel a few weeks ago, we decided to record one for mine, which I will post publicly...
Transitioning from window light to flash – a beginners guide to portrait lighting
This video will help you learn essential techniques with basic equipment to create and control artificial light, so that you don’t have to worry...
Soft boxes, parabolic modifiers and umbrella shootout! Which modifier for perfect portrait lighting?
Over the last 20 or so years, I have acquired about 20 different softboxes, but I have never actually sat down and tested them...
