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Elinchrom ELC500 Monolight
02/25/2020
Gear

Review: Elinchrom’s new ELC 500 Monolight, HHS, TTL, and an LED Modeling Light

Elinchrom’s new studio flash adds High Speed Sync (HSS) and TTL to the manufactures compact monolight plug-in-the wall line-up. A technology pairing that was...

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Portrait of Atlanta Model Kalmon Stokes shot with Elinchrom lights and a Nicefoto optical snoot
12/06/2019
Gear

Am I a good photographer or am I just projecting?

Projecting patterns on your subjects and backgrounds with an optical snoot can be a fun way to boost your creativity and freshen your feed!

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Chicago Nightlife Advertising Campaign behind the scenes with profoto lights
11/14/2019
Business , Exclusive Training Videos

Commercial Photography: Bidding and working with clients

A friend recently asked me how to bid on commercial jobs. This video will cover the entire process of working with commercial clients from...

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chicago headshot photography workshop
10/10/2019
Exclusive Training Videos , Gear

Which cameras and lenses should you use for portrait photography?

People always ask me which cameras and lenses I use. Here are the answers!

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10/04/2019
Lighting Technique

THREE STUNNING ONE LIGHT SETUP LIGHTING TUTORIALS USING V-FLAT WORLD V-FLATS

Creating this studio lighting series was a lot of fun! The challenge was to create three dynamic portraits using one Elinchrom light and modifier,...

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Our Elinchrom Gear
09/27/2019
Gear

How I travel with my photography / lighting gear

How I travel with my Elinchrom lighting gear, including my ELC500 Pro HD monolights, ELB400 and Quadra Ranger. Plus a ton of modifiers using...

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09/19/2019
Business , Exclusive Training Videos

Networking: Building your photography business and your personal network at the same time

Photographer John Gress shares how he built his business through building his personal network.

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08/31/2019
Exclusive Training Videos , Posing

Photographer John Gress talks with model Jason Cates about working with models and posing

Get John and Jason's perspective on what its like to pose models and what it's like for models when working with photographers of personality...

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08/29/2019
Exclusive Training Videos , Lighting Technique , The Academy

The Difference Between Photography Lighting Power Packs, Monolights & Compact battery powered units!

I was recently asked what the difference is between AC Powered Studio Packs & Heads, Monolights and Battery Powered Compact photo flash heads. We...

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chicago lighting photography workshop
08/27/2019
Lighting Technique , The Academy

Getting Started: a Beginners Guide to Portrait Lighting gear

If you're new to photography or just getting into portrait lighting you're probably wondering where to begin. This video will cover the lights, modifiers...

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08/21/2019
Exclusive Training Videos , Post-Production

I’ll fix it in post…. Wrong!

Everyone loves to say we'll fix it in post! This video covers why I don't think using Photoshop and Lightroom as your first resort...

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Sway Chicago - Pretty Young Thing, featuring Marcus Gress
07/10/2019
Lighting Technique

Why I love Aputure’s LED 120D and 300D lights for video

When I started shooting video I had to use fluorescent banks & giant hot lights. But when I replaced everything with LEDs, I could...

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