Tag:grip

11 must haves that every photo studio needs!

John Gress 06/18/2021

Gear

11 Studio must haves, oops I forgot about a clothing rack, steamer and speaker.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Elinchrom Litemotiv 120 review, Parabolic softboxes are truly better

John Gress 04/10/2021

I bought this modifier 2 years ago and I didn’t really know what I had until I tested it against my other modifiers and proved it has unique capabilities. Especially, when I removed the diffusion and put in a deflector disc, turning it into a giant beauty dish.

Are grids worth the money? When and why should you use them in the the studio and on location?

John Gress 02/13/2021

Lighting Technique

Watch as I unbox my new Billingham 445 (https://amzn.to/32igLwq) camera bag and move out of my old Think Tank Photo Retrospective 30 2.0 (https://amzn.to/2QrsweN) messenger bag.

How photographers can stain their apple boxes to create a weathered antique photoshoot prop

John Gress 06/17/2020

Pre-Production

While using photo and film gear as props in portraits has been cool almost as long as there have been cameras, there are some unwritten rules you should follow. And when you violate these tenets, I feel like going off like Joan Crawford did about wire hangers in the 1981 classic film, “Mommy Dearest.”  