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What the hell is a kicker? What's a key light? The names photographers use for studio lights.

What the hell is a kicker? What’s a key light? The names photographers use for studio lights.

Everyone has a name for every position where they place a flash on location and in the studio. But not everyone agrees on every name and this jargon can be sort of confusing.

11/23/2020Leave a commentInfo for PhotographersBy John Gress

Developing your personal sense of style so clients will come to you for your work

Photographers: Developing your personal sense of style so clients will come to you for your work

When I was just starting out in photography, I really looked up to other photographers who had a lot more experience, because I realized right away that when you looked at their work, you could easily recognize that it was their work, because they had a sense of style.

07/05/2020Info for PhotographersBy John Gress

Gels, CTO, CTB, CTS, Color effects

The 4 types of gels photographers can use to kill it in the studio

The sun rises in the east with a hint of yellow; it casts unflattering colorless light at its zenith and it sets with a warm amber glow. Neon accents cityscapes at night. All of which are cues to photographers on how to employ colored gels on set.

06/28/2020Info for Photographers, Lighting Technique, VideoBy John Gress

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

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

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.”



06/17/2020Info for PhotographersBy John Gress

Breaking down how I use my 14 softboxes to modify my lights during my photoshoots

The hard truth about softboxes

Breaking down how I use my 14 softboxes to modify my lights during my photoshoots

06/07/2020Equipment Review, Lighting TechniqueBy John Gress
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