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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.

11/23/2020Info for PhotographersBy John Gress

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6 Portrait Photographers shootout in Las Vegas with the same model & Elinchrom ELC 500 / 125 lights

To celebrate the launch of the new ELC 125 and ELC 500 compact studio strobes, Elinchrom gathered together six amazing photographers and challenged them to shoot the same model in the same studio using the new ELCs.Elinchrom’s new studio flashes add High Speed Sync (HSS) and TTL to the manufactures compact monolight plug-in-the wall line-up.

09/17/2020Info for PhotographersBy John Gress

Slide into the DMs! Three steps photographers should take to book free models for their next practice test photoshoot

Slide into the DMs! How photographers can book free models

Three steps photographers should take to book free models for their next practice test photoshoot

08/16/2020Info for PhotographersBy John Gress

Wood flooring for photoshot portrait sets

Need some wood (flooring)?

How I complete my photography portrait sets using wall paneling and tongue and groove flooring from hardware stores

04/09/2020Info for Photographers, Lighting TechniqueBy John Gress
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