Are grids worth the money? When and why should you use them in the the studio and on location?
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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.
Hair Light 201. Everything you need to know about hairlights.
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Part of making a refined image in the studio is lighting your subject to preserve details in their hair or operate them from the background. In today’s video, I will teach you everything you need to know about hair lights. Including which modifiers to use, where and how to mount them plus how bright your lights should be.
Behind-the-scenes and lighting tutorial – four looks from my photoshoot with Justin
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In today’s lighting tutorial, I’m going to breakdown four looks that I created with our model Justin.
4 amazing one-light set-ups in only 10 minutes!
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What’s my motivation? is a refrain that we often hear from actors, but that phrase can mean a lot to photographers, too. Especially when I am trying to simulate natural light.
Which Mola for your moolah? Comparing three different beauty dishes during a portrait photoshoot
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Three years ago I bought a Mola Setti and Rayo 15″ beauty dishes, because I wanted to upgrade from my Profoto Silver Softlight. While it was a step-up, I had no idea what I really had until I tested them a few weeks ago against my friends Mola Demi with an Opal diffusion disc.