Are grids worth the money? When and why should you use them in the the studio and on location?
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.
Canon EOS R5 Six Months Later – Follow-up and Updated Review
After owning the Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera for six months, I wanted to update you on my experience with the camera as a commercial studio portrait photographer and an occasional videographer.
Hair Light 201. Everything you need to know about hairlights.
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
In today’s lighting tutorial, I’m going to breakdown four looks that I created with our model Justin.
Do parabolic soft boxes make a difference? Do they create narrower, more focused soft light?
For the last few years, often times, I have used a parabolic style soft box as a main light. Last year I mentioned in a video that I liked using it because its quite directional and I feel like I can use this property to better control light. Some people disagreed with me, so I made this video to examine if it really is more directional than standard soft boxes.