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Hasselblad X1D II 50C Full Review: how the medium format mirrorless camera preforms in the studio

Hasselblad X1D II 50C Full Review: how the medium format mirrorless camera preforms in the studio

I tested Hasselblad’s 50MP mirorrless camera in the studio and put it though its paces next to the 45 megapixel Canon EOS R5 while shooting portraits and flowers.

Choosing between Capture One 20 and Lightroom Classic as studio portrait photographer

Lightroom v capture 1

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

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.

Lighting Ratios: Why the power of your light is irrelevent

https://youtu.be/ZlLeI2gVc9U

People always want to ask what power my lights were set at when I took the picture and I also see that people like me reporting this information on their BTS diagrams. Here is why!

The power of perspective: how the elevation of your camera can empower the subject or the viewer

Fashion portrait of Detroit fitness model Sonny James on a Gravity Backdrop

We look up to people we admire and we look down on people we despise. This rhetorical convention provides us with a visual point of reference when it comes to our compositions.

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