Do you have a story about your most challenging photo shoot of all time? Every photographer has a horror story about photographing fast-moving children or animals, hard-to-please clients, or dimly-lit venues. But imagine trying to properly light and photograph a jet speeding through the air above you. That’s just the task that stock photographer Yuri […]
Learning to shoot portraits proficiently and efficiently with natural light involves knowledge, skills, gear and techniques that all developing portrait photographers should acquire. Skilled use of natural light can often far exceed the results captured with the aid of flashes or strobes. But it is most important to understand all the possibilities of natural light […]
Joe McNally is widely regarded as an expert photographer. So when he offers to share some of his knowledge you may want to tune in and listen. In the video clip below, he discusses and dissects the lighting setup he used to create an open and airy portrait. He also explains how he was able […]
If you’re looking for a great off-camera flash tutorial, look no further. Whether you use a mirrorless camera or not, photographer Joe Brady will give you a run down on everything strobe related: single flash, multiple flash, light meters, camera settings for flash, high-key lighting, low-key lighting, you name it. Not only does Brady concisely […]
Occasionally my friends who have recently bought a DSLR ask me whether they need an external flash for “better” photography, especially for indoors. So I thought I explain where external flashes can really make the difference and make your photos stand out from “pop-up” flash photographs. Higher end cameras don’t even have built-in flashes due […]
This popular training course is designed to be the ultimate primer on photographic lighting. It’s a topic that many struggle with as proven by the fact that the production was partially funded through a crowdsourcing campaign where photographers from all over contributed money in hope that it would be completed. There are tens of thousands […]
Remote TTL flash systems are nice and slick but they are expensive. Each flash can cost hundreds of dollars plus there is the cost of stands, umbrellas or soft boxes and more. But, what if we could achieve something similar without a huge outlay of cash? We can build such a system and it could […]
Lights, lights, lights. There are so many kinds of lights. Fill lights, soft lights, hard lights, natural lights, kickers, etc. Well here’s a video about another kind of light, one that you might be very interested to try out if you haven’t already: the ringflash. This light is often referred to as the shadowless light. […]
Canon is one the most preferred companies when talking about photography, as each year we are presented with delightful and state-of-the-art sets of photography equipment. The radio-based wireless E-TTL flash is one of their latest novelties – in fact, the new Speedlite 600EX-RT takes a step forward regarding off-camera flash, starting with its ability to communicate up […]
As much as we’d like it, we don’t always have the best camera gear available to us. Sometimes we don’t even have decent gear. But we photographers are resourceful and are known to create all sorts of rigs and makeshift devices to meet our needs. This resourcefulness is the idea behind DigitalRev TV’s series, Pro […]
