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Easy ways to use reflected light in your photography
Want an inexpensive way to reflect and direct the light from your flash or speedlight? Here’s some easy ways of doing just that! Why should you reflect light from your flash or speedlight? Illuminating your subject with a flash or speedlight aiming directly at it can look flat and harsh. Furthermore, if photographing people, it can produce “red eye.” The camera flash can reflect off their…
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A beginners guide to light modifiers used in portrait photography, from the softbox to the grid spot to the scrim.
Nina Welchkling (women street photographers)
Photography Cheat Sheet: Quick Tips for Diffusing Window Light
Make that gorgeous natural light work better for you with these quick tips!
Want to experiment with natural light on your next shoot? Try these easy tips for diffusing window light from today’s featured photography cheat sheet.
Shooting in natural light can be tricky but it’s also a flattering and readily available light source. Whether you’re shooting portraits or still life, the key to working with natural light is being able to modify it to achieve the look you’re…
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Umbrella vs Softbox vs Beauty Dish: Unraveling What Light Modifier to Use
What's your favorite lighting modifier?
If you want to know how one light can deliver a number of looks just by using a light modifier, then check this out.
Today we’re giving you a post with less text. The reason for this is simply to demonstrate how a light modifier can affect a scene. Plus, we’re talking about what they can do. So let’s get right into it.
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How to Use Lighting to Make Eyes More Gripping
How to Use Lighting to Make Eyes More Gripping
Model: Erica Lourde
Almost every portrait photographer will tell you to always focus on the eyes no matter what. Though we situationally disagree, they generally have a point about focusing on a portrait subject’s eyes and that they can be the most gripping and personable part of the image. With a couple of tweaks that you can do even before you start the editing stage, you can make the eyes even…
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Useful Photography Tip #116: Use Spot Metering When Working with Multiple Light Sources
Useful Photography Tip #116: Use Spot Metering When Working with Multiple Light Sources
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One of the greatest things that you can accomplish technically as a photographer is shooting with a flash during bright daylight and nailing exposure perfectly. If you’re doing this, then chances are that you’ll use a TTL lighting functionality or high speed sync or even making sure that your flash duration is just at a fast setting. But even this…
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Useful Photography Tip #115: Have Your Subject Look into the Light for Better Catchlights in the Eyes
Useful Photography Tip #115: Have Your Subject Look into the Light for Better Catchlights in the Eyes
Model: Kita St Cyr
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When shooting portraits of someone and using a flash or studio strobe, there is a big secret to getting more details and extra beauty out of the shot. It first starts with specular highlights–which are extra details that are brought out by adding in extra light to a scene. But sometimes specular highlights render something even…
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