How to Rim-Light and Light a Black Product Shot on Black Background

Shooting on a black background can create a great, contrasty image. Shooting a black product on a black background, however, can be tough to get right in camera. This video from Karl Taylor and Broncolor shows us how to properly rim-light a product to create separation from a black background. The video goes on to show […]

How to Shoot Red Wine with Studio Strobes

Here’s another great lighting setup and walk-through from Karl Taylor as he shoots a bottle and glass of red wine. He starts with setting up the scene to create warm tones and textures. Then he walks through the lighting setup from the background and accent lights up to the key light as he builds the […]

Photo Methodology | Ecola Beachhead

Let’s migrate from the inland rolling hills of the Palouse to the rocky, rugged coastline of Oregon’s Ecola State Park. I have only visited this park once, located near the famous Cannon Beach. It’s a great place for anyone looking to improve their seascape and long exposure photography skills because the coast is littered with […]

How to Set Up Clamshell LIghting

Here’s an old video from Phlearn in which Aaron Nace walks through a clamshell lighting setup. If you’ve never done clamshell lighting before, you’ll appreciate Aaron’s thorough walk-through of the how’s and why’s of setting up and using clamshell lighting. Keeping with the clamshell theme, below is another take on clamshell lighting from Matt Granger […]

Low Light Portrait Photography Tips

In this short video, Damien Lovegrove explains how to take low light portraits and retain good exposure and tonal range. In the first shot, Damien uses a tripod and dials in manual exposure compensation to get the tonal range spot on. In the second shot, Damien uses a monopod and multiple light sources, including a rim light […]

How to Capture Motion with Stroboscopic Lighting

Check out this video from Karl Taylor as he walks through the setup of a stroboscopic sports shot using the Broncolor Scoro packs. Aside from the lighting setup and programming the intervals into the power packs, the notion of moving the camera during the exposure in order to separate the exposures from the strobes is a […]

How to Create Dropbox Photo Galleries from Lightroom

In this video I’ll show you how to quickly create easy-to-share web photo galleries using Lightroom. The trick is saving the web galleries to your Dropbox public folder! Note: This trick only works if you’re a paying subscriber to Dropbox. You won’t have access to, or be able to create, a public folder if you’re […]

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15 Tips for More Cinematic Drone Video

Looking to make your drone footage a little less like consumerish video and a little more cinematic? Check out this video with 15 great tips on making your drone footage more cinematic.
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Surprisingly, This Method Is Still the Best Way to Market To Your Photography Audience

There are many books and countless online articles about marketing your photography business, each with their own thoughts and opinions.  Over recent years, the main the push has been towards social media and the wide audience it brings to the photographic entrepreneur.  However, with sites like Facebook basically giving page managers the finger unless they […]

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