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Finding locations with great light with the King of the urban jungle!

November 6, 2016Joseph Parry

Today I’m here with Kyle Cong running through his approach on shooting out on location with strobes and how he finds them! Hey Kyle! The first thing that struck me about your work was the colour toning and how beautifully focused your compositions were. Your location choices are spot on! Can you tell us about your […]

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How to shoot portraits on location with outdoor flash

October 31, 2016John Aldred

Using flash on location is one of the best things you can to really push your outdoor portraits. Often, the natural light might give you exactly what you want, but often it does not. The sun might be in slightly the wrong position to give you the backg…

If you’re shooting flash outdoors, your colours are probably wrong. Here’s how to fix it with gels

August 29, 2016John Aldred

Shooting on location with flash is one of the fun parts of portrait photography for me. But, depending on the lighting conditions where you’re shooting, your flash may not be putting out the same colour as the ambient light. This means that while your subject may appear perfect, the environment can appear very cool or […]

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Lighting direction as a tool: Popping vs blending your subject within a scene

April 30, 2016Joseph Parry

As someone who shoots on location a lot I’m often given a choice on what I like to call “popping” or “blending” a subject into a scene, in short this really as as simple as using your main light source to either complement the direction of a natural / embedded light source in a scene […]

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