Category: one light

Shoot great casual portraits and headshots with just one light and one modifier

John Aldred

Long before I decided to start shooting portraits, I was asked to photography people. Friends, family, their friends, and their friends. At the time, I wasn’t interested in photographing people, and didn’t really have much idea how to go about getting great photos of people. I usually declined and deferred to people who knew what […]

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How to create dramatic short-light boudoir with just a single speedlight (NSFW)

John Aldred

When you think of the popular boudoir photographers out there at the moment, Lindsay Adler’s name is one of those that immediately springs to mind, and for good reason. Her work’s fantastic. In this video, Lindsay goes through her thought process when lighting a boudoir set in the studio, and demonstrates that you really don’t need […]

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10 Different Lighting Setups Using A single Light And A Single Softbox

Udi Tirosh

Many times photographers think they are held back by lack of gear. However, having just one strobe and one softbox is more than you need to create so many looks and apply your photography to so many subjects. Photographer Tony Corbell uses a single light and a softbox to show ten different lighting setups and applications. […]

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Get Started With Studio Lighting for Less than $100

JP Danko

If you’re relatively new to photography, studio lighting can seem like a whole other world. If you’re like me when I started with studio lighting, you probably have a pretty decent camera and have seen a noticeable improvement in the quality of your photography as you have learned to work with natural light. But sooner […]

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7 Single Flash Portraits Techniques That You Can Apply Right Now

Laya Gerlock

Almost all the photographers I know have at least one speedlight. They use for their cameras hotshoe, if for nothing else. But what if you want to dub in off camera flashing but don’t have any modifiers yet? In this article I will show you 7 different single flash techniques for portraits that you can apply right now – […]

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