Tag Archives: Lights
Lighting 103: How to Gel Big Lights
Abstract: How to economically gel umbrellas, beauty dishes and soft boxes When using bigger lights (such as an Einstein e640, seen above) gelling gets a bit more complicated and expensive. Why? Big lights have protruding flash tubes and modeling lights, … Continue reading
Deck the Halls: Magical Photos of Christmas Lights
Christmas is here! All those wonderful decorations and lights around your house make magical scenery. Take the opportunity to capture all that beauty. You can photograph during the day, but some of the most evocative images can be found at … Continue reading
Amazing Image: Capturing Professional Surfer Mick Fanning Riding the Waves Under the Northern Lights
From Redbull: Hopefully by now you’ve seen the incredible imagery created when Mick Fanning went to Norway and surfed beneath the spectacular Northern Lights. The shoot took place in Lofoten, a far flung speck of a town on Norway’s … Continue reading
Choosing Big Lights
If you shoot small lights long enough, you will run up against some limitations. You might be trying to light big areas, or trying to get a combo of soft light with a large working distance. Most likely, you might … Continue reading
New Gear: Bowens Generation X Monolight Photo Strobe Lights
Gear New high-end monolight options for shooting in the field and in the studio Bowens launches a full line of high-end strobes with battery-powered and studio-specific models. Popular Photography
How to Photograph the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis
Tips for seeing and photographing the Northern Lights: Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, might be one of the most fascinating phenomena to photograph during the night. Watching the sky turn green, blue, pink and even red, is something … Continue reading
Lighting 102: Combining Distance and Two Lights
By using a second light to ensure legibility in the shadows, we can place a "floor" on how low the tones will go on our subject. But we can also combine this with the fast falloff of a closely placed … Continue reading
How to Use Two LED Lights to Achieve Moody Portraits
Any kind of light is a must for photography. You just cannot photograph without light. There are various types of light that no doubt you are familiar with: Natural light from the sun Ambient light (could be natural or manmade) … Continue reading
Lightroom Coffee Break: Crop Your Photos in Lights Out View
From the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom YouTube Channel: Lightroom tips and tricks in 60 seconds or less from longtime Lightroom team member Benjamin Warde. B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions. Canon and Nikon News, Deals and What’s New at The-Digital-Picture.com
Paul C. Buff Introduces New DigiBee Photo Strobe Lights With LED Modeling Lights
Gear The latest monolights from Paul C. Buff are built for abuse Paul C. Buff has released the DigiBee studio photo strobes with powerful modeling lights and 7-stops of variability. Popular Photography
New Gear: Fotodiox LED100WB Studio Lights
Gear Fotodiox’s new LED light delivers equivalent of about 400Ws Fotodiox’s new LED light delivers the equivalent of about 400Ws in a housing that resembles a studio strobe. Popular Photography
How to Create Catch Lights in Your Natural Light Portraits
What is a catch light, and why you should have it in your portraits? A very popular technique in portraiture – a catch light is a spark of light in your subject’s eyes. This spark will help you to draw … Continue reading