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The One Light Portrait Challenge | Are You Overcomplicating Your Lighting Setup?
How many lights does it take to create a great, pro quality image? In my early career my answer was “as many as I can get.” But I changed my mind.
‘What Portable Flash Kit Should I Buy? | With Joey L.
You don’t have to have a brick and mortar studio to get the benefits of studio lighting. Here Joey L. goes over three portable lighting kits with 3 budgets in mind, to see what works for you.
Using One Light For Ultra Soft Portrait Light | Joel Grimes
Joel Grimes shows you just how powerful one off camera flash and a white wall can be for creating ultra soft portrait light with minimal gear and investment.
Using Strip Softboxes To Light A Dynamic Portrait | Andrea Belluso
In the Profoto sponsored video, Andrea Belluso shows you how he lights not only his subject, but an aircraft correctly in one frame with strip softboxes to create a dynamic portrait.
One Light, One Photographer: Shooting Dramatic Portraits Without An Assistant
In the following video from our friends at The Slanted Lens, Jay P. Morgan takes off to blustery Maine to shoot some dramatic portraits of fishermen, with one light and no assistant and he shows you how he does it.
A Simple Tip to Turning ‘Bad’ Light Into ‘Good’ Light | Cliff Mautner
In the following 3 minute video, Nikon ambassador Cliff Mautner gives us a simple tip to shoot in a challenging lighting situation to turn ‘bad’ light into ‘good’ light
Using Continuous Lights For A Simple Glamour Portrait
Using continuous lights for portraiture is a great way to learn lighting. Plus it’s a throw back to the old Hollywood glamour days!
DIY: Build a Simple Ring Light Using LED Strips and a Frisbee For Around $30
Photographers tend to have a love/hate relationship with ring lights. While ring lights may be great for some situations, in others, it may look completely dreadful. So why spend a couple hundred dollars on one when you can just rig one together for around $30?
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