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Ideal Lighting Setup for Large Group Portraits

Shivani Reddy

An quick & easy lighting setup to help you produce flawless family formals or group portraits in minutes.

Use DIY Gobos to Create Interesting Shadows In Your Portraits

Hanssie

A gobo (or "go between") is basically anything that goes between your light and your subject. It can be anything from a standard reflector to block direct light from hitting your subject to a prism to get creative effects in your images.

Solving A Common Off-Camera Flash Problem: The Black Band

Kishore Sawh

If you are or ever find a black bar on the top or bottom of your image when using flash, this is likely what's going on, and how to solve it.