Lighting Tips
How to Light & Shoot a Dramatic Portrait by Yourself
In this video, we'll show you how to set up your flash and shoot portraits all by yourself! This is a great technique to learn when you are solo-shooting or don't have an assistant to help you out. A big thank you to Profoto for sponsoring this video!
Video Tutorial: 3 Lighting Techniques Using V-Flats to Subtract Light with V-Flat World
It’s important to know when to add light to a photo, it’s equally important to know when to take it away. Luckily, Tuvy Lemberg from V-Flat World is here to show us the way.
Backlight Photography with Flash: From Basics to Brilliance
Learn this creative off-camera flash technique that is sure to stun your clients!
Watch 8 Top Photographers Photograph One Model in this MagMod Creative Portrait Challenge
What do you get when you take 8 industry leading photographers and a pile of MagMod Gear and throw them into a series of photo challenges with very limited time? A whole lot of trash talk and some INCREDIBLY gorgeous images you need to see to believe!
Elinchrom Releases Complete Grid System For The Rotalux Lightshaper Softboxes – The ‘Rotagrid’
Throughout these years Rotalux has been continuously optimised and refined to become even better and photographers have been using the Rotalux system to shape light in nearly every way imaginable. But there's always been a missing piece...until now that is.
Quick Lighting Hacks To Help You Capture Creative & Dramatic Images
Looking to add some dramatic flare to your portraits? Check out these videos showing some quick and easy DIY Hacks to create a truly dramatic image using some basic household items!
How to Remove Light Stands via Compositing in Less than 2 Minutes
I'm going to show you a simple Photoshop compositing technique that you can use to remove light stands from your images in less than two minutes.
15 Photographers Take On the Dramatic Light Challenge
See how our community members interpreted this week's lighting challenge.
550 Portrait & Wedding Photographers Tell Us Their Go-To Lighting Gear
Wondering if you should switch gears and consider a different lighting brand? See what peers in the industry consider to be their current favorite.
The Profoto B10 Plus is Here: Twice the Power of the B10 at Just A 25% Higher Price
Profoto announces the new B10 Plus, a “slightly bigger brother” to the B10 that doubles the power to 500Ws from 250Ws while only adding about 25% to the price tag!
How To Use Light Direction & Light Quality To Take Better Portraits
Is there a wrong or right way to light a portrait? That all depends. This quick overview of light direction & quality will help you shape light that's right for you.
