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Light is another key element of photography. Without light, you cannot take a photo. The more you can appreciate and understand light, the better photographer you can become. The word ‘photography’ means drawing/painting/writing with light.
How to Use Low Key Lighting for Stunning Black and White Photos
Low key lighting is great for infusing mood into black and white photos. This is a photography lighting technique using one light source, the...
How To Get Started With Ring Light Photography
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you want the photograph you’re taking to look professional, but the light is too low or...
How to Use These 11 Types of Lighting in Photography
Lighting is the most important consideration in photography. It’s what makes the photograph possible. So, let’s get a better understanding of what we are...
13 Creative Portrait Photography Lighting Techniques
Portrait photography is one of the most popular and lucrative genres in photography. To be successful in this genre, however, you’ll need to understand...
Food Photography Lighting Setup: 3 Essential Tips
Food photography lighting is critical if you want to get beautiful food images. Your goal is to create an image of food that is...
Natural Light Photography
Natural light photography can be a challenging niche for professional photographers who like to control as many variables as possible. You can’t control it,...
Lighting for Still Life Photography
Welcome to the first in a series of articles on lighting for still life photography. Studio still life is the ultimate teaching tool for...
Understanding Rear Curtain Sync (What You Need To Know)
Rear Curtain Sync
If you have fiddled with the built-in flash on your camera or with an external flash unit, you may have probably heard...
Simple Tips to Produce Low-key Images
Low-key Photography
A very simple technique that allows you to produce interesting images is the low-key treatment. It is actually a combination of lighting technique,...
Studio Lighting Photography | Understanding Setup Options
Studio Lighting Setup Options Once you have settled down with a reasonable body and a good lens, the next logical thing to buy is a...
5 Low Light Photography Tips & Camera Settings
I wrote about flash painting in one of my previous articles. It is but one application of low light photography techniques which also happen...
4 Essential Tips for Outdoor Portraits (Backlit Secrets)
Outdoor Backlit Portraits Shooting outdoor portraits and in the open, you really have two basic ways to use the ambient light. Either shoot front lit,...
Wedding Photography Lighting – 5 Essential Tips You Must Know
Wedding Photography Lighting The thing that most photographers find difficult to learn for wedding photography is exactly how to deal with the lighting. No two...
Bright Light Photography
Portraits At High Noon A common misconception about photography is that light is always good. In fact, too much light makes a very unflattering portrait. In...
