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Picture Perfect Lighting – New Book

February 8, 2016 By Eric Reagan

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Picture Perfect Lighting is a new book from photographer Roberto Valenzuela and is the third in is Picture Perfect series. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book, Learn, Lighting, Picture Perfect Lighting, Roberto Valenzuela

 

Phottix Releases Odin II TTL Flash Triggers

February 1, 2016 By Eric Reagan

Phottix Odin II TTL Flash Triggers

Phottix has unveiled its new Odin II TTL flash transmitter and triggers for use with High Speed Sync and OverDrive Sync lighting systems at up to 1/8000s. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lighting Tagged With: flash, Lighting, Odin II, Phottix, trigger, ttl

Behind the Scenes of Krisnha’s “Milk & Cookies” Splash Photo

January 25, 2016 By Krisnha

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Hi everyone! My name is Krisnha. My pic “Milk & Cookies” was the lead photo on the December 13, 2015 Reader Photos Roundup. Eric asked me if i want to talked about the picture and a little bit about me for Photography Bay, and without hesitation I said yes.

Let me start a little bit about me. I am from Bali, Indonesia. I used to live in the US but recently I moved back to my country. Photography started as a hobby for me and it grew to a stress reliever, and now I’m a full-time photographer.

I like to experiment on things. I see new technique and I try to copy it with a twist. I see a poster of film I like, I try to emulate it at home. I like using artificial light and a heavy strobist believer (hahaha).

And now about that picture “Milk & Cookies.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn, Lighting Tagged With: how to, Learn, Lighting, speedlight, splash

Snow is Nature’s Giant Softbox for Awesome Fill Light

January 21, 2016 By Eric Reagan

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Over the past few years, we have seen limited amounts snow here in Knoxville. As a result, I have spent very little time taking photos on snowy days. I had forgotten just what great lighting you get when there is a nice, white bed of snow on the ground. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: Lighting, natural light, snow

How to Shoot Dance with Motion Blur & Detail

December 7, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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In this video from Broncolor featuring Karl Taylor and Urs Recher, we learn how to combine two different kinds of lights in dance photography to capture motion blur and frozen detail. While they are using high-end Broncolor HMI lights with Broncolor Siros flashes, these concepts of working with flash and ambient light can work on any budget.

The key, of course, is setting your camera to rear curtain sync, so that the flash fires at the very end of the exposure, which gives you the detailed subject with the motion blur trailing.

Filed Under: Learn, Lighting Tagged With: blur, Broncolor, dance, how to, Lighting, motion

A Beginner’s Guide to Histograms

December 1, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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Histograms allow us to observe the graphical representation of our exposures. Most modern cameras are equipped with the ability to review the histogram and often place a live histogram on a camera’s display to help judge the exposure before we take a photo.

In this video from Karl Taylor, he walk through the basics of reading and using histograms to aid in exposure evaluation.

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: histogram, how to, Learn, Lighting

Atmosphere Aerosol Gives You Instant Haze for Making Light Rays

November 11, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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What makes a great backlight even better? How about some fog or haze? But what if there is no fog or haze at your location?

Fog and haze machines are awesome for creating rays of light in your images but they are not very portable. And that’s part of the motive behind Knoxville-based photographers Joe and Kathleen Atkins’ desire to put haze in a can. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lighting Tagged With: Atmosphere Aerosol, haze, light rays, Lighting

How to Shoot Engraved Glass in Studio with Strobes

October 26, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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In this video, Karl Taylor and Urs Recher walk us through shooting a glass with a design engraved on it. They mix soft and hard light to illuminate the glass and the engraving separately.

The main light was simply a softbox, but the light used to bring out the engraving was a Broncolor Picolite and a projection attachment.

Filed Under: Learn, Lighting Tagged With: Broncolor, how to, Learn, Lighting, Picolite

Capturing the Hottest Kiss in the World

October 11, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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Photographers Dallas Nagata White and Ed White hiked to a lava flow in Kalapana, Hawaii to capture some images with lava and the night sky in one image. When they arrived on location, it began to rain and they decided to try shooting with some speedlights instead.

After capturing some fantastic images of the group they hiked with as well as some “here’s me in front of lava photos” of themselves, Ed told Dallas they need one more and dipped her for the kiss shot.

[Dallas Nagata White via ISO1200]

Filed Under: Lighting Tagged With: Hawaii, lava, Lighting, speedlight

Natural Light Portrait Tips in Midday Sun

October 4, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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In this video, photographer Craig Beckta shows some different techniques for making photography work in harsh midday sun by using a basic 5-in-1 reflector, as well as a simple shoot-through umbrella.

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: Lighting, natural light, portrait

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