Taking portrait indoors can be challenging, especially when it comes to lighting. But whether you’re shooting with studio strobes, speedlights, continuous lights, or simply available light, these lessons provide step-by-step instruction on how to bring your indoor portraiture to the next level.
Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
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In this lesson, Ian Spanier shows how adding something as simple as a Photoflex WhiteDome to an overhead light, even when used on a white set, can make a subtle,...
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This is the second of a two-part beauty lesson. To see the first part, click here.
More Drama
After finishing with the first model, I decided to take my approach...
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With beauty shots, there are often limiting factors one has to work with, including constrained composition, precision lighting, and minimal background elements. Pro Showcase photographer Laura Tillinghast is quite mindful...
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Using Constant Lighting for Stills and Video from Photoflex, Inc. on Vimeo.
Why Continuous Lights?
Continuous lights can often be dismissed as outdated equipment in the photographic world,...
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Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
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Recently, Pro Showcase Photographers Alycia White and Benjamin Edwards teamed up to produce a lesson and video on some simple-yet-powerful indoor and outdoor lighting techniques. Alycia shot indoors, while...
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When it comes to illustrating lighting tips and techniques, we at PhotoflexLightingSchool® like to challenge ourselves by honing the elements down to their most basic parts. It's important...
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Noted editorial photographer Ian Spanier takes photos that tell a story. Whether he’s shooting images of celebrities, fitness models or doing a portrait, he crafts the shot so...
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“Put on your safety goggles,” says Val, “there’s gonna be some glowing hot stuff flyin’ around in about ten seconds.”
Valerio Valera is...
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A funny thing regularly happens when we at Photoflex® hold lighting seminars or demonstrations and we're able to display the (before and after) "result" images on a large...
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What's the difference between a good baby portrait and a great baby portrait? Well, the answer is debatable, but most professional photographers would probably agree it all comes down...
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Woody Guthrie once said with respect to crafting songs, "If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."
Similar could be said of how many lights a photographer...
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In this lesson, Blair Bunting demonstrates how to use an extra small OctoDome® to get the look of an expensive ring light. Ring lights create a soft shadow around...
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Featuring the affordable Extra Small Wireless Kit, this lesson demonstrates some basic strategies for getting your young, restless subject to interact naturally with the camera. As well as some techniques...
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Italian Pro Showcase photographer Roberto Insalata provides insight on his recipe for captivating beauty shots.
My Approach
This may sound strange, but when I photograph a person or an object,...
Continue Reading...
This is the second of a two-part beauty lesson. To see the first part, click here.
More Drama
After finishing with the first model, I decided to take my approach...
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With beauty shots, there are often limiting factors one has to work with, including constrained composition, precision lighting, and minimal background elements. Pro Showcase photographer Laura Tillinghast is quite mindful...
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Jay P. Morgan travels to Boston for a photo-shoot aboard the oldest working ship in the US Navy, the USS Constitution. Which meant that he needed to use portable, lightweight, dependable lighting gear. Watch this video to see how he makes excellent use of the Photoflex TritonFlash Kit! Continue Reading...
My name is David Hou and I am an advertisement photographer from Toronto, Canada. Some of my most exciting assignments involve photographing dancers and actors for theatre show advertisement. Often,...
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In this lesson, David Cross explores areas in his region that tend to go unnoticed by the locals. One of his goals in this lesson was to use an overlooked...
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To make a visually stunning rock band image, Kevin Kubota was ready with a plan, a location, and the right gear. Working with the band Lyible, from Bend, Oregon, Kevin...
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Prepare for an interesting journey into the past using a brand new piece of lighting equipment. In this brief lesson, Jeffery Jay Luhn uses Bare Bulb technique with the newly...
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60 minutes for a photo-shoot that includes shots of the lighting setup isn’t a lot of time. But it’s a realistic benchmark for thousands of photographers who...
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In this lesson, Michael Corsentino taps into the power of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography and combines it with the technique of background dropout to create a dramatic sports portrait.
...
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Every year the OctoDome® series of modifiers is used in hundreds of thousands of fashion shoots, editorial spreads, wedding photos, and portraits. It’s impossible to recognize what...
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“Put on your safety goggles,” says Val, “there’s gonna be some glowing hot stuff flyin’ around in about ten seconds.”
Valerio Valera is...
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In this lesson, fine-art photographer Miss Aniela demonstrates how to create compelling fashion portraits using flash on location. This shoot took place in an abandoned building in Kent, England, with...
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In this lesson, Ian Spanier shows how adding something as simple as a Photoflex WhiteDome to an overhead light, even when used on a white set, can make a subtle,...
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This is the second of a two-part beauty lesson. To see the first part, click here.
More Drama
After finishing with the first model, I decided to take my approach...
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With beauty shots, there are often limiting factors one has to work with, including constrained composition, precision lighting, and minimal background elements. Pro Showcase photographer Laura Tillinghast is quite mindful...
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In portrait and fashion photography, it's important to direct the light. And for beauty shots, it's often important to create symmetrical lighting. For this shoot, German...
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You don't have to own a photo studio or break the bank in order to create beautiful full-length portraits. Some of the most arresting indoor portraits can be made...
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This lesson demonstrates how to prepare a very simple portrait lighting set-up on location and make it look as though it was shot in the studio. Here, our subject was...
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An indoor family portrait can be a very challenging photographic assignment, and much of your success will depend on your lighting conditions. Indoor lighting is often relatively dark and uneven,...
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Want to plan a portrait session at home but don't know where to begin with lighting? Coming away with professional-level results is easier than you might think!
In this...
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Full-length studio portraits can be complex and daunting for even the most experienced photographer. It's not unusual for a photographer to get caught up trying to implement various lighting...
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To make a visually stunning rock band image, Kevin Kubota was ready with a plan, a location, and the right gear. Working with the band Lyible, from Bend, Oregon, Kevin...
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Photographers are often required to produce photos with pure white backgrounds for many purposes: Fashion catalogs, product pages on websites, book illustrations, scientific and industrial uses, etc. Art directors call...
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A skilled wedding photographer knows how to create images that the bride and groom will treasure for years to come. And much of that knowledge concerns lighting. The more comfortable...
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The more lights you have in your studio, the greater the variety of lighting setups you can achieve. Studio lighting is often improved by subtle positional changes, as well as...
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Most commercial photographers are familiar with the elegant results of shooting products on black glass, but because of cost and the dangers of breaking large sheets of glass, the technique...
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Ever wonder how some photographers are able to render vivid colors of ordinary scenes? If you're thinking it's all in the camera, well, mostly it isn't.
Color,...
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New York photographer Ian Spanier shot the images for this lesson at the Riverview Manor Firehouse in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York using members of Engine 46 as his models. These portraits -...
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When it comes to merging two separate images together for seamless results, consistent lighting is key. You may be a wiz at digital manipulation, but if the lighting elements in...
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Paul Markow has been shooting professionally for over 30 years. He considers himself very lucky to work at a creative job that most people only dream of doing. Paul is home...
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Simple is good. Paul Markow shows us why as he revisits classic high key lighting reminiscent of Irving Penn’s series of Vogue Magazine covers from 1943.
The technique looks...
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Lighting is a game of angles – angles of incidence, angles of reflectance – it’s a bank shot on a billiards table where light is the photographer...
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In this lesson, Michael Corsentino taps into the power of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography and combines it with the technique of background dropout to create a dramatic sports portrait.
...
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For thirty years, Mark Rockwood has worked as a highly sought-after commercial photographer for local and national accounts that include L.L. Bean and Brookstone. But his fine art photography...
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Using Constant Lighting for Stills and Video from Photoflex, Inc. on Vimeo.
Why Continuous Lights?
Continuous lights can often be dismissed as outdated equipment in the photographic world,...
Continue Reading...
Recently, Pro Showcase Photographers Alycia White and Benjamin Edwards teamed up to produce a lesson and video on some simple-yet-powerful indoor and outdoor lighting techniques. Alycia shot indoors, while...
Continue Reading...
Creating a sense of drama in a portrait does not need be a difficult task as long as you employ the right tools and techniques. As opposed to the traditional...
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In this lesson, we wanted to show how to set up and shoot the perfect portrait every time.
With a few simple tips and tricks, you can rig your portrait...
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With the recent advent of HD video functionality in SLR cameras, photographers are now able to shoot stills and video, all with the same camera! And just as with still...
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The basics of portrait photography could fill volumes. We have chosen to concentrate on the application of two three-foot OctoDome nxts for this basic two-light portrait. We will also introduce...
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Traditional photography portraiture has long included umbrellas as light sources. These simple, effective reflectors significantly improve the quality and size of light coming from an 8" reflector.
In this lesson we...
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Have you ever envisioned a portrait in your mind and set out to create that image and mood through photographic means? If so, you no doubt have encountered the task...
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Creating a dramatic portrait can be a very simple task when you use the right tools. In many cases shooting a portrait with drama can be much easier than a...
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Chances are, if you're handy with a camera, you've been asked the following question: "I need a photo for my passport. Can you take it for me?" And...
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There's a lot of great things to be said about Photoflex, a company that has now been in business for over 25 years. It's comprised of people who are...
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With so many types of lighting sources on the market today, countless photographers find themselves challenged with keeping their images properly color balanced.
This lesson illustrates appropriate use and function...
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A frequent assignment for a portrait photographer is the headshot, or head-and-shoulders shot, for a model or a businessperson's portfolio. This lesson illustrates a few tips about lighting for...
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During this holiday season, why not take advantage of the fact that you'll be indoors with family and friends by shooting some nice portraits? Even if you're...
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Ever wonder how those glamorous studio fashion shots are made? How the photographer is able to guide and capture the necessary elements - the model's pose, the lighting, the...
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With the recent advent of HD video functionality in SLR cameras, photographers are now able to shoot stills and video, all with the same camera! And just as with still...
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Welcome to the digital age where even modest digital cameras can produce high quality images. Now anyone can take beautiful photographs and videos under any lighting conditions, right? Well, not...
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One of photographer Patrick Hall's favorite things about living in Charleston, South Carolina is being close to the ocean. He loves being in and around the water, and although...
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Now that the kids are back in school again, what better way to get great indoor portraits of your young student than with the Photoflex First Studio Portrait Kit.
With...
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Simple continuous lighting can produce beautiful results for many types of portraiture. But simply having good lighting tools can only get you so far. Knowing how to position them and...
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If you want to shoot indoor studio portraits but have never done it before, one of the major challenges you’ll face is creating and controlling your lighting. When...
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There are basically two types of lighting you can use when it comes to still photography: strobe/flash lighting and continuous/available lighting.
Strobes or camera flashes produce daylight-balanced lighting,...
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With the recent advent of HD video functionality in SLR cameras, photographers are now able to shoot stills and video, all with the same camera! And just as with still...
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This is the second of a two-part beauty lesson. To see the first part, click here.
More Drama
After finishing with the first model, I decided to take my approach...
Continue Reading...
