Articles on Lighting in Photography
Read more photographic Articles on Lighting in Photography. Articles provided by Professional Imagemaker magazine, a publication for photographers who are members of the Societies.
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- Master of Light Tony Corbell FSWPP
- The Fine Art of Lighting and Hiring
- Lighting for digital Dave Montizambert – Faking It
Most studio photographers buy backgrounds for what they are and not for what they could be
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Lighting for digital: Part 16
What do weddings, wars, and sunsets have in common? Fleeting moments. And for photographers, these offer some of the most stressful conditions to shoot under. Now shooting sunsets is no big deal, but if that sunset is a key component of a shoot that involves a subject that needs to be professionally lit, it is right up there with weddings and wars.
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Soft Retro Lighting
Photography as a medium went through some astounding changes in the 1950s. Studio strobes were more commonplace, although rather dangerous, and softer light began to replace the harder light popular in previous decades.
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Lighting for
digital - Dave Montizambert looks at automation and naps
After spending a whole day lighting and shooting probably the last thing your poor aching mind and body wants to do is sit down to a computer and process the day’s RAW captures.
- HiLite
Illuminated Background Review
High key photography has always been a challenge to photographers wanting to work away from their studios. The Lastolite portable HiLite Illuminated Background system gives photographers that flexibility and easy of use
- Lastolite
TriGrip Reflectors Review
This versatile product from Lastolite features ease of use for the photographer who wishes to push light towards their subjects.
- Lastolite EzyBox Review
Harsh light from a direct portable battery flash is now something from the past with Lastolite’s EzyBox
- Light Modifiers
for Flashguns
One of the great challenges in using small, portable flashguns on any assignment is trying to replicate similar results to those expected in the studio with their much larger counterparts. As a wedding photographer, I generally try to work almost exclusively with the available light and rarely resort to flash or reflectors.
- Putting the Devil into
your Shadows
When lighting a subject for digital, should one brighten the shadows more than required and then darken those shadows during processing to ensure that the best shadow information is captured?
- Slick & Sexy - Dave Montizambert makes a BIG light
When a private collector of classic automobiles asked me to shoot his Austin Healy 3000 Mk III for an automobile art poster I was pretty excited. I was not just excited at getting to shoot such a beautiful car, but was excited because he asked for an art shot that would capture the emotion rather than the car, in other words, photograph the sizzle not the steak.
- MIKE WILLIAMS on Portraiture Lighting
One of the most important skills that we as photographers must learn is the ‘Seeing and Controlling of Light’. From the tuition days I run at my studio and talks I given at conventions I am finding that more and more “photographers” (People who Paint with Light) just do not know, or understand, what to do when setting up portrait lighting.
- Adding
Off-Camera Flash to your Outdoor Portraits
A nice place to photograph, a nice background, but the light is flat. It’s coming in from everywhere. Notice the dark eyes and lack of direction. Not a bad image, but it could be much better.
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Digital Directions Power Profiles
It has now happened that some students in my seminars have NEVER used film. Yes, never! Wow, we have come down a long awkward trail to what I believe is equipment that is now much better than we are, and we are now experiencing new levels of control and creativity.
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Lighting for Digital 2
The first step to lighting for digital is, understanding the lost art of metering. Let’s start off with a look at basic metering for those of you who never did learn and for those of you who have forgotten.
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Lighting for Digital 3
My last article ended with a real “Who killed J.R.?” cliff-hanger – “What exactly is middle grey and how does it function within digital?” To answer those questions we need to look back into photographic history.
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Lighting for Digital 4
The other day Penelope Cruz stopped by my place to pick up a few things she had left behind from her last visit.
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Lighting for Digital 5
We’ve heard it a million times and here it is one more time: Ansel Adams' golden rule for optimum capture in his B&W Zone System is, 'Expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights'.
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