by Donald Giannatti | Dec 20, 2008 | LE News and Info
Today’s tech sheet looks at using two speedlights for a dramatic headshot. We aren’t doing anything really special, although I did modify a Gary Fong diffuser to give me a round light instead of the oblong/square light that a normal speedlight gives off. I...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 17, 2008 | LE News and Info
Well this one is kind of fun. I found this in the archive box and remembered that it was a kinda fun little slide show. This “soundslide” offers a look into how I took a single lighting setup and shot it two ways. I use a big softbox often when I am...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 16, 2008 | LE News and Info
Well, as the year grows to a close, I am happy to see so many wonderful images in the Lighting Essentials Flickr Pool. I went through the last 10 pages or so last night and found these excellent examples of using light to make a shot more interesting. They are all...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 14, 2008 | LE News and Info
Photographers in Phoenix like dramatic skies. We get so many days in a row of bright, blue that when it gets dark and moody up there some of us grab cameras. My friends Jim Vigileos and Jerry OConnor did that recently and along the way they grabbed Christina to add to...
by Donald Giannatti | Dec 8, 2008 | LE News and Info
‘ Britney Spears “Kill the Lights! Don’t be scared, make a move, see me now” A model has a role in lighting? What? Unheard of? Crazy? Not so much. A model has to do more than smile prettily and pose, she has to be aware of her environment, from...