Simple Setups For Dramatic Lighting

Making dramatic headshots isn’t hard if you know some simple tricks & have a light… or 2. This video tutorial starts with a simple one umbrella and fill card headshot. I consider it a classic glamour look with flat light and dramatic fall off on the...

January 11, Raymond Prax Shoot

A tunnel, a model, 4 lights and a creative photographer… That’s a great combination. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnkD1Co3CtI] Ray and Megan often shoot together. Megan is a wonderful photographer as well. They conspired to creates something fun...

Umbrella Basics

Basic Umbrellas Part One Umbrellas are a staple of the lighting arsenal. You can certainly see them in use more and more as they regain some respect after the decades of SoftBox as king. I love umbrellas and have quite an assortment of them. Umbrellas come in...

A Beauty Dish and Cheyenne

A beauty dish is one of the most fun, and unique light modifiers for people shooters. It’s very ‘poppy’ light, combined with a focused throw of light makes it ideal when you want to create a definite direction to the lighting. Most beauty dishes are...