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Occasionally you may have a situation where you have to do a lot of images in a very short amount of time. These kinds of gigs can be a little disconcerting if you over think them and get caught in a web of setting up and production as time slips ever so quickly by. I...
The First Assignment: Pitfalls and Opportunities
Every photographer has a first assignment. There simply has to be one. The culmination of lots of hard work, a great portfolio and perhaps a little luck and there it is... a job. The first assignments can be very stressful or they can be a thrilling moment in the...
Tech Sheet – 12/19/08: Two Bare Speedlights for Drama
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 wanted to...
One Setup, Two Different Shots (from the Archives)
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 working with...
25 Excellent Images From the LE Pool
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...
ON LOCATION: with Jerry OConnor, Jim Vigileos and Christina
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...