Learn about Lighting

What kind of lighting equipment do you need for your photography? Read these guides to lights, reflectors, and other types of lighting equipment.
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  1. How to Use Your Smartphone as a Light Meter

    How to Use Your Smartphone as a Light Meter

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    A smartphone is a powerful tool for any photographer, whether you’re using it to take pictures or make shoots easier. There are countless different apps that...

  2. Introduction to LED Panels for Photography and Video

    Introduction to LED Panels for Photography and Video

    Tutorial • Beginner

    After a recent article centered on the use of cheap LED bulbs for Photography and Video, it makes complete sense to look at LED panels used in the same...

  3. Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

    Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

    Tutorial • Beginner

    A simple three-point light kit is the most popular lighting setup for creative professionals of all fields. Learn the basics of how to use three point...

  4. A Guide to Using Consumer LED Bulbs for Photography and Video

    A Guide to Using Consumer LED Bulbs for Photography and Video

    Tutorial • Beginner

    LED lights are rapidly being adopted and will become mainstream in households, meaning you are going to use LEDs for your indoor photography and videography....

  5. Radio Triggers for All! Take Creative Control of Your Lighting

    Radio Triggers for All! Take Creative Control of Your Lighting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    If you're just starting out with flash photography and you want to up your game, the fastest and easiest way to improve your lighting is to move your flash...

  6. New Course: Photo and Video Gear Hacks

    New Course: Photo and Video Gear Hacks

    Tutorial • Beginner

    No matter how sophisticated your equipment, no kit can handle every sticky situation, hazardous environment, or demanding shoot you put it through. In our...

  7. Create a Surreal Miniature Portrait: The Shoot

    Create a Surreal Miniature Portrait: The Shoot

    Tutorial • Advanced

    In this tutorial, you will be learning how to create a surrealistic portrait with extreme proportions. I'll run you through how to setup and capture the...

  8. 10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Camera

    10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Camera

    Tutorial • Beginner

    As digital SLR cameras become more and more popular, features that used to reserved for professionals are now available to everyone. More and more technology...

  9. Making Photos That Look Like They Were Shot at Night

    Making Photos That Look Like They Were Shot at Night

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Creating a photo that looks like it was shot at night can be difficult. In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look a creating some images that appear as...

  10. Using Flashes to Create Light That Looks Natural

    Using Flashes to Create Light That Looks Natural

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Back in college, I was taught there were two ways to light a subject with strobes or flashes. You can make the light part of the story of the image, showing...

  11. Smoke and Mirrors: Boosting Your Strobe Count on the Cheap

    Smoke and Mirrors: Boosting Your Strobe Count on the Cheap

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Not all that long ago, I was in the unenviable position of having only a camera, lens and flash. While the popularity of one-light tutorials and DVDs...

  12. Quick Tip: Choosing Ambient Lighting for Your Workspaces

    Quick Tip: Choosing Ambient Lighting for Your Workspaces

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Lighting is important for actual image making itself, but what about the rest of the process? For the final images to look right, all the pieces of the...

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