Shooting Small Object Still Life – set up and lighting tutorial
I am posting this for those wanting to try small object still life photography. This is just one of a multiplicity of ways to do so...
View ArticleContinuous vs Flash Lighting Flash Lighting in Fashion Photography… Part 4
Now that you have your light set up for the model and the reflection of the object on the background, it is time to determine the ambiance your wish to create. If you are looking for a more "Cinema...
View ArticleContinuous Lighting vs Flash Lighting in Fashion Photography… Part 5
In Part 4, we were left facing the subject, we had tested the light and had to determine the difference between the foreground and background intensity. You also had to decide how much of the principal...
View ArticleContinuous Lighting vs Flash Lighting in Fashion Photography… Part 6
In this section, we will discuss the importance of scale.
View ArticleContinuous Light vs Flash Lighting in Fashion Photography
Here is my new lighting tip about lighting your next fashion shoot - Continuous Light vs Flash Lighting in Fashion Photography
View ArticleWhy I HATE Ummm…brella Lighting
Why I HATE Ummm…brella Lighting… If you want to get me to fall asleep, just show me some images shot with umbrella lighting. Now I am not talking Richard Avedon, because Richard Avedon did a lot more...
View ArticleA Fashion Shoot in One Day The Process
I would like to describe the process of photo shoots that are done for either a magazine or advertising and what happens in the process
View ArticleBlade Runner Lighting… Sort Of
In the film Blade Runner, the lighting was strange and beautiful. It was also very challenging to the technicians. Making the actors look good under the type of lighting used was a real feat. Kino Flo...
View ArticleThe “Umbrella Light” Controversy
I never would have expected that sharing my "generalist" view of a photography lighting technique could cause such a stir. Now in reading many of the responses to my essay, it seems that I could...
View ArticleWhich Lens and Shooting Space is Required for a Fashion & Beauty Shoot? Part 2
Part 2: Beauty Doing Beauty shots is sometimes more akin to doing still life, as the lighting is over a much smaller area and thus may be approached differently than fashion. The modifiers used and the...
View ArticleThe “How Did You Do That?” Question
I am often asked the question, "How Did You Do That?" I could very simply answer the question which I often do and the results that person gets isn't what he/she was expecting. If I talk about post...
View ArticleBeauty Shoot for “Citizen K” Magazine “How Did I Do it?”
Beauty photography tutorial, Benjamin Kanarek shares a photography technique he used for his beauty editorial in Citizen K International
View ArticleA Prelude to a Discussion about Light, Darkness, Life, Death, Reincarnation...
Richard Avedon Parts 2 through 9 below Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light, Dark Dark, Light Light,...
View ArticleWhat Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light?...
I like to look at lighting in two ways. As sculpture or as painting. As sculpture when you start with an overall wash of light and like painting when you commence in complete darkness. It is for this...
View ArticleWhat Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light?...
When attempting to control lighting, it is important to decide which part of the subject area you wish to light or which sector will have a greater amount of light to draw the eye to. Now this can...
View ArticleWhat Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light?...
Or how I learned to play with glass, vases, plants and other stuff… I have for years pondered how to render 3 dimensions on to 2 dimensional walls and surfaces, or how to add greater topographical...
View ArticleWhat Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light?...
In this installment, I would like to discuss how to control your light with greater precision by mixing “Hollywood Grids” (Cookies) with either bare head flash units, snoots and honeycomb grids, for...
View ArticleWhat Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light?...
A very important aspect of choosing which part of the subject shall be hit by which type of light source is something I consider very closely when doing a selective lighting exercise in my shoots -...
View ArticleUnreal Jewels by Paris based Fashion Photographer Stéfan Bourson
Stéfan Bourson is a French, Paris based fashion photographer who has a masterful understanding of light as well as the control of studio lighting.
View ArticleModel Kayte Steinmetz in Nature Girl photographed by Bryan Benoit
Fashion Editorial -Nature Girl- with Model Kayte Steinmetz lensed by Fashion Photographer Bryan Benoit
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