Using fill flash to improve your photos

Tweet Using Fill Flash To Improve Outdoor Photography I talked a little on using Fill flash for outdoor portraits a few weeks back with a example of how to use off camera lighting to fill in shadow areas of the image. Today I wanted to take a little bit of a step back and review [...]

What would you like to learn about lighting?

Tweet Awhile back we polled everyone on what some of your top things are you want to learn more about in 2011. There was a wide range of answers but the #1 thing people wanted to learn more about was lighting. For my own work I love to get creative with lighting and am happy [...]

Photo of the week – using off camera lighting

Tweet Sometimes I think as artists we want to create a totally original idea that is something so unique nobody has ever shot it. While I agree that we shouldn’t be strictly coping someone else’s work sometime it can be a great exercise to start with a shot you have seen that you really admire [...]

Creative off camera lighting

Tweet At every shoot I have I always try to do something different. Normally once the dancing has been going on for awhile its a perfect time to give the bride and groom a break and take them outside for a quick shoot. It also normally is nighttime so the perfect opportunity to get some [...]

Nighttime photography for weddings

Tweet As things are growing much quicker than I ever imagined with this website one thing I am going to do is set a weekly schedule for posts. More to come on this later but it will give you all a great way to know what is coming on certain days of the week. I [...]

Backlighting for indoor portraits

Tweet One type of light I am always looking for when photographing brides is a nice source of backlight. Normally if they are getting ready in a hotel there is always a nice big window in the room that I can use for some really beautiful bridal images. Why do I love backlit images? Mainly [...]

Lighting – Keep it simple

Tweet Sometimes I think people can get way too caught up with the gear of photography. When you start getting into lighting you can really start getting gear crazy, you want multiple lights, radio slaves, light modifiers, etc…. Sometimes though keeping your lighting ultra simple can be your best bet and still allow you to [...]

High speed sync

Tweet Shooting a lot of wedding and portraits on location I am constantly battling the full day sun and trying to get creative with lighting during some of these harsh shooting conditions. One bummer about flash is that you normally end up shooting with a aperture that is f/8 or higher because of the shutter [...]

Hollywood lighting

Tweet Ruth Wylie- Hollywood lighting., originally uploaded by FlyWheel Photography. I know some photographers who think that some of the classic photography from years past is dated and boring. Photographers today want that ultra sexy, hot and contemporary shot that just knocks everyone’s socks off. But just like with anything we can always learn a [...]

Off camera lighting for weddings

Tweet Sometimes I love shooting a bride and groom at night. When you get to use all artificial light, you can get get so creative and really have some fun with the shoot. Sometimes when photographing a wedding you always don’t have a lot of time set aside to shoot images of the bride and [...]

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