Using the sun as a backlight

One tempting thing when shooting portraits around sunset is to have your subjects basking in that beautiful golden sunlight. One thing that I just love to do with portraits is turn the couple around and shoot right into the sun using it as a backlight. Then there are a few different things [...]

Amazing photos of the northern lights

Photos of the Northern Lights have always inspired me. It is one thing that I have never shot but definitely on my list of things to do one day! The movement of the light and color are just fascinating and there are so many amazing images out there of this very cool part [...]

15 amazing long exposure photographs

Our most popular post last month by far was 10 really cool examples of long exposure photography. Leaving your shutter open for sometimes a few seconds or hours can do some very interesting things to your images. I have always thought one of the coolest parts about long exposure photography is you never [...]

Photo of the week 2-1-2010

Our photo of the week this week is a reader submitted image. Thanks to Brandt Steinhauser for sharing your work! It’s an HDR image (high dynamic range) and for those of you who don’t know about HDR it is basically a way of allowing a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest [...]

Photo of the week 1-26-10

Most of my favorite shots usually revolve around one of two things: 1) Capturing the moment and the raw essence of someone 2) Light, light, light. There are so many beautiful characteristics of light, from morning to evening light and even artificial light. When at a shoot I sometimes get captivated by [...]

10 great examples of Light painting photography

As a follow up to the article we did on “Long exposure photos“, I wanted to share some awesome examples of light painting. Light painting is the process of leaving your shutter open for a long period of time and “painting” in what you want to expose with a light (can be as simple [...]

Using video lights for creative photography

I mentioned awhile back how the first dance and some of the dancing at a wedding as one of my favorite times to shoot (creative wedding reception lighting article here). The reason is with a nice dark dance floor is the the perfect opportunity to get creative with lighting. One thing that I [...]

Awesome example of light painting and portrait

The couple, originally uploaded by AndWhyNot.

This is such a great portrait that I came across on Flickr awhile back. I think its a great example of a really unique portrait that combines a lot of perfect lighting skills. This was taken with a camera mounted on the cars hood as the car was [...]

Ways to make your holiday photos sparkle

With Christmas coming up soon there are so many great photo opportunities. From capturing images of family together, children playing there are so many great photo opps during the holidays. One really fun thing to shoot are some of the details that surround you; The Christmas tree, lights outside, winter wonderland decorations everywhere [...]

Photo of the week 12-21-09

The photo of the week this week is another off camera lighting example. So many times when shooting weddings you don’t have the time to get all of the shots you would like of the bride and groom during the day. At night there can be so many really creative things you can [...]

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