Using Off Camera Lighting For Portraits

Last week I asked everyone on Twitter and Facebook what some things are that you would like to learn to improve your photography. The most common answer was lighting which was awesome for me to hear since I love off camera lighting and was just thinking of creating more posts about creative lighting. I have [...]

Using Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)

We did a post a little while back about using exposure compensation with flash. Exposure compensation can be a great way to use flash during the day and make the background a few stops lighter than the subject. I love to use this with weddings to make my subject really stand out. But what if [...]

An Intro To Off Camera Lighting

An Introduction to using off camera lighting If you have followed this site for awhile you know how much of a fan I am of off camera lighting. I really do hate to place my flash on camera and will only do so in certain situations where I am moving around a lot (like covering [...]

Creating portraits at sunset

One of the most beautiful types of light that I love to photograph portraits during is sunsets. The amazing colors in the sky and the way that clouds just soak up the array of colors is always inspiring to me. And although the sunset on its own is beautiful I love to photograph portraits when [...]

What would you like to learn about lighting?

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 to [...]

Photo of the week – using off camera lighting

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 and [...]

Amazing strobist photos – rocking off camera lighting

For those of you who don’t know what “Strobist” refers to you have to check out http://strobist.blogspot.com, a great resource for lighting. Strobist basically refers to using small flashes off camera to create amazing images. Sometimes people think to get great lighting you need tons of gear and a huge, expensive setup but that’s really [...]

Using off camera lighting for wedding photography

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 do by [...]