How To Manage Digital Photography Lighting

Photography blends science with art. The photographer is the artist who engraves his creation with light and shade. Science has gifted the artist a technically advanced digital camera for him to captivate life with it. But he must know to decipher the codes of light

And, Let There Be Light... 

Capturing the Storm

I have learned that lightning photography is part skill, part luck and as you mostly have to shoot outdoors a lot of risk!

Firstly you have to wait for the right storm, one that allows you to take her photo and doesn't decide to wipe you and your equipment out. I am not a storm chaser as such but when the opportunity presents itself I certainly do try to take advantage of the moment without getting fried in the process!!

Understanding Light Modifier; Beauty Dish, Softbox, Naked flash, Umbrella shoot-through / reflective

This is a demonstration of a bunch of different types of photographic studio light modifiers. Examples with Studio Strobes and flash / speedlights. The goal here is to help you understand the differences and similarities of different studio light modifiers before you go buy them.

Shots done using a single light; an alien bee B800. Shot using the Sony Alpha a77 with the Carl Zeiss 24-70 f2.8 lens. Flash Triggered using the cowboy studio radio trigger.

Beauty Dish, Soft-box, Naked flash, shoot through Umbrella, and reflective umbrella are all shown here.

Understanding the Beauty Dish

This video will help you understand the many uses of the Beauty Dish.

How To Use A Reflector In Outdoor Photography

This is a quick video blog by Greg Helton Photography showing how to use a reflector along side natural light to get natural looking portraits.

www.GregHeltonPhotography.com

Outdoor Portrait Photography

How to photograph Shiny Reflective Objects Silver Chrome Met

Learn How to Shoot Silver and other Highly Reflective Objects.

Product Photography Tutorial

Product photography tutorial presented by Gavin Hoey showing the high power tabletop lighting kit from smick.co.uk shows how to take pictures on whit and black backgrounds using home made lighting table.

Backlighting for Food photography

Tutorial and Diagram of backlighting for food photography

Beach Pinups: A Strobist Tutorial

Another Behind the Scenes Video and Beginners Strobist Tutorial by conceptual photographer and cinematographer, Ben Sant of BTS Photography. This video discusses balancing off camera lighting with the available ambient light on a beach front as the sun goes down. Learn tips and tricks in location lighting as well as see some eye catching images of a retro swimwear pinup theme.

Marie Antoinette: A Strobist Tutorial

Go behind the scenes with conceptual photographer Ben Sant of BTS Photography as we take on a Marie Antoinette themed portrait session. Learn and discuss lighting techniques in an open shade and full sun lit day. See more at http://www.BTSphotography.com and http://www.kaptainkieodie.com

 

Direct and Indirect Light

Posted by David Peterson on 16 Feb 2012 as Tips

 

 There are two types of light in this world; direct light and indirect light. Each of them serves a unique purpose in photography, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. Direct light is straight on, sometimes harsh and sometimes warm and colorful. For example, without direct light, the image to the right wouldn’t be nearly as colorful. Indirect light comes from all sides and completely illuminates your subject. Let’s take a moment and consider how each might be useful in your own photography.

Splash Photography Technique - No Flash needed

We Highly recommend this resource to any photographer who needs to master splash photography technique

Single Light Photography

Trying to work with too many lights can somethimes cause big headaches. In this episode of "Hough To" Christian downsizes and demonstrates some different creative techniques using simple one light set ups. Using only one light is a breeze... change position, meter, shoot - Once you have tried it you'll be hooked!

photography tips and techniques: 3 point lighting

Basic studio lighting

Photography Techniques : Fashion Photography Lighting Techniques

Fashion photography has its own set of rules when it comes to lighting. Learn about fashion photography lighting techniques with help from an award winning photographer in this free video clip.

Studio lighting Portrait photography tutorial

Using 120cm octagonal softbox Gavin Hoey shows how by just using this one softbox and a 400Ws studio flash head for his studio lighting setup to produce some quality portraits. Live action show shows how Gavin uses several different lighting setups and shows you just how to produce quality results in a simple to understand way.

How to Shoot Fireworks

This is a quick into into getting great fireworks images. It assumes you have a basic knowledge of SLR photography and are comfortable with trying new skills. 2 quick things I wanted to add: 1. Set your focus to "infinity" and turn your lens switch to "off" and second, if you can get a remote, that would be even more helpful when shooting in "bulb".

How To Take a Photo of a Water Drop

Tutorial Video: How to take a photo of a water drop.You will need flash (speedlite), macro lens, tripot, and trigger system.

Creating high key lighting photography easily

Here is a simple video on how to make "high-key lighting effect"
that can be done with simple lighting.
So you can take pictures anywhere: