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Gary Fong Shows Off Two New Lighting Accessories at WPPI
Photographer turned lighting accessory entrepreneur Gary Fong was showing off two of his new lighting products at the WPPI show in Las Vegas this week. The new accessories include the Lightbulb Adapter...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: Lighting Your Way Through A Wedding With Justin & Mary and...
Imagine this scenario: It’s your client’s wedding day and you show up to shoot getting-ready shots of the groom, only to discover the venue is a windowless church basement with no ambiance—just blank,...
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Wedding of The Week: A Forest in Lebanon, By Christophe Viseux
One of the things I love most about this weekly blog entry is that we get to bear witness to a diverse range of work and cultures from all over the world. This week, Paris-based documentary...
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Tips & Tricks: Justine Ungaro’s Mood Lighting
We asked our pal Justine Ungaro—who is constantly traveling to shoot high-end and celebrity weddings and portraits between her home in LA and internationally—to tell us how she gets such consistently...
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Tech Tuesday: Think Tank Photo’s Bring-Everything-but-the-Kitchen-Sink...
As someone for whom “packing light” is an oxymoron, Think Tank Photo’s Production Manager 40 rolling gear case makes my heart skip a beat. Designed to transport (or store) a full complement of lighting...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: Photographer Explains How To Light Outdoor Portraits...
On a recent trip to Hawaii, Miguel Quiles (who shoots head shots as well as wedding, portrait, fashion and beauty photography) set out to take portraits of family members in different kinds of tropical...
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Tech Tuesday: Small(er) Parabolics are Beautiful
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Think Tank Photo’s Production Manager 40 rolling gear case and how I am—for whatever reason—incapable of packing light. As an alternative to finding a case large...
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On Location with Jared Platt: Lighting Tips and More
One-light setup with the sunset acting as both backdrop and back light. All Photos © Jared Platt This Wednesday, October 22, Profoto presents “On Location with Jared Platt,” a free webinar for all...
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Tech Tuesday: Multi-Use Mylar Backdrop Transforms Room Into Studio
While tech editor Greg Scoblete is reporting on early Photo Plus Expo news—like the just announced Epson SureColor P600 inkjet printer—I thought I’d poke around and find something a little off the...
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Hello, TTL: Take Flawless Photos with Off-Camera Flash
By Amy Touchette Sponsored by PocketWizard Every photographer knows that it takes hard work, focus and discipline to push a passion, especially into a commercial enterprise. Developing a distinctive...
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Tech Tuesday: These LED Light Cubes Are Anything But Square
They may look a little like toys with their bright orange external bands but these LED Light Cubes are anything but childish. Fun, yes, but really impressive, too from its high speed 1/8000th second...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: Mark Seliger On a Shoot with Lenny Kravitz (And His...
Those of you who went to WPPI last year know that Mark Seliger, who was the keynote speaker, is one of the greatest contemporary masters of celebrity portrait photography. We featured him and his...
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Tech Tuesday: Profoto B1 Breaks the Speed Barrier
If you want to go where the action is but feel restricted by sync speeds, Profoto has the perfect solution for its B1 battery-powered, off-camera flash. After a quick teaser posted on its site that had...
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Tech Tuesday: A little Mecablitz for your Mirrorless Camera
Full size flash guns and mirrorless cameras often result in a cobbled-together look with a tipsy, top-heavy system. We’ve tried it and while this mismatched combo is functional, form and balance...
View ArticleHow Do You Light and Edit a Cinemagraph, Anyway? [Video of the Week]
Will cinemagraphs be all the rage this year? It might be too early to tell. They’re also known as “animated portraits,” and senior portrait/wedding photographer James Schmelzer calls them “living...
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Phottix Introduces Indra360 TTL at WPPI 2015
Phottix got a jump on the WPPI 2015 product news with the announcement of the new Indra360 TTL, a smaller, less powerful version of its Indra500 TTL introduced late last year. According to Phottix, the...
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Ice, Ice Baby: Westcott Intros Second Generation Ice Light at WPPI
FJ Wescott has introduced the second generation of its Ice Light LED light wand at the WPPI show. The Ice Light 2 is 50 percent brighter than the original with a total output of 1,740 lumens of...
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Profoto’s B2 Launches at WPPI—and We’ve Got Your Review
Profoto hit WPPI 2015 with a brand new flash, the B2, doubling down on the promise of greater mobility first introduced in the B1 but in a smaller, battery-powered device that can be used on or off...
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Twofer Tech Tuesday: Gargantuan Ring Light and Free Wedding Slideshow Effects!
What do a huge ring light and free wedding slideshow effects have to do with each other? Absolutely nothing other than they appeared on my newsfeed or email box in the past few days and I think they’re...
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Getting Blown Away (and Not in a Good Way)? Try This Grippable Reflector...
Anyone who has held a reflector on a windy day understands the challenges of aerodynamics all too well. If the wind is really whipping, it’s even more difficult to maneuver the reflector into position...
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