Speedlights are a great lighting solution for portability. Much less power than studio strobes and no modeling lamp to see where the light is falling on your subject can make them difficult to use especially for a new photographer. In this video, “Lighting a Portrait with a...

Creating a pure black background isn’t difficult once you learn these simple techniques. Photographing on a black background doesn’t guarantee it will photograph as a pure black background. To achieve a true black background, we need to shield it from light. Here’s how a faster...

The Luxli Fiddle Pocket is a small, powerful light that can be used for both portraits and video. I chose to test it out for some still life photos. I also used the flashing red and blue strobe — simulating a police light — to prank my son … but that’s a...

Luck. We’ve all heard or seen the quote from Thomas Jefferson: ” I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” A good friend of mine kind of gave me a backhanded compliment the other day. You know the kind …”I’m a...