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7 Reasons You Should Use a Handheld Light Meter
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 20, 2022  | 

Modern cameras have excellent AE (Automatic Exposure) features, so users can get great shots without thinking much about what’s happening under the hood. The light meter, of course, is built-in and somewhat autocratic—and therein lies the rub.

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A Model Portfolio Made Easy
Lighting Basics Using BKAs LancerLight Series AC DC Lights
Ingrid S. Krampe  |  Apr 01, 2003  | 

A Model Portfolio, Made Easy

When Cassandra Hunter, an aspiring model, came to me to commission a variety of location and studio images for her portfolio, it seemed like a good opportunity to review some basic lighting principles...

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Add A Little Light; Flash Tips For Digital Photographers
Peter K. Burian  |  Jan 01, 2005  | 

All Photos © 2004, Peter K. Burian, All Rights Reserved

"This excerpt was taken from Mastering Digital Photography and Imaging © 2003, SYBEX Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved."

Flash has come a long way from the old days when photographers were required to make complex calculations to get a good flash exposure. Almost all digital cameras...

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After Dark
What To Do When The Light Runs Out
Roger W. Hicks  |  May 01, 2002  | 

Where are alternatives to
on-camera flash. Understanding this is one of the defining moments in
most photographers' progress. Up to a certain point, you just turn on
the flash, or shrug and say, "There isn't enough light." Then, one day--like
a...

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All About Light
Eight Simple Tricks For Unique Effects
Jay Abend  |  Nov 01, 1999  | 

Photography is all about capturing the effects of light on people, places, and things. Pro photographers are usually entrusted by their clients to find the beautiful light and capture it, or create that light where needed. For photographers like me...

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Anything But Front Light
Use Side And Backlighting To Enhance Your Travel Photos
Dave Howard  |  Nov 01, 2001  | 

I'm always amazed when non-photographer friends and neighbors show me their vacation pictures. Endless, bland, front-lit building facades, along with seemingly interminable shots of the kids and relatives squinting into the sun. A hundred...

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Available Light Portraits
10 Secrets To Photographing People Using Minimum Equipment
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2001  | 

It should come as no surprise to you to discover that there are few--maybe no--real secrets in photography. Instead, what you find are informed opinions based on experience blended with some stylistic preferences. The recipe for producing...

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Beating Flare
On The Road Or In The Studio
Jay Abend  |  Aug 01, 1999  | 

Flare is one of those nagging photography issues that you always think you have control over, till it bites you on an important shoot. Flare, more properly referred to as veiling glare, is the haze that covers all or part of your image when extraneous...

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Big Difference; When Everyone Else Was Switching To Digital, Andrew Kornylak Was Hauling Medium Format Up The Mountain
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 01, 2006  | 

In most cases when we talk to climbers who photograph or photographers who climb, we start out by asking which came first, the climbing or the photography. About 75 percent answer the former. Then we ask why they climb. The answer is usually some variation of "it's a thrill." And then, why they photograph, which brings a variation of "to capture the...

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Bogen Flies High On Wings Of Smithsonian
New Air And Space Museum Is Now Shown In The Right Light--For All To See
Jack Neubart  |  May 01, 2004  | 

Well-grounded in the photo biz as one of its premier suppliers of photo gear, New Jersey-based Bogen Imaging Inc. (www.bogenimaging.us), formerly Bogen Photo Corp., lent its support to--and you might...

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Bounce Flash: Indirect Lighting For Softer Effects
Jim Zuckerman  |  Feb 24, 2014  | 

On-camera flash is convenient and very fast to use, but it’s not a flattering type of light. It’s a flat type of lighting with seemingly no depth, it creates unattractive shadows, and any surface that has sheen to it will reflect the light back into the lens.

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Breaking The Rules
Fresh Techniques For People Photography
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2000  | 

If you still think of portraits in terms of main light, fill light, and key light, I think you're missing out on some fresh and exciting techniques. While the classic studio portrait is still practiced by lots of amateurs and practically every...

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Bright Ideas: How Alexis Cuarezma Creates Dramatic Images Through Clever Lighting Setups
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Sep 23, 2016  | 

The imaginative, dramatic photographs of Alexis Cuarezma showcase the skills of an imaginative master of dramatic lighting.

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Buying Your First Flash
If The Shoe Mount Fits, Wear It
Jack Neubart  |  Oct 01, 2002  | 

You can go your entire life using a 35mm SLR and its built-in flash without ever buying an accessory electronic flash unit. If you don't mind compromise. The built-in flash takes fairly long to recycle and may not be ready when you are...

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Close-Up Lighting, Soft And Easy; Adapting Light To Macro Photography
Robert E. Mayer  |  Oct 01, 2006  | 

Taking good close-up pictures of most any small subject a foot or less away from the lens is relatively easy these days, what with the macro-focusing capability found on some zoom lenses. That's no problem when you use available light. But what happens when you want or need to add auxiliary light to the scene? The tiny flash built into many current SLR cameras is designed to...

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