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Light Moves: Walkabout: Dave Black's Lightpainting Methods
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jul 25, 2012  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2012  | 

The intriguing thing about lightpainting is you never know exactly what you’re going to get. And whatever you get, you won’t get it again. That’s part of the technique’s appeal: you’re creating a one-of-a-kind photograph.

 

Simply, a lightpainting photo is an image made with a handheld, constant light source in a dark room or environment. The camera’s sensor captures only what you choose to illuminate. Lightpainting images can range from relatively simple to fairly complicated. Striking photos can be created indoors with nothing more than a still life subject, a tabletop to put it on, and a small LED penlight to light it. Or you can think big: how about a mega-powerful spotlight illuminating prairie land in the Grand Tetons or a mesa in Monument Valley?

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Light Painting Tips: How to Use Digital Tools to Breathe New Life into Old Lighting Techniques
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 11, 2017  | 

I’ve known John Hartman for many years. He is regarded in the industry as not only an outstanding photographer but also one of the hardest working and most successful photographers in the portrait world.

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Light Touch: Joe McNally On How to Use Multiple Speedlights to Capture Eye-Popping Portraits
Jack Neubart  |  Sep 27, 2016  | 

Joe McNally learned the value of supplementing available light with flash early on in his career as a photojournalist. Currently a Nikon Ambassador who works mainly as a commercial/editorial portrait photographer, McNally has become a staunch advocate for the use of Nikon Speedlights on location, often using these small flashes off camera in multiple lighting setups. McNally even mixes his Speedlights with studio strobes on occasion when the situation warrants.

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Lighting Basics: Try This Simple Bounce Flash Technique for Indoor Group Portraits (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 31, 2017  | 

Yesterday we demonstrated how to make better outdoor portraits by balancing ambient light with flash. Today’s lighting tutorial takes a different approach, explaining how to shoot indoor group portraits with a simple on-camera flash technique.

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Lighting It Up: Our Comprehensive Look at the Best Lighting Gear for Photography
Joe Farace  |  Oct 06, 2015  | 

Studio lighting hardware is going through the biggest change—a paradigm shift, really—since the flashbulb was invented in 1929. There are many trends and fads with LED’s popularity seemingly having equal parts of both. LED lighting also appeals to DSLR and mirrorless camera shooters who want to capture stills and video.

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Lighting Out: How Travel Photographer Jim Harmer Captures His Illuminating Images
Jack Neubart  |  May 10, 2016  | 

Jim Harmer didn’t start out as a travel and nature photographer. He was in law school when the photography bug bit him, and, before he knew it, he was traveling the world, capturing moments in time with his camera.

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Lighting Review: Profoto B1 500 AirTTL Battery-Powered Portable Studio Light
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 24, 2014  | 

Profoto B1 lights are the first studio lights to feature built-in TTL. They also have their own battery and controller so you can go on location and just pop up a light and start shooting. As of this writing they are available only for Canon, but by the time you read this the Nikon version should be available as well. To me, this is tailor-made for location shooting, so that’s where I did my tests.

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Lighting Tip for Action Shots: A Flash Of Inspiration Makes a Startling Image Possible
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Apr 29, 2016  | 

BMX rider Daniel Coriz comes in at speed from the right side, launches himself up 10 feet, touches both tires, pulls the handlebars to pop a wheelie off the wall, then turns the bike for a clean exit. He lands a foot in front of adventure sports photographer Michael Clark, who’s been hand-holding his camera, tracking and firing to capture every turn and twist of the trick.

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LIGHTROOM BASICS: A Histogram Hack for Ideal White Balance (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Dec 21, 2023  | 

Yesterday we brought you a timesaving tutorial for streamlining Lightroom so the workspace displays all the tools you use in the order you want, with everything else hidden from view. We have another great trick today, this time it's a simple hack for using the Histogram to achieve perfect White Balance.

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Lightroom Basics: How to Dodge & Burn Photos for Optimum Balance (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 13, 2023  | 

Earlier today we posted a tutorial with a foolproof in-camera method for shooting photos with perfect exposure. But what if you want to improve photos you shot in the past that don't quite hit the mark? The lesson below from the FJR YouTube channel demonstrates how easy this is to do with Lightroom's powerful Dodge and Burn tools.

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Lightroom Basics: How to Remove Ugly Color Casts That Can Ruin Your Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 07, 2023  | 

One of the biggest challenges when shooting indoors is dealing with unusual light that imparts ugly color casts to the images you shoot. This can even happen when photographing outdoors in ambient light when nearby or overhead objects may bias tones and make them appear unrealistic.

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Lightroom Masks: 5-MINUTE Fix for Poorly Exposed Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Apr 25, 2023  | 

Lightroom masks are very effective for quickly fixing photos that are improperly exposed, like when some areas in the scene are too dark or too bright, or perhaps even both when shooting in mixed light.

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Lightroom Tips: How to Get Rid of Shiny Hot Spots in Portrait Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Mar 09, 2021  | 

One way to really mess up an otherwise nice portrait is to get the lighting wrong and end up with shiny hot spots on a model’s face. But if you make that mistake, never fear, because one of our favorite image-editing experts comes to the rescue with a Lightroom quick fix below.

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LIGHTROOM: Shape Light for DYNAMIC Landscape Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Mar 31, 2023  | 

Photography is all about maximizing light, and landscape photographers are always at the mercy of prevailing conditions. The quick tutorial below demonstrates how to make necessary adjustments in Lightroom when Mother Nature fails to cooperate.

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Look at What You Can Do with Canon Lenses Featuring Built-in Macro Lite LED Flash Units (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Apr 17, 2017  | 

Canon has two innovative lenses that incorporate built-in LED “Macro Lites” on either side of the front element, the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM for M-Series mirrorless cameras, and the EF-S 35mm Macro IS STM for Canon DSLRs. In the video below, you’ll see what you can accomplish by using these lenses instead of a conventional on-camera flash.

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