Understanding The Basics of High Key vs. Low Key Lighting
In photography, if you want to create a certain kind of mood, one of the things that you can do is use high and low key effects. These effects are important if your intention is…
In photography, if you want to create a certain kind of mood, one of the things that you can do is use high and low key effects. These effects are important if your intention is…
No matter what type of photography you’re doing, the lighting is one of the most important things to consider. The light will have a significant impact on your resulting images, and, often it’s what separates…
Rim lighting is a light source that usually comes in from the side or behind your subject and that is facing the camera – it is also often referred to as backlighting. Rim lighting is…
Whether you call it the golden hour or magic hour, one thing is clear: This time of day has the potential to let you take some truly spectacular shots. This time of day takes place…
Dramatic, eye-catching and gorgeous, sun flares can be that extra something special in your images that prompt viewers to take a longer look. Understandably, modern camera equipment is designed to reduce flare as much as…
Hotspots are shiny and overexposed areas on a subject that are the result of uneven lighting or a flash bouncing off a light surface. In this Lightroom & Photoshop tutorial video we’ll go through fixing…
When we think of backlighting, we usually associate it with shooting portraits outside directly into the sun, using it as a backlight to create a rim light around your subject. But this is an effect…
Look through the pages of any adventure magazine like National Geographic, and you’re bound to come across some exciting and epic underwater photography. Now, while yours doesn’t have to be shots of a person inside…
One of the most important aspects of photography is lighting. Achieving the right lighting though, can seem like a difficult task, especially if you are just starting out or don’t have a large amount of…
Wildlife photography in and of itself can be challenging – but add in difficult lighting conditions and you have yourself a situation that will separate the devoted photographers from the rest. Committed photographers know that…
Almost any photographer will tell you that when it comes to photography, the most sought after time of day is what we call the golden hour – the time just after sunrise, and before sunset.…
Since the dawn of modern photography, there perhaps has been no more hotly contested question than this one. What’s better: artificial or natural light? We’re going to answer this once and for all in this…