http://www.adorama.com/alc/expert/447 Contributed by a special guest author <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama sent an independent blogger a couple of Flashpoint LED lights to review. Here's what he wrote.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14201 <p><span style="font-size: small;">When called upon to photograph one of Canada's top TV News Anchors, photographer Sam Javanrouh's primary portrait light was a budget-priced Flashpoint DG600 Monolight.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14177 <p><span style="font-size: small;">The Flashpoint 14-Inch Fluorescent Dimmable Ring Light is a budget-priced ring light that doesn't skimp on quality</span>.</p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14170 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This is the second in a three-part lesson series that explores photographing reflective glass in a high key style.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13787 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In Part I of this lesson, we walk you through how to photograph a still-life of a glass object using strobes. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13759 <p><span style="font-size: small;">What customer types do you have--Big Fish, Steady Eddies, Matchmakers, The Choir, or Taste Testers? In this excerpt from their book Worth Every Penny (Greenleaf), Sarah Petty and Erin Verbeck describe how to tell what kind of customers you have, and how to best approach each type.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13693 <p><span style="font-size: small;">If you can see a flower, it is a source of light. With flowers, this visible light originates elsewhere &mdash; with the sun (natural light) or an artificial light source &mdash; and is reflected by the flower. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13637 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I love to create panoramas. A great immersive panorama lets me express the size and scope of amazing scenery and places I visit. I'm not a professional photographer, but I can get truly amazing immersive panoramas using whatever camera I have with me, and some easy-to-use software and online hosting services.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13596 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, modern cameras (and even some cell phones) can capture good quality images, but it takes beautiful light to make beautiful pictures. That&rsquo;s a truism about art, and technology won&rsquo;t change that. The good news, however, is found in another truism about art: Beautiful light is often simple light.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13449 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Join us as Anna Prosser, our tech-savvy gadget guru, brings you reviews of the latest consumer electronics products available at Adorama.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13444 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this lesson, commercial photographer Mark Rockwood walks us through his portrait-making process and discusses his approach to modern and classic lighting techniques.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13414 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Learn how to set up a four lighting setup and arrange a two-person portrait on location.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13353 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/13309