http://www.adorama.com/alc/taginfo/lighting technique <p><span style="font-size: small;">Photographer John Mueller shares advice for professional portrait photographers&mdash;and those who want to break into the field&mdash;on how he creates stunning, cutting-edge senior portraits in this exclusive interview.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13707 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama TV presents Digital Photography 1 on 1 with Mark Wallace.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13691 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Of the many choices for lighting portraits, the Beauty Dish offers a dramatic light that wraps around your subject's face, providing a classic look to your portrait photography.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13670 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/13671 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adroama TV presents Digital Photography 1 on 1 with Mark Wallace.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13664 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Learn how photographer Brian McCarty produced promotional collateral for a brand new art-toy coming onto the market. With a little lighting, detailed staging and some old standbys, watch as Brian brings the Dragon Scout to life!<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13617 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode of You Keep Shooting, Bryan Peterson shows to set up a Canon 580 EX II Speedlite flash and a PocketWizard wireless transciever to work with a Nikon D3x. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13642 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this lesson, photographer Ben Clay examines the nature of reflections in a sphere-shaped object and illustrates how a double diffuser lets you create natural-looking shots of highly-reflective objects.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13616 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Why use a flash (shoe mount or studio strobe) over a continuous light source, or vice versa? Mark Wallace explains.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13626 <p><span style="font-size: small;">What do you do if you have no flash or bounce cards and you have to make do with available light? Mark Wallace offers several picture-taking techniques.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13614 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Lighting for underwater photography has its unique set of challenges but the rewards can be beautiful. And when you're lighting underwater macro photography, it's all the more challenging...and rewarding!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13592 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In portrait photography lighting, the shape of the light source&mdash;a soft box, umbrella, or anything else&mdash;can create different kinds of effects. Let's compare several popular soft box shapes.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13591 <p><span style="font-size: small;">These flash modifiers can control and shape light to reduce or eliminate harsh lighting from your shoe-mounted flash, resulting in more pleasing portraits.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12239 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Contributing instructor and Pro Showcase photographer Paul Markow brings his talent and years of commercial experience to bring us this unique lesson.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13535 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13579 <p><span style="font-size: small;">What kind of light modifier should you use? Here's why Umbrellas are great to start with, but lightbanks give you added directionality and control.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13566 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">To make a visually stunning rock band image, Kevin Kubota was ready with a plan, a location, and the right gear.</span></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13287 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama TV presents Digital Photography 1 on 1 with Mark Wallace.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13546 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Check out Los Angeles photographer Brian McCarty's techniques as he creates....THE TRICYCLE TERROR!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13528 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Ahh the economy. It has driven many of us insane trying to figure out how to do more with less. Clients constantly approach us asking for miracles with shoestring budgets. A fine example is shooting anything fashion related. Editorial work these days pays almost nothing if you are lucky or nothing at all for the most part. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13522 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Over and over you hear me talk about taking advantage of the angle of light to emphasize texture, pattern, and form out in the world.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13467 <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;">Bryan Peterson shows how to use a foreground fill flash to even out the lighting in your outdoor shots.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13442 <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 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/13432 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this week's episode, part two of a special 2-part series, Mark shows you how to design and light a set for use in a photoshoot.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13431 <p><span style="font-size: small;">With the right equipment, photographing paintings, lithographs, or other fine-art is fairly straightforward&mdash;or is it? Here's a look at how to use studio lights and a tripod to make a successful reproduction.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13417 <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 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama Photography TV presents the Lowel/Adorama Budget Tota Kit with Lamps. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13399 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13396 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama Photography TV presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13378 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode Mark Wallace walks us through the entire process of shooting and editing a science fiction movie poster.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13377 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Take your portraits to the next level by harnessing natural light, as described in this simple guide. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13348 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week, join Bryan in New York's Central Park on a bright sunny day to learn about diffused light. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13339 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this lesson, New York photographer Ian Spanier walks you through his prep work and setup while demonstrating how he handled the inevitable roadblocks that always seem to pop up while shooting on location.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13324 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Ben Clay uses a classic approach and simple lighting kit to add depth and interest to the wine cellar of a historic hotel. His technique of working with the ambient light of the room, and adding contrast where needed, can be used by realtors, architects, builders and architecture photographers.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13312 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">In this week's episode Mark responds to a couple's question about their home studio and how best to use speedlights in a small space. </span></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13289 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Jeffery Luhn demonstrates how to get a fresh look at the world's favorite lighting accessory, the soft box. Some facts will confirm your assumptions, and others may surprise you, but all the information will be helpful.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13275 <p><span style="font-size: small;">How to create the ring flash look without a ring flash.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12906 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Noted editorial photographer Ian Spanier takes photos that tell a story. Whether he&rsquo;s shooting images of celebrities, fitness models or doing a portrait, he crafts the shot so that we can learn something about the subject.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12940 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson. Join Bryan in the Tuscany countryside where he'll capture the rural beauty of the surrounding landscape. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13208 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode, Mark explains how to best light a subject for black and white photography and get dramatic results.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13071 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Joe McNally, who toured the United States this Winter and Spring and thrilled thousands on the Adorama-sponsored FlashBus Tour Workshop series, has just come out with a must-have DVD showing his unique spin on lighting.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13061 <p><span style="font-size: small;">If you're ready to take on product photography, let's take a look at seasoned pro John Beckett's techniques on how to do it right and on a budget!<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13037 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama TV presents how to set up lighting for Group Shots. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13036 <p><span style="font-size: small;">People starting out in photography sometimes say, "If only I had a better camera..." or "If only I had a better lighting system...". They often blame their results on the fact they don't have a studio. It's not the camera, lights or the studio that matter so much as how well you use your imagination. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13008 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Los Angeles toy photographer Brian McCarty offers a hands-on look at photographing toy artwork on location in relatively tight quarters. See how Brian was able to create studio-quality results in less than studio-space conditions. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12874 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Because of my interest in photography, there is a motto I tend to live by (and I even have a bumper sticker on my truck with this phrase on it): "I stop for photographs." </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12868 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week Mark Wallace talks about on-camera flash. There are ways that we can modify the on-camera flash to control our lighting. We can bounce our flash from ceilings, walls, or off of reflectors and Mark will show us how.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12821 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week Mark Wallace talks about high key and low key lighting. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12814 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week Mark will show us a Flashpoint 5-in-1 disk reflector and the reflector bracket. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12772 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Many photographers prefer to shoot outdoor portraits either at dawn or at dusk to take advantage of the "magic light" that occurs during those times. But what if your schedule (or your subject's schedule) doesn't permit you to shoot then? Can you still capture your subjects in soft, beautiful lighting conditions?</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12757 <p><span style="font-size: small;">So you want to take dynamic portraits outdoors but you don't want it to be a huge production with a lot of lighting gear, assistants, etc. Not a problem.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12756 <p><span style="font-size: small;">When it comes to creating spectacular outdoor portraits, early morning sunlight alone is often not enough to generate the "magic" you envision. That's when you need a little help.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12754 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Photographers all know that the most magical time of day to shoot anything outdoors is either dawn or dusk. The sun sits low in the sky, which makes for warm tones, lower contrast and colorful skies and backgrounds.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12752 <p><span style="font-size: small;">When you think of sports photography, lighting equipment most likely doesn't enter the picture, does it? After all, most photographers that work with lighting equipment use it to shoot formal portraits or indoor studio work, right? Well, that used to be the case.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12750 <p><span style="font-size: small;">For most people, the term "photographic lighting equipment" tends to conjure up visions of complicated setups involving light stands, sand bags, electrical cables, etc. And while lighting can get quite involved, it doesn't always have to be. In fact, it can be downright simple and easy to use.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12748 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This is the third episode of a four part series on metering. In this episode Mark demonstrates the basics of using a light meter. Mark covers ambient exposure as well as metering strobes.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12679 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama Photography TV presents: In this episode Mark goes over a very basic 3 light setup for those who are looking to buy their first portrait light kit.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12635 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama Photography TV presents: This episode Mark shows us how he setup for the Digital Photography 1 on 1: On Location Flash episode.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12620 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adorama Photography TV presents "How'd They Do That?" featuring Ab Sesay. In this episode, Ab Sesay explains how he uses hard light in his portraits. He also talks about capturing unplanned moments behind the scenes.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12602 <p><span style="font-size: small;">This week we take a look at the HonlPhoto Speed Snoot and the Gary Fong Lightsphere collapsible. Both products help you get better results from your speedlights.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12574 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this Behind The Scenes video Mark explains why adding a blue gel to a tungsten light warms it up instead of cooling it off. Mark gives a very brief explanation of warm and cool colors.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12557 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode, Mark explains a very simple lighting setup for shooting portraits.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12449 <p><span style="font-size: small;">One of the hottest, most sought-after features in today&rsquo;s remarkably versatile digital SLRs is HD video capability.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12297 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Wireless flash allows you to move your flash anywhere. Try moving it behind your subject for dynamic, creative results.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12295 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11976 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Do you sell stuff via Internet auction web sites such as eBay? Studies show that products get more bids and sell for higher closing prices when they&rsquo;re photographed well.</span><!--EndFragment--></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11825 <p><span style="font-size: small;">If you&rsquo;re using a professional studio flash the obvious choice for soft lighting is an umbrella and for most purposes that&rsquo;s still the best choice.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11504 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Many a photojournalist started out with a dog-eared edition of Professor Ken Kobre's classic tome, <em>Photojournalism: The Professional's Approach</em>. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Now, any on-the-go photographer can benefit from Professor Kobre's latest project, the <a href="../../FALSUK.html">Lightscoop</a>.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11453 <p><span style="font-size: small;">When the sun shines, shadows come out to play, giving you a chance to create some unconventional photographs. So pick up your camera and catch a few before they flee at the approach of clouds. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8481 <p><span style="font-size: small;">If the person you're photographing wears eyeglasses, you've got a problem: How do you keep reflections out of them? </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8324 <p><span style="font-size: small;">One of the best ways to add sparkle to your portraits is by using a hair light. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8182 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Here&rsquo;s why pros prefer radio slaves, and how you can choose between the top two systems on the market.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8065