Lighting

What Can You Expect To See At JVS’ Lighting Workshop?

JVS just me this video that I had to share with you. It gives you a glimpse of what to expect at his workshop. If you are coming to his Boston workshop, please let me know in the comments. Only a few spots remain. If you are interested in joining us in Boston, use this [...]

Working With An Elinchrom Quadra System

This is a guest post by Justin Van Leeuwen, an Ottawa-based portrait and wedding photographer trying to find his way through the sea of part time photo mommy-bloggers and seasoned, grumpy, veterans of the wedding profession. As a father of two photogenic sons, he loves spending his time with a camera in one hand and [...]

Lighting It Up In Boston, A JVS Speedliting Workshop

I think it was Zack Arias who lit a fire in me to think about off-camera lighting for my wedding and portrait photography. Since taking his workshop in Boston a few years back, I have been to a number of other workshops. I’ll be happy to post a short list of those in a future [...]

Learn To Light With Zack Arias At CreativeLive.com

Learning to light is one of those big steps that you will take as a photographer. True, there is a lot you can do with ambient light, or if night time photography is your thing, then investing in a tripod makes sense. As a wedding photographer or portrait photographer, I am called to a variety [...]

Dramatic Portrait Lighting For Photographers

This is a guest post by Zach Ancell. Please stop by his site to see more of his images, www.zachancell.com, and visit my blog, www.zachancellblog.com, if you want to pick up on some more of his tricks. They are both very new sites so he’s in the process of getting a bunch of content up [...]