I personally love using beauty dishes; they’re my favourite lighting modifier, and produce some awesome results. They can be picked up with a lighting stand, and a grid, for only £100, and you will notice the difference immediately. One thing you will need though (if you want to use a full sized one) is a way of shooting with your flash off-camera, whether that’s wirelessly, or wired.

Slow sync flash is when you fire your flash either at the beginning or end of an exposure that’s slower than normal, for example 1/8 of a second. Anyone with experience behind a camera knows that it’s very hard to hold the camera steady enough for a sharp exposure at this sort of speed, and that’s where the flash comes in. By firing the flash, you freeze the motion and collect light trails in the remaining time, creating this rather cool effect, like in the photos below.

Light graffiti is a pretty simple concept. You take a long exposure and use a light source to paint graffiti in the frame. You can do this with a torch, a sparkler, a fire, or even a still light source if you move your camera. What Is Light Graffiti? If…

Spiral light painting photography is one of the coolest things you can do with your camera. It’s colorful, futuristic, and it’s quite addictive. But a lot of people feel discouraged from trying it because they think it’s technically challenging. But the truth is that light painting an easy process. And…

Today, we’ll have some fun with lighting and custom bokeh shapes. We show you how to create photos of fun light shapes. All you need to make bokeh shapes is your camera, some craft supplies, light, and a little imagination! We’ll start with a little background on how you create…

Food photography is a popular genre of photography, and for good reason – it’s a great way to show off your culinary skills! But it can be tricky to get the food photography lighting just right. In this article, we’ll give you some tips on how to create beautiful food…

Lume Cube is a tiny light that packs quite a punch. And they’re back with version two! I’m all about portable and easy-to-carry photo equipment. And these little golf-ball-size lights fit the bill. I went to the Wedding and Portrait Photography International trade show. And Lume Cube had several of…

Wedding and portrait lighting is such a diverse topic. Many photographers get lost in the jungle of opportunities. It’s amazing what you can do with a single, modified flash – let alone with multi-flash, elaborate setups. But to figure them out by yourself requires a ton of creativity, knowledge, and…

When it comes to portrait lighting, the options for gear and setup can be overwhelming. There are many ways you can go about portraits. Do you want to shoot indoor or outdoor? What features do you want to highlight? What is the best lighting for portrait photography? All these questions…

High key lighting and low key lighting are often used in photography to create very different emotions. You can use them to take bright, dramatic, and eye-catching pictures of your own. The Differences Between High Key vs Low Key Lighting There’s an easy way to determine whether something is high…

Tungsten light is a type of artificial light that is very popular in photography. It has a yellow-orange color and is often used to create warm and cozy images. Here are eight tips for great tungsten light photography. Tungsten Light Photography: What Is It? Tungsten light is warm artificial light.…

Lighting 4 from SLR lounge is part of a series of courses from SLR Lounge. Having explored off-camera lighting in the previous course, they now look at how to create natural-looking lighting with artificial sources. If you want to know how successful they have been with this six-hour course, then…