Film Noir in the Studio Every Portrait I Create Begins with the Light Guest article by Fabrizio Dei Tos-Navalesi, professional photographer and photography trainer From Idea to Image: Building a Film Noir Portrait in the Studio When I’m preparing a studio portrait, the camera is almost never the first thing I reach for. Before I …
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Studio Photography with “Les Essentiels PHOTO” – Part 1 of 2
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Studio Photography with “Les Essentiels PHOTO” – Part 2 of 2
One Studio. One Model. A Completely Different Portrait.How Changing the Light Changes the Story Guest article by Fabrizio Dei Tos-Navalesi, professional photographer and photography educator Portrait Lighting Techniques: Creating a New Mood with Just Two Lights In Part One of this series, I showed you how I created a portrait inspired by classic American film …
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The Trick to Creating Realistic Daylight on Camera
Guest article by Rob Ellis, cinematographer and filmmaker Simulating natural Daylight Under Studio Conditions How do you make a small room feel like midday? It all starts with understanding the color of daylight and how to simulate natural daylight with video lights. One of the questions asked most frequently in cinematography and video lighting is …
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Datacolor LightColor Meter: Precise Light Control for Perfect Stop Motion Videos
New trends are constantly emerging in food photography and videography. Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about one very specific format: stop motion videos. And to be honest—my first attempts were far from convincing. In this article, I’ll show you what ultimately helped me produce high-quality, saleable stop motion clips. A quick hint …
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Location Planning & Image Editing for Landscape Photography
We are always fascinated by travel and landscape photographs taken by other photographers and the question often arises as to how they came about. In this article, our Friend with Vision, Markus van Hauten, who specializes in landscape photography, explains how he plans and then edits his shots.
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