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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Datacolor LightColor Meter: Beyond Auto White Balance for Managing Mixed Light Sources
By Joachim Sauer, a German photographer and radio/TV technician Improve Documentary Footage Quality with Accurate Light Measurement The Datacolor LightColor Meter is not only an important tool on film sets, but can also significantly reduce post-production work on documentary productions by allowing cameras to be adjusted more precisely to the lighting conditions on location. By …
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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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