Lighting Guides

I’m always amazed at what you can achieve with simple lighting setups. In this example I’ve used a single light source and a reflector to achieve what you see in the image. Give it a try and see what you think. Read More

In this part of the session we moved outdoors to take advantage of the setting sun.  I’m not a huge fan of sun flare photos but I think this one turned out nice. I haven’t shot many of these but you might be interested in how it was shot?

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This little guy could be the Gerber baby. So easy to work with…nothing but smiles.  I could only wish all the little ones we photograph were so easy.  He gave us a lot of smiles and this was at the very end of the session. Have a look to see how this image was shot.

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This shot was taken as part of an assignment for a photography class I attended.   As part of the assignment you had to introduce yourself, explain what you wanted to do, setup the shot, interact with the subjects and let them go on about their day.  The main goal was to get you, the photographer comfortable about approaching complete strangers and making them feel comfortable in front of the camera.   Read More

If you haven’t heard about Strobox… you are missing out.  To date, they have over 6800 lighting examples/guides from all over the world. It’s a wonderful resource to learn from.  I received an email this morning about the book and to my surprise, I made the cut. AWESOME! Read More

Sometimes using hard light works really well in certain shots. I think you need the right client for this particular shot and Crystal fit the bill very well. Have a look at the lighting diagram to see how the shot was setup. Read More