Author: Photosmudger

So, there we go – that’s what light is, and how you use it. We’ve covered a huge amount, and gone into some very specific details in a

Now we’re going to get a bit clever – we’re going to try mixing different light sources. We’re outside on a freezing cold day where we have ambient

We’re still in the studio, with Lisa, the same camera, and 3 Profoto lights, but this time I want to show you how controlling the fall of light

So, this will be a nice simple setup to begin with. However, so we can revise lots of what we’ve covered so far, I’ll go into quite a

So, before we head into the studio, let me take you through a useful exercise I taught at a photography college recently. We’re going to light a portrait

A quick word about lighting gels, as they’ve cropped up a couple of times in the course so far, and I’m aware that I’ve not talked about them

So, onto modifiers that make the light harder. Firstly, I must apologise, I told a little white lie earlier. Strictly speaking, no modifier will truly make your light

Right, time to finally talk about modifiers, having muttered about them several times throughout the course. Modifiers are the blanket term used to cover tools that allow you

OK, so we’re starting to get a bit crafty, and you know to be on the look out for a photographer trying to pull the wool over your

So, I’ve picked a handful of images which we’ll reverse engineer in depth. I don’t want to examine every facet in every image, as I think that will