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I’d like to teach you how to reverse engineer images, as it’s a really useful skill, and it’s particularly applicable to lighting. Reverse engineering is a term in

You might be wondering where daylight fits into all this. Very well spotted, it seems to be something I’m skating over and avoiding, and there’s a very good

“Continuous light” is a bit of a catch all term – there’s so many different types, that’s it’s probably best to think of continuous light as simply “not

Now, we come to the high end stuff – radio triggers. For what it’s worth, this is what I use day in and day out when I’m shooting

Triggering your flash So, how do you set off, or trigger your flash so that the brief pulse of light is synchronised with the camera shutter opening? Predictably,

What to look for when choosing a flash So, we know what flash is good at, and where it’s weak, but what should you look for if you’re

Everyone is familiar with flash – there’s probably one built into your camera or smart phone. Flash is a very versatile and useful tool for lighting your images,

Let’s talk a little about getting the exposure right, as it will start to become increasingly important as we bring more and more light into play. Now, it’s

Before we get too stuck into different types of lighting, I’d like to talk about working with multiple lights, and something called a “key” light. https://youtu.be/JjpZ6gepM5A It can

If you mix artificial Continuous light of some sort and daylight – you may have quantity issues (as we’ll discuss later) and you may well have colour temperature