Just finished up a “Lumiere Espresso” coffee shop meet in Coimbra Portugal. It was well attended by some local photographers and was pretty dynamic with lots of discussions on photography. I started the session talking about lighting people since the…

In this absolutely fascinating article, Dave Montizambert exposes the mystique behind studio North Light for portraits and tells you how to get that light quality using artificial lighting which he points out can be done any time of day, without…

I am very excited about my new 42MP Sony A7rII mirrorless camera. Years of straining my eyes to manual focus has left me a wee bit blind in my right eye. About 15 years ago without knowing it, I switched…

When I do top-lighting in-studio, whether it is an octa-box or soft-box placed over top of a person or a soft-box or panel placed over an object, I place the light on a boom arm to get it up and…