Author Archives: Dave Montizambert

DoF–Light, Depth, And Demons

In this compelling article, international lighting guru Dave Montizambert talks about a subject many photographer’s don’t understand, Light Depth of Field! Dave jumps into the principles involved and how to use it to your advantage when lighting. I can’t believe…

Still Life Stamp Book – Digital Light Painting

A little step back into the past with this one — Dave Montizambert recorded this back in the early 2000’s as he integrated the legendary 3 imaging sensor Foveon camera (a digital camera integrated with a laptop) into his work.…

Dazed & Confused Part 2

In Part 1 of this truly remarkable article, Dave posed the question, ‘Does diffusing a light make the light quality softer?’, and then went on to answer that no it doesn’t. To understand this further and to see how this…

Beer Shoot – Digital Light Painting

A little step into the past with this one — Dave and his brother/partner at the time, Mark Montizambert, are recorded back in 1999 as they integrate the legendary 3 imaging sensor Foveon camera into their work. This is a…

Dazed & Confused Part 1

In this spell-binding article, international lighting educator Dave Montizambert delves into light quality (soft light specifically) and the rhetoric surrounding it to ease some of the confusion. He also looks at Shadow Edge Transfer and how it is confused with…

Tripods & Metering For Superior Lighting

In this video, lighting wizard Dave Montizambert gives his thoughts on when and why tripods should be used as well as do you really need to meter when creating lighting.