In this hyper-informative article lighting wizard Dave Montizambert delves into the origins of middle grey, how to use it with digital capture for perfect exposures every time, how it should be interpreted with RAW images in processing software like Lightroom,…
Light metering was the corner-stone of great lighting but with digital’s instant preview is it still relevant? Dave Montizambert thinks so and in this article, answers the question, “What should I meter for?” with the challenge of lighting a portrait…
In this article Dave delves into the two sciences of light, Ansel Adams, the importance of metering when creating your lighting rather than relying on the camera LCD or histogram, and what a Histogram is. Article Click Here
In this third part of this three-part video series, Dave Montizambert shows you how to control shadow edges by changing the distance of a light source to create the desired mood and story. This is critical information for any photographer…
In this second part of this three-part video series Dave Montizambert shows you how to control shadow edges by altering the size of the light source to create the desired mood and story. This is critical information for any photographer…
In this first part of this three-part video series, Dave Montizambert painstakingly explains the difference between Hard and Soft Light quality in terms of shadow edges. This is critical information for any photographer wanting to have complete control over light…
In this article Dave shows how you can use luminance masks in Photoshop to speed up your facial retouching and make your retouching less artificial—say goodbye to the “Barby-Look”. 🙀 Using the image from the Hawaii beach night shoot which…
In this article Dave tells a tale of woe and triumph about shooting on location on a Hawaiin beach at sunset/night and how he overcame many photographic obstacles using his massive brain and some duct tape, well more duct tape…
In part 1 of this 2 part lighting video tutorial, international lighting wizard Dave Montizambert goes way out of his way on a very confusing subject, how the Inverse Square Law calculates exposure when distance of light is changed. Understanding…
In part 2 of this 2 part lighting video tutorial, international lighting wizard Dave Montizambert continues to go way out of his way on the Inverse Square Law, this time focusing on how to interpret the Inverse Square Law results…