Death Valley in lousy light
admin Landscape photography in Death Valley in lousy light. Looking for details and rolling with the trip mishaps.
Professional portrait light from a simple tool
When you shine the light through a diffuser, it spreads it out and makes it bigger and softer. This creates a professional portrait.
Flicker: Light of a Lantern by U.B. Light
A personal message from the author: Exploring Dr. Martin Luther King's statement, 'Darkness cannot push out darkness, only light can do that," gave birth to the idea of Flicker, a…
What’s the difference between hard and soft light?
What's the difference between hard and soft light? This can sometimes be a little confusing when you're first starting out as a photographer.
Using window light for your portrait
Using the light from a window is a terrific way to illuminate your subject. It can be the biggest and softest light off all — and it's free.
Three ways to direct light for food photography
When photographing food, the direction of your light is very important. Certain angles of light will help shape the scene.
Dagobert … and There Was Light by Anna Cro
What is the best activity you can do at dawn on a cold rainy day, when all sensible people are holed up at home in the comfortable warmth of their…
How to take great photos with almost no light
What if you have next to no lighting, is it still possible to capture great images? I still say there is no such thing as bad lighting.
Light painting 101: Five steps to light painting an Old West gas station
This is a night photo of an old garage and vintage 1940s Cadillac Fleetwood (with an old Buick front end) on a beautiful Mojave evening, underneath the light of a…
Light painting 101: Illuminating a piano in a creepy abandoned mental hospital
We had just arrived at a creepy abandoned mental hospital on the East Coast. We walked through dystopian rooms with trees growing through the walls and windows. When we entered…