Loop lighting is a very common style of portrait lighting that is seen very often in portrait photography. In fact, if you’ve spent much time at all shooting in a studio, you’ve probably employed loop ...

The neuroscience research is clear—some colors and intensities of light indoors create better atmospheres for particular situations while alternatives are found in settings where different sorts of ...

Achieving soft, directional light outdoors can be difficult. Sure, you can use an overcast day for soft, natural light, but often, this will not give you the most flattering light on your subject's ...

Last week, we talked about how to understand the difference between your bare flash unit and a flash fired through an umbrella. We learned that adding the umbrella would drastically change the light, ...

With walls and ceilings a long way away, often the most practical way to control the placement of a light source and the positioning of light, is to drop it into the exact position where it’s required ...

Let me ease you into this topic by explaining the aperture first. Switching from the maximum aperture to the next smaller one reduces the incident amount of light that enters your lens. In addition, ...