Many photographers have long known about the beautiful quality of window light. It works on anything from food to portraits. I’ve never really embraced window light portraits in the past, so it was good to have an opportunity to explore Cuba. Joe McNally Demonstration Of Window Light Portraits After a couple of days stomping through…
Everyone talks about beautiful light, but hardly anyone does anything about it. People talk about strobes that can overpower the sun, and that can be cool. Expensive, but cool. Sometimes you can get a cool result without a lot of expense. Jesus And The Bulls This is where we begin. Our group of intrepid photographers…
Window light portraits have so many advantages for photographers. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and you can have some beautiful light without much effort. You just have to decide which window works best for your photo.
I went to the Orlando Meet and Greet last Sunday with a specific objective – to force myself to shoot more intimate portraits. Turns out it was harder than I thought. Looking back on my portraits, I have a tendency to shoot wide. I’m trying to get the subject and the environment in most of…
It’s a beautiful day. There’s a bank of clouds giving soft light to your subject. Should you use available light or flash? I had a nice day at a local meet-up with other photographers and models on Sunday. It’s interesting to watch photographers work and choose their light sources. You could see umbrellas (which naturally…
Turns out that it’s not very difficult to get big light from a small flash. You just need to have the right stuff to put in front of it.