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The Softbox – Home Studio Essentials – Episode 3
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June 24, 2014
There’s a reason why the softbox is my “go to” light modifier in my small home studio and it’s all to do with one of the biggest challenges photographers face when shooting in small spaces. With lots of wall close to the light source small studios can become one big reflector with l...
Home Studio Essentials – Episode 2
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June 11, 2014
Speedlites and flash units are great but after a while the hard light they produce can become a bit limiting. In part 1 of my home studio essential skills I used a bare flash but now it’s time to add an umbrella. It’s almost certainly the first light modifier you’ll buy and for good reaso...
Home Studio Essentials – Episode 1
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May 26, 2014
Very few photographers have access to a professional studio but lots of us enjoy shooting portraits and so all over the world spare bedrooms, garages and front rooms are regularly converted from their intended use into makeshift small studios. These small spaces can produce stunning photos but they come wi...
My Studio Texture
Friday Freebie
May 2, 2014
If you caught my post yesterday then you’ll know that I recently built a textured background in my studio. Well it seems there are quite a few people out there that would love to do the same but don’t have the space, time or need for a similar permanent structure. So for today’s Friday fr...
Building a DIY studio background
Articles
May 1, 2014
For a long time I’ve fancied the idea of adding a grungy textured background to my studio but due to the limited space available I’ve stuck to using a white vinyl and black fabric backdrops. Now these have worked really well for me over the years but there comes a time when you want to […]
Studio Clamps
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April 10, 2012
If I asked you to come up with a list of the top 100 gadgets you would buy for a photographic studio, I’m pretty sure the studio clamps would fall somewhere towards the end. Let’s face it clamps are clamps right? All they do is hold things in place, job done. Well yes that’s true, […]
Perfect pure white background – Studio lighting tutorial
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March 2, 2011
As you might have noticed from my previous blog posts, I was invited to test out a very expensive Hasselblad camera a few weeks back. The location was the Hasselblad studios in London and whilst I visiting I couldn’t resist recorded a couple of lighting videos. In this first video I revisited the pur...
Freezing and Blurring Movement with Flash
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January 22, 2021
Capturing the sense of motion can be done by freeze the action to cature a unique moment in time, or you could let the movement blur to give the sense of time passing. But why choose one or the other when you can have both in one shot. In this video I’ll cover everything you […]
Instant (Overhead) Rain Action
Friday Freebie
May 18, 2020
On a recent live stream I created an overhead, rainy day scene in my small home studio. If you missed it, I’ve added the video below. During the stream I added some rain using a Photoshop action and as promised, I’m sharing it here. The action does a few things you need to be aware […]
Bottle Shadows – LIVE!
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April 29, 2020
With lock down in full swing here in the UK (and around much of the rest of the world) I’ve finally had the time to explore the possibilities of live streaming some shoots from my small home studio. So here’s the first of (hopefully) many live sessions. This one was hosted last week by Olympus ...
