High-key — or what’s possible with a single speedlight
Learn how to light full-length, high key portraits with a single bare speedlight!
Author: Martin Ziaja
Cool and inexpensive light using fluorescents
Martin explains a very inexpensive way to spice up your photos with cool catchlights in your model’s eyes, using fluorescent lights.
Light modifiers – umbrellas (part 3)
How to use a single umbrella for great highkey full body shots!
Light modifiers – umbrellas (part 2)
The second tutorial on lighting umbrellas explains a shot using the same 42″ umbrella, but this time in reflective mode.
Light modifiers – umbrellas (part 1)
In this tutorial I want to show you a way to make use of the shoot-through mode of umbellas that often is overseen.
Bounced Light Wrap Up
How to achieve lowkey portraits with nice soft lighting and rimlights again with a single speedlight!
How to achieve super soft light
Here’s a way to achieve super soft light with a great amount of control without spending a fortune.
Bouncing your light – Part 2
The latest article about bouncing your light explains a way to imitate natural light falling through a window – with a single speedlight.
Bouncing your light
Today’s tutorial will stick to the idea of using reflected light and we will see, how easy it is to achieve great portraits even with on camera flash.
How to use a one light setup for high-key portraits
In the first of our lighting tutorials, Martin demonstrates how to take a headshot on a white background using just one light.