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Tips & Techniques

Butterfly Lighting Pattern

Hi guys, Hope everyone is having a good day. I just finished editing this image for a new training video I am working on about Mastering Studio Lighting. This shot was taken during a set-up where I was demonstrating a butterfly lighting pattern. Butterfly lighting is frequently used in creating fashion and glamour head shots.

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PixNub

This is the software we use for green screen and the automation of building extreme teams (virtual teams). *****FREE PIXNUB PLUGIN TRIALS – NO WATERMARKS!!!***** You can download EZ Green Screen + all of the Pixnub plugins and use the trial versions in full production mode without any watermarking until 12/31/2018! If you are not

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Tips & Techniques

Using the sun for hair lighting

In the studio we use a hair light to outline the subject, create impact, and separate the subject from the background. This is easy to do in the studio with a studio light positioned above the model aimed towards her hair, it’s also possible to do with natural lighting. In this particular shot we placed

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Tips & Techniques

Lighting With Reflectors

I love lighting with reflectors when shooting on location and thought I would share a couple recent ones with you in todays post. We were shooting at a local park and had just finished one session and were on the way to our next location when I saw this beautiful backlit situation. The set up

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Tips & Techniques

Playing With Shop Lights

Here’s one I shot yesterday. I was just playing with your standard clamp lights used in garage. I had one clamped on the boom above her and my assistant was holding the other one as the main light. This alternative lighting stuff is a lot of fun. Technical Stuff:Canon 5D Mark II with 85mm lensExposure:

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