Recent Strobe light Articles
Elinchrom Releases the Skyport HS Trigger for Sony
Canon and Nikon have been dominating the professional DSLR market for a while now. Photo accessories such as strobes triggers show that well. However, with the increasing popularity of Sony’s mirrorless cameras, flash manufacturers couldn’t stay with only “Canikon” options. Elinchrom apparently understood that with their Skyport HS and is releasing it’s Sony version today.
3 Tips for Creating Dramatic Lighting in Your Portraits
Lighting holds the keys to the overall feel of an image for the most part, particularly with portraiture. In this video, you will see behind-the-scenes of a dramatic, moody portrait shoot with some tips on how to replicate the style yourself.
Using Gels, Strobes, Constant Lights, and ACDSee's Gemstone on One Photograph
In this behind the scenes video, I'm going to walk you through a pretty complex photograph I shot in our garage studio. Using strobes, LED lights, a crazy light modifier, and ACDSee's new photo editing software, Gemstone, this final image turned out much more interesting than I originally thought.
Behind The Scenes With Marc Jacobs, Madonna, and Louis Vuitton
How I Shot Chriselle Lim for the Cover of Female Malaysia
A couple of months ago I was given the opportunity to photograph Korean-American stylist, lifestyle blogger, and digital influencer, Chriselle Lim for the cover of Female Malaysia magazine. It’s always exciting to be able to shoot a cover for a magazine, especially one that is the leading fashion and beauty magazine in Malaysia, and I particularly love photographing strong, successful women. Gotta be around these role models!
Peter Hurley: The Art Behind The Headshot DVD Pre-Order Begins Now
Behind The Scenes Of A Stylized Tennis Portrait
Elinchrom ELB 1200 Availability and Trade-In Offer Announced
Announced earlier this year, the brand new Elinchrom ELB 1200 is finally about to be available on the market. The Swiss flash manufacturer has just published all the details regarding their premier adventure light for photographers, including its release date and the trade-in offer for Ranger RX owners.
Go Behind The Scenes With Brad Wilson As He Creates Incredible Portraits Of Live Animals
Brad Wilson, a commercial and fine art photographer who splits his time between New Mexico and New York, recently released this video of him shooting exotic animals in a studio. Take a look at how Brad works with giraffes, elephants, alligators and more to create breahttaking studio portraits of animals that are never seen in this environment. To be honest, the fact that Brad has the guts to get six inches from some of these huge cats to take their picture with studio lighting is just incredible.
5 Portrait Lighting Styles You Can Create With One Light
When you think of high-end portraiture, you might imagine multiple lights and complicated setups. The truth is, you can create a lot with just a single light. In this video, learn five techniques that can be replicated with a single light.
Getting Results: Giant Studio Versus Tiny Room
How do you get professional results when you're just starting out and you don't have the space or budget for those grand studios?
Heartsapart: Creating Stunning Military Portraits
Kevin Reed Exposes Fashion In 5 mins
How A Good Behind The Scenes Video Should Be Made
How To Quickly Style A Model And Location For A Photo Shoot
How To Create A Scary Photograph With No Budget
Happy Halloween everyone! Today we decided to create a super simple, creepy image with some basic equipment. With 2 lights, a gel, smoke, a cardboard box, and some quick Photoshop we were able to create something almost anyone could easily reproduce.
Behind the Scenes of Mad Max Styled Fantasy Portraits
The latest fantasy shoot from the Slanted Lens instantly brings to mind the incredibly Academy Award winning movie Mad Max. With the help of a local junk yard, some incredible styling, and creative lighting, Jay P was able to execute an eye grabbing shoot. Check out just how he did it.
Fairy Tale Boat Photoshoot with Natural Light and Flash
All it takes to create a dreamy fairy tale photograph is a great location and a lovely subject. In this video you will see different ways you can photograph a beautiful girl in a boat.
Alex Prager Was Born In the Wrong Decade
Behind The Scenes Video And Virtual Tour With Larry Perez
We here at Fstoppers are all about 'Behind The Scenes'. We are dedicated to finding the best behind the scenes content for your viewing pleasure. Most photographers usually have their videographer buddies film their shoots for videos, but Larry Perez and the people over at Kanga Marketing went a step further. They created two virtual tours of their shoot for the 2013 Pinch a Penny catalog.
EA Sports: FIFA 2010, Fans, And A Lot Of Paint
Monte Isom EA Sports FIFA World Cup 2010 behind the scenes advertising photo shoot from monte isom on Vimeo.
Mirage Boardshorts' Bullet Time Ad
Behind the scenes with the "Matrix" look
Porcelana - Making Of from Real Creations on Vimeo.
Dave Hill Takes You INSIDE His Photographs 3D Style
Great Photos Taken With A Long Exposure And Sparklers
Lighting 101: A Three-Point Lighting Tutorial
If you are looking to step beyond basic, one-light setups, it can be a little daunting at first. In this behind-the-scenes video, learn how effective a simple three-point lighting system can be.
Elinchrom Introduces Grids for Its Rotalux Softboxes
Elinchrom is well known for its superb range of softboxes. The Swiss flash manufacturer just announced today the introduction of grids for their Rotalux line.
Photographing Burlesque With Brian Smith
Maybe You Only Need 1 Light
How To Light Large Groups Of People Evenly
Detailed Lighting Setup For An Amazing Western Shoot
Manchul Kim Gets up Close and Personal with a Motocross Photo Shoot
There are a few ways to photograph motocross in action, but one of the best is to use a high powered strobe. For his latest shoot in NamJi, South Korea, Manchul Kim takes a couple of strobes to the track and sees how close he can get to the action. Since motorcycles can be dangerous and all flying by you, it's a good idea to strap on a remote trigger to your camera and step out of the way.
Elinchrom and Red Bull Are Teaming Up for a New Ambassador Program
Elinchrom is joining forces with Red Bull to offer the best action photographers with reliable and robust flashes. It will translate into more behind-the-scenes content and inspirational content for all of us as well.
Elinchrom Announces the Transmitter Pro for Fujifilm
After Sony, Canon, Nikon, and Olympus, it’s now Fuji’s turn to get access to all advanced Elinchrom features such as HS, HSS, and TTL.
[Video] How Many Lights Do You Need To Light A Delivery Truck?
Jay P Morgan Creates Composite Sports Photo With Rafael Marquez
How To Make A Rain Machine For Video Or Stills
How To Shoot Motorcycles In The Studio
How To Light A Semi-Truck Against The Los Angeles Skyline
Patrick And I go to Las Vegas/Shoot In A $15,000 Per Night Penthouse
Behind the Scenes of This Paint Explosion Image
If you want to try something a bit different, how about creating some high-speed flash photography of colorful paints? Here's how Karl Taylor created this enticing shot.
How To Take A Punch To The Face
Profoto TTL and HSS Now Available to Olympus Users
With the introduction of new features such as TTL, HSS, HS, and the likes, flash manufacturers have been forced to develop a different remote for each camera brand. Profoto has its Air TTL system for Sony, Canon, and Nikon, but was lacking micro four third systems compared to Elinchrom. It’s now a thing of the past with the release of the Air TTL-O remote.
Marie-Louise Cadosch Shoots Fashion In A Bus
Projecting Your Photographs Back Onto Your Photographs
Matthew Jordan Smith Diagrams Lighting Of Tyra Banks
How To Take Surfing Pictures With Studio Lighting
Wave Pool Shoot from Cavin Brothers on Vimeo.
A Virtual Lighting Tutorial and Remote Environmental Portrait Shoot From 6,680 Miles Away
What can you learn by simply watching how a photographer and his friend do a remote portrait shoot?