Unless you keep your eye on the Photography Resources forum or in the Corner Resource Center, you may have missed a couple new resources that were posted up over the past couple of days. Luckily for you, we have the links to the new photography resources right here in the Corner Blog:

• Elinchrom Ranger Quadra Pro Set by RandyBrogen - A review of the Elinchrom Range Quadra Pro Set lighting.
• What Should I Charge? – A Guide to Figuring it All Out by newlove - A guide to figuring out how much to charge for your photography.
• How to Wirelessly Tether Your Camera to Your iPad by RandyBrogen - An extensive tutorial that will walk you through, step-by-step, how to wirelessly tether your camera to an iPad.

Thanks to Randy and Lise for putting these reviews/tutorials/articles together for the Corner! If you want to submit a review, article or tutorial to the Corner Resource Center, check out this thread for details on how to write and submit your own resources.

The ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today again looks in on Monte Zucker as he outlines his typical studio/lighting set up. He also goes over a couple of portraits and discusses the impact of the lighting and positioning on those photos.

In the ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today, Monte Zucker reviews several retouched portraits and overviews the posing and lighting for each - a great look into how he specifically lights and poses subjects for portrait work with his “1, 2, 3 approach” (1 lighting pattern, 2 poses, and 3 camera positions).

Our ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today is just in time for Valentine’s Day next week. Monte Zucker walks us through two popular ways to pose and light couples.

In another fairly short - just under 3 minutes - ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today, Ken Skulte shows us some great examples of how he uses natural window light in portraits. If you do portrait work, or people photography in general, there are some great tips in here for you.

In the (very short - less than a minute!!) ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today, Ken Skulte explains how to use shadows on objects to give them depth and dimension.

In the ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today, Ken Skulte explains how to use an open shade light, which helps give our photographs depth and dimension. Ken also touches on some tips on posing and framing your subject.

Every Monday and Thursday, we post up a photography or Photoshop video in a column we simple call “Video Corner.” On Monday’s we get Photoshop-related videos, and on Thursday, we do photography-related videos. The ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today (a super short one) looks at using a large light source (like sunlight bouncing off of a white wall) to create simple, yet effective, lighting that adds depth and definition to your photographs.

In today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ edition of Video Corner we continue our look at composition (from season 2 of the “dSLR Know-How with Tamron” series). Last week we explored Composition & the Rule of Thirds, and last season in Video Corner #67 we discussed aperture and depth of field. The video today discusses how focus, brightness and color can emphasize the subject of your photographs.

Two weeks ago, in our continuing look at DIY Photography in our ‘Photography Monday’ Video Corner videos, we learned about monitors & calibration. Last week, we learned about “Delta E Tolerance” - what it is and how to test your tolerance with the Pilot Color Tolerance Exercise (you can see that video here). This week we look at “soft proofing” with controlled viewing conditions. If you only take one thing away from this particular video, pay close attention to how the different light temperatures can make such a huge difference on how your photographs look (starting around the 0:55 mark). Now imagine what impact different lighting can have when you’re actually taking photographs!! Something to think about before using those cheap Wal-Mart lights again…

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s starting to get a lot warmer outside, and today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner shows us how to create a classic studio portrait in any outdoor location using the Sun as the only light source. To shape the light, the photographer in the video simply uses a Matthew’s 6×6 diffusion panel, a muslin background (with a couple of light stands to support it), and a couple of plexiglass mirrors to reflect the sunlight onto the subjects hair for back-lighting.

Today’s Photography Thursday edition of “Video Corner” is a continuation from Video Corner #15: How to Use Lighting Ratios in Photography, which was posted last Thursday. The video below discusses a variety of specific lighting setups and their lighting ratios by looking at 7 different lighting setups (outlined below the video for your reference) with each setup including several sample photographs.

When we think of “glamour photography” we might think of elegant ladies in black and white photographs, or we could envision tasteful or artistic nudes, and we might even think of those photographs that put “ordinary” people in place of traditional “models” with makeup, lighting and expensive clothing.

The essence of glamour photography, however, is that it is never candid or casual. This means that it uses optimal conditions for recording very finely crafted photographs. Is it always perfect? Nope! There are, however, some editing tools that can really improve the overall appearance of such images.

• Video Corner #3: Basic Principles of Light Usage in Photography
• Video Corner #5a: Photography Lighting Equipment Review
• Video Corner #5b: Photography Lighting Equipment Review

In the video below, we’ll learn about a basic, 3-light setup which includes a key light, a fill light, and a separation light. The video also discusses using a grid, flag, and a reflector in a 3-light setup.

Last week we took at look at the Basic Principles of Light Usage in Photography in the first installment of the “what lighting should I buy” series. Part 2, a look at the various photography lighting equipment available, is divided up into 2 videos that have both been posted on the Corner Blog today. After watching part 1 here, watch part 2 below as we look at different types of lighting equipment including grip (light stands, c-stands, etc.), light modifiers (such as reflectors, reflectors, snoots, barn doors, grids, flags and soft boxes) and light sources.

Note: Before watching Photography Lighting Equipment Review (Part 2b) below, you may want to start off by watching Photography Lighting Equipment Review (Part 2a) available here.

Last week we took at look at the Basic Principles of Light Usage in Photography in the first installment of the “what lighting should I buy” series. Part 2, a look at the various photography lighting equipment available, is divided up into 2 videos that have both been posted on the Corner Blog today. Watch part 1 below as we look at different types of lighting equipment including grip (light stands, c-stands, etc.), light modifiers (such as reflectors, reflectors, snoots, barn doors, grids, flags and soft boxes) and light sources. We also get a peak inside of a large soft box, with a little insight into how they work.

There are few people who haven’t done even the most basic portrait photography. How is that possible? Because every camera owner usually ends up taking a group photograph, or capturing a friend or family member in a “picture”, meaning they have taken a portrait. The differences between such casual images and formal portrait photography may seem numerous, but in fact are really only a matter of setting and attention to detail.

Most people know that lighting is the key in most photographs. If a scene is under lit the subjects are lost; too much light and the scene is washed out; unbalanced light and the effects are lost – most photographs can be greatly affected by light.

How does a photographer adjust lighting? There is equipment as well as techniques that photographers use to address difficulties or issues with lighting in a scene or of a subject.

Recently I was asked by a subscriber of mine in New York State as to how he could improve his daylight digital photos to create a more even light across his digital photos. I suggested that in digital photography there were many tools such as a polariser, a Neutral Density Filter and some other fancy tools.