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An Article, Tutorial & Product Review Added to the Corner Resource Center

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:00:10 -0400

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.

Video Corner #187: The Studio Set Up with Monte Zucker

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:14:04 -0400

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.

Video Corner #167: Reviewing Portraits with Monte Zucker

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:12:10 -0500

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).

Video Corner #165: Two Ways to Pose & Light Couples in a Portrait

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:12:59 -0500

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.

Video Corner #155: Using Window Light in a Portrait

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:55:51 -0500

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.

Video Corner #151: Shadow Edge Transfer

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:21:03 -0500

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.

Video Corner #149: How to Deal with Open Shade Light

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:48:51 -0500

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.

Video Corner #147: Using a Large Light Source

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:40:16 -0500

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.

Video Corner #135: Composition Part 2

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:20:40 -0400

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.

Video Corner #119: Controlled Viewing Conditions

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:36:32 -0400

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…

Video Corner #95: The Daylight Studio

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:06:12 -0400

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.

Video Corner #17: Basic Photography Lighting Setups

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:42:32 -0400

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.

Articles By Amy: Glamour Photography Fixes

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:00:09 -0400

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 #7: How to Use a 3-Light Setup in Photography

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:10:18 -0400

This video is the third part (fourth video) in a 3-part series that discusses “what lighting should I buy.” If you haven’t already, check out the first 3 videos here:

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.

Video Corner #5b: Photography Lighting Equipment Review (Part 2b)

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:29:18 -0400

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.