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Quick Tip: Like the Beauty Dish Look? Try This Softbox Trick!
If you're wondering about stepping your portraiture game up with a beauty dish, but not sure if the investment is worth it to you yet, I've come up with a...
Rob Taylor
27 Oct 2013
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Creating a Hip Hop Stage in the Studio
Part of having a studio space, whether that's a spare bedroom or an industrial warehouse, is the ability to create the illusion of location, whether through...
Rob Taylor
15 Oct 2013
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Quick Tip: Use Your Camera's Custom Modes for Better Quality HDR
It's fairly well known that the more close-together exposures you can supply a tonemapping algorithm, the better the final output will be. You'll get more...
Rob Taylor
29 Sep 2013
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Shooting Portraiture at Night: A Practical Tale
I love night shooting and night photography. I think it's the ambience that comes from a dark blue environment dotted with yellow-orange lighting. It's like...
Rob Taylor
24 Sep 2013
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Freezing Action With an Einstein Monolight
Introduced in 2010, the Paul C. Buff Einstein has been rapidly growing in popularity as tales of its capabilities spread via the popular photography blogs....
Rob Taylor
23 Sep 2013
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Quick Tip: Use the Pen Tool for Adjustable, Reusable Selections
If you're a photographer, you may very well not use the Photoshop's Pen Tool very often. It's more often used by designers and artists. In fact, it's a very...
Rob Taylor
22 Sep 2013
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The Versatility of the Humble Beauty Dish
Unless you're very new to modifiers, you've likely heard of a beauty dish, but do you know what it is, what it does, and how it can help your portraiture? In...
Rob Taylor
18 Sep 2013
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Three Different Portraits Shot with Three Lights
Wondering why you should add more lights when you like the images you get with one or two? Are you trying to figure out if you can justify the expense of...
Rob Taylor
16 Sep 2013
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Build A Triflector for Only $50
Triflectors are a staple in beauty shooting and are applicable to a variety of studio applications in the headshot and portraiture area. Instead of a table...
Rob Taylor
27 Aug 2013
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Build Your Own DIY V-Flat Light Modifiers
V-flats are a staple of studio setups and have a wide array of uses, but the "real" flats they're usually made up of are a type of foamboard for display...
Rob Taylor
20 Aug 2013
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Sky Replacement of Complex Subjects
If you've looked into this topic before, you've probably noticed that the majority of sky replacement tutorials limit themselves to hard-edged subjects like...
Rob Taylor
13 Aug 2013
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Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment
When pursuing macro photography, there's always the urge to probe deeper, get closer. We want to marvel at the infinite layers of detail offered by the world...
Rob Taylor
12 Aug 2013
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