Studio Lighting
Nose around Paul’s photography studio and see how much is possible – even with a tiny budget and relatively small space. We’ve got demos with a range of lighting equipment: from cheap bulbs with DIY modifiers through to top spec pro kit. Everything you see is achievable with a basic studio set-up.
Video: Studio Lighting For Available-Light Photographers
Perhaps you're fairly (or very) comfortable with window-lit portraiture, but feel a little intimated by the idea of studio strobes. If so, you're d...
Creating Stunning Portraits With Rotolight AEOS and NEO2
The good folk at Rotolight lent us two pieces of kit for this demo: the Rotolight AEOS and the NEO 2. These lights were originally designed for vid...
Video: BJJ Fighters – Pose, Shoot, Photoshop
In this video, we take a couple of good friends of the studio - Chris and Ben - who are both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) Fighters and create some ima...
Video: Headshots with whatever you’ve got (studio flash / speedlights / windowlight)
Want to create corporate headshots but not sure how? Scared of studio or location lighting? Wondering how to work with windowlight? This video show...
Video: Photographing Children With Their Favourite Props
The Mastering Portrait Photography team asked four-year-old Benji to bring some things to the studio to be photographed with. He chose some toy ca...
Video: Beautiful dog portraits with natural and studio light
In response to multiple requests from MasteringPortraitPhotography.com subscribers, we’ve created a video showing you how Paul captures his famo...
Video: Studio-Style Portraits of Bob with one Flash Gun
No studio? No problem. It's cheaper than ever to get flash guns that you can use on- or off-camera. In fact, some enterprising brands are now offer...
Video: Lily, Sam, Multiple Studio Strobes And A Little Romance!
I do love a black and white portrait, so after shooting to emphasise Lily's stunning red dress, I started to plan some black and whites next. First...
Video: One-light studio headshot with shallow depth of field
One lens, one light and... one ladder. This is my absolute FAVOURITE type of shoot and it's so simple. Watch the video to see how I captured a beau...
Video: One-light studio portrait of Lily in the red dress
I was planning a high key shot of Lily in her stunning red dress, but opted for a more painterly, low key set-up instead. Find out why it's easier ...
Video: Simple studio couple portraits of Lily and Sam
We came into the studio to warm up and dry off after a rather soggy winter portrait taken in the rain/snow outside. I put the kettle on and handed ...
Video: Capture elegant portraits with soft but simple studio lighting
Bring elegance to your portraits with a soft and simple one-light set-up. A beautiful subject can be undone by ugly lighting. Instead, think about ...
Video: Studio portrait of a ballet dancer en pointe
Sneak behind-the-scenes of one of my most popular images and find out why you don't need to get everything right in-camera all of the time. Profess...
Video: Studio portraits of Princess Amelie using a simple light set-up
Amelie (aged three-and-a-half) brought her own creative ideas (and demands) to her portrait session - who am I to argue?! We had a spring-themed, o...
Video: Three studio portrait ideas for working with dark skin
Add shape and depth to portraits of dark-skinned subjects by manipulating the highlights on their face and body. Whereas shadows create definition ...
Video: How to photograph two men with different heights, skin tones & face shapes!
Create a film-poster style portrait of two guys with contrasting physical characteristics. My team challenged me to take a portrait of Rob and Matt...
Video: Characterful portrait trio of Rob using studio lighting
Create strong, masculine and characterful portraits by controlling your light and shadow areas. I see WAY too many studio portraits with flat light...
Video: Replicating a windowlight portrait using studio lighting
Achieve the soft, gentle and natural look of a window-lit portrait using carefully positioned studio flash. If you want to replicate the look and f...