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Two lights, a roll of black paper and a portrait built from scratch: here's how I light a moody studio ...

Pattern: Short side lighting from a big soft source, with a gridded kiss light coming back from behind. Mood: Dark ...

Pattern: Short-lit loop that tips towards Rembrandt, from a high, close, bare point source (an everyday LED light bulb!), with ...

There’s a common misconception in portrait photography that better photographs come from buying better lights. Spend enough money on the ...

I love the dry ice nozzle for the PMI Smoke Ninja. What it does, essentially, is cool the smoke as ...

Want to know how many lights I typically use? Well, that's simple: just one. It's always been that way, as ...

Photographing Natural Movement As a portrait photographer, I'm always looking for moments that look great but are also really natural ...

A quick thought here, because we're photographing Abby in a fairly tight frame and not really thinking about moving her ...

If you're looking for something festive at this time of year, here's a lovely idea to try. Take a string ...

The studio was lit bright pink the day we filmed this, because sometimes you need to make a sensible educational ...