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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 ...

Some of the best halloween portrait photography ideas aren't planned at all. They just happen when the right person walks ...

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

A few people have asked about the next steps for setting up clamshell lighting. This technique involves using two lights ...

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

Photographing black dogs well is one of those things that looks simple until you try it and end up with ...

A two-light chair portrait sounds straightforward, and in some ways it is - but this particular setup, a high 1m ...

This was part of a commission for the Sassy hair styling team. The brief was to create images for PR, ...

This was a simple studio test. I was exploring a high-key look for future client work, much like a chef ...