Studio Ninja Cheat Sheets – Part 1: Night Photography
Moonlit Storm - Kris Lamba Over the next few months we will be posting a series of cheat sheets to help with all aspects of your photography. These sheets are high resolution files designed to be printed off and laminated. To kick start the series we chose night photography and have calculated exposures for nearly all scenarios we could possibly think of. SGH7E6S488M3 Read More Read More
Beautiful Curves – Digital Cross Processing Tutorial
I’m currently in the process of reviewing the Hipstamatic iPhone app and the one major frustration has been the somewhat pathetic quality of my 2nd generation iPhone’s camera. The app itself itself is fantastic (more on that in an upcoming post…) but serious photographers wanting to print the images (even with an iPhone 4) will find the results lacklustre. This got me to thinking; how can I reproduce the Hipstamatic effect in Photoshop on high quality images? ... Read More
Checking for minute dust specs on your DSLR
Sensor cleaning is a big part of DSLR ownership and no matter how easy Photoshop makes it to remove artefacts, it is always preferable to start with a clean RAW file. Traditionally we would use air blowers whilst the mirror is locked up and hope to dislodge the larger particles. This method is never 100% and often leaves even more dust on the sensor than we started with. One of the main issues with dust cleaning is being able to see it in the first place. We can take a picture... Read More
1 – 3 Head Lighting Positions
One Head Set-ups Before setting up lighting, check your cameras sync speed. This will be the shutter speed that you set your camera to in order get crisp flash results. You can either use a flash meter held in front of your subject to check exposure, or alternatively use the histogram feature on your DSLR. Important tip: If you move your strobe double the distance from the subject you will need to compensate by 2 f-stops. Read More Read More
Must Have Studio Accessories
Every studio should have some basic flash attachments or lighting accessories in order to cover all bases. Our short guide is to help you chose from the huge range available. We personally love large softboxes, especially the Rotalux hexagonal range from Elinchrom. These huge diffusers throw light out in a unique way and have a useful wrap around effect. If you’re on a small budget then typing “softbox” or reflector into ebay should yield some useful results,... Read More
Getting Started in Studio Photography
So you’ve decided to set up a photographic studio? Well congratulations, studio photography is one of the most rewarding and creative things you can do with a camera. Limited only by your imagination (and to a certain degree budget) you will soon be taking perfectly lit portraits of all your friends and family, and eventually even paying customers (part two of this guide is geared towards setting up a commercial studio). Read More Read More
