Flash Photography Techniques

Introduction to Photography Studio Lighting I'm a professional photographer and work in my photography studio most days. So I'm very aware of how important it is to be able to use light effectively. The right lighting can bring out your subject's best features (and they will love you forever for making them look good). Bad lighting on someone just looks horrible. I want to share with you some of my experiences with studio lighting to save you all the trial and error that I've been through over the years. I'll refer to the subject you are lighting as 'the model' even though it may not be an actual model, I just mean whoever or whatever you are photographing. As I see it there are two distinct skill sets: 1) Using available light. This is all about arranging the model to make the most of lighting you can't control. For example, shooting outdoors. You can't move the sun around, but you can move the model and your posit...