I’ve just added a new page to the site called “Photography How-To.” I’ve collected all the articles I’ve written in the last year about the basics of photography and put them in one place. You’ll find articles there about camera lenses, depth of field, three point lighting, product shots, Rembrandt Light, making diffusion [...]

How to create the look of daylight in studio when shooting products.

3 POINT LIGHTING
Three point lighting is often the best way to create a flattering portrait, shoot a great headshot and make an interview on video look professional. Here is the essence of three point lighting:
Key Light – This is your primary light source.
Fill Light – This light adds illumination to the shadow side [...]

A standard tool in movie making is a fog machine. Fog adds atmosphere to a shot, reduces contrast, softens the image and can create shafts of light.
Fog machines are great for shooting night exteriors because a few small light units can illuminate a large area when fog is present. The light hits [...]

Many moons ago, I ran the film office at the International Film & Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine. It’s an amazing place offering one-week classes in photography or film/video. I can’t speak highly enough of The Workshops. In fact, it was there that I decided to go to film school and become a [...]

Conrad L. Hall was one of the greatest cinematographers in the history of moviemaking. He was the director of photography for such movies as The Road to Perdition, American Beauty, Love Affair, Searching for Bobby Fischer, In Cold Blood, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I wrote my Master’s Thesis on [...]