One Week Lighting Workshop With Stanley
Since 2006 I have been doing a one-week lighting workshop as part of the School of Photography program of YWAM with Dennis Fahringer in Kona, Hawaii. This year I was asked by two of his…
Category: White Balance
Working under Mercury-Vapor Lights
If you read my blog regularly, my favorite way to set my white balance is to do a custom white balance setting using ExpoDisc. So here is a quick reminder–skip down if you want to…
White balance 2.0: Saving even more time in post-production
I recently upgraded my ExpoDisc, which comes with the Portrait Warming Filters. This little addition saves me more steps in Adobe Lightroom and gives me more time to enjoy life. I have been using ExpoDisc…
Custom White Balance vs Presets
Custom White Balance using ExpoDisc Today I shot the Wreaths Across America Day event at Roswell Presbyterian Cemetery. While shooting this, I realized many folks assume those presets for white balance will give good enough…
Shooting under fluorescent requires you to slow down
Shooting under fluorescent lights can give unpredictable results if you do not slow down. Fluorescent lamps using a magnetic mains frequency ballast do not give out a steady light; instead, they flicker at twice the…
Off Camera Flash Examples
Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 100, 1/250, f/4.5, Off-Camera Fill Flash with Alien Bees 1600 and fired with Pocket Wizard Plus System. Walk and Talk This past week, I was privileged to photograph a college campus.…
Attaining good skin tones with digital cameras
Sepia Tone filter Bleach Bypass filter Aged Photo filter Auto Color with the camera. The photograph's color can take you back in time, create a mood, or make your work look amateurish. Instagram In…
How to capture better color with your camera
Reflections in the hood and glass Polarizing filter eliminates reflections “I’ll fix that in post” is the mantra for so many photographers. As long as you get the best possible exposure and shoot in the…