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Michael's System for Good Light and a new Speedlight Giveaway
Thanks to my work for Good Light! Magazine I can give away one more pair of speedlights. This time the brand new Phottix Mitros (coming in fully featured TTL versions for Canon, Nikon and Sony). I used the spee ›
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Photography practise and Leica philosophy
Before we start into the new year with new shiny lighting setup, please allow me one post which is m ›
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Posing your pregnant model
Last time I showed you my basic lighting setup for maternity photography. Today I am going to add my best tips and ›
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Tips from a glamour photography veteran
Michael Charles got decades of experience, shooting glamour photos for the glamour industry. Today he is going with ›
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Quick trick using Lightroom's graduated filter tool
Applying the 80/20 rule to photography it might turn out that 80% of all improvements in postproduct ›
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Must Reads: Excellent Books and Videos for Glamour Photographers
There are quite a few publications which we can highly recommend for anyone who likes to improve on glamour photography. Sure, they do cost a bit of money and you would probably be able to find the information for free online somewhere. But then again, it is so much more convenient to pick up a high quality book or to watch a content rich long format video t ›
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No giant softboxes at hand? Use reflectors!
Fortunately Ortwin Schneider was on holiday. He is the owner of the fancy Fotomagic rental studio. T ›
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Warm up your model with backlight photography
Before Roger Federer is going to play one of his glorious tennis matches he is... warming up his bod ›
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Heaven sent: Radio trigger for Canon Speedlites
If you are a Canon shooter, take a look at what for me is the “Gear of the Year”. If you are a N ›
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Skin vs. latex, or the forgotten concept of 5 lighting zones
I feel like people who have a fetish should celebrate that and enjoy it and yes, my heart is wide ›
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Shooting hair photos with Toni&Guy and cousin Saint Exupéry
Good news: we are nominated for the awards - so wish us luck. Which award? Exactly! I tend to forg ›
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Why I never ever use a light meter in my photo shoots
Maybe you are one of the photographers loving to use a light meter when setting up studio light. T ›
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The Digital Photography Workflow Handbook
Like to feature some heavy literature on your xmas wishlist? Think about it, it might make you look good in the eyes of the one the one who has to buy you a gift. So let’s talk about 1765 gram of solid digital photography workflow information in form of a book. That’s more than 500 pages written to help you finding the most efficient way for ›
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The lazy way to use CTO gels on your speedlights
It’s going happen every 2nd Thursday of the month over here at SmokingStrobes: You will get ›
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Be kind to your knees, you will miss them once they are gone!
Admittedly, in front of beautiful women I often fall down on my knees. However, usually I am ho ›
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l don't need to tell you to watch your back...
But I’m just about to do it - and I mean it literally. Let me tell you the story of cousin W ›
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The Pretty Flash Kit makes all the light you’ll ever need
When starting flash photography, should you buy a complete flash kit or should you rather buy one ›
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3 step strategy for digital camera batteries in your photo shoots
You are in the middle of a photo shoot when … your batteries go down. Nightmare. But, well, ›
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DIY Laptop Holder for your Photography Tripod
Are you shooting photos with your digital camera tethered to your laptop? Then it’s time well ›
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Screen Calibration Kung-Fu: 3 steps to make your screen revealing every detail
var _TestId = 20; Want to see as much detail as possible on your computer screen when doing photo retouching? Use this little diagram to add a YinYang-like balance to your screen settings. The goal is that you can differentiate between subtle nuances of black and white – just like the Pro’s can do. ›
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