One of the great pleasures of portrait photography is the ability to transform the mood and look of an image with just a small tweak to your lighting setup. Outdoors, for instance, you might rely ...

“Lighting is to film what music is to opera,” Cecil B DeMille once said. In the early days of cinema, light was blasted at a relentlessly Wagnerian volume: to obtain clear, even images, primitive film ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most lighting designers share an unconscious habit. When viewing a striking image of some type—a ...

Perfecting a professional studio lighting setup can be a little daunting, so learning how to master a simple single light setup is invaluable. A wide range of professional looks and effects can be ...

When Amsterdam’s first city playhouse opened in 1638, an inscription over the entrance quoted Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage”. Seventeenth-century Holland was known for its painters, not its ...