Diy lighting helpers
Readers have asked if there’s a resource showing how different reflectors work on a controlled portrait setup, showing the difference between white, silver, gold and black fill cards. Well, that resource now exists, thanks to DIYPhotography.net. Udi has done all of the hard work for us with this reflector card cheat sheet. The downloadable sheet contains a series of images that tell the whole story of how different reflectors influence a portrait. It’s a companion piece to the portrait lighting cheat sheet card that shows how lighting placement …

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The past few weeks I’ve managed to get a quick video up on Thursday but this week we’ve been pressed for deadlines at the studio. I’m attributing much of the good business fortune at Daylight Photo to the good kharma coming from the website here, so let‘s hope it keeps rolling. Instead of a video today I’ve found a quiet moment at the keyboard to tap out a post I’ve wanted to write for quite some time about a valuable piece of gear.

I really enjoyed reading David …

Last week we looked at what charging a fair value means to photographers, particularly those just starting out.
So what happens when you start your business, you’ve calculated your cost of doing business, but people just aren’t willing to pay what you need to survive? Should you take these jobs anyway? Last week we looked at value as it relates to the photography industry. Remember, if you don’t charge enough to preserve the value of photography in general then the whole industry goes down and you go along with it. This …

Have you ever been in a creative rut? The ideas just aren’t coming to you and when they are, the results are disappointing? I’m sure we’ve all been there. This is the story of how I dealt with one particular creative drought.
A couple of years ago my photo studio was doing very well but I was just “going through the motions”. Nothing was particularly exciting and it seemed like every job was repetitive. Thankfully, a photo assistant helped pull me out of the doldrums.
We were on a location shoot for …