Tag Archives: Lighting

What’s in YOUR bag?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Michael Willems

My flash/lighting bag as it is today: It contains, from top left: Two rolls of Honl Photo gels Flashzebra Cables to connect Pocketwizards to speedlights Six pocketwizards Light meter (and spare battery) Three Honl Photo grids (2×1/4″ and 1×1/8″) Cables … Continue reading →

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Last chance

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Michael Willems

There’s still some space left on the weekend workshop Joseph Marranca and I are arranging this weekend in beautiful Mono, Ontario, an hour north of Toronto: but you need to be quick. Two days of intense learning about lighting: we … Continue reading →

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A standard portrait setup

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Michael Willems

Back to the standard “small studio” setup I described earlier. This time I shall talk a bit not about how it works – I assume light sensitive slave cells and Pocketwizards and cables are all old hat to you now … Continue reading →

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Let there be light.

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Michael Willems

Please. Light. I dream that one day the newspaper will send me to shoot something where there is actual light. Tonight, two shoots where no flash was allowed (or possible). I started with a recital. Church. Not possible to move … Continue reading →

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Studio simple

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Michael Willems

A studio need not be expensive. Even a light or two – affordable strobes – and a few reflectors and a backdrop will do it. This is a setup I often take on the road: Two or three strobes with … Continue reading →

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Indoor Flash

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Michael Willems

Here’s a few demo shots from a kind volunteer (a student’s daughter) at a recent camera course I taught. This bit was about “flash”. First, pop up the flash and use “P” or “Auto” mode and you get the picture … Continue reading →

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The art of the dramatic portrait

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Michael Willems

So how did I use the softbox I showed myself holding yesterday? Or rather, what picture did I get in the end? As a reminder, I was using a Canon 1Ds MkIII with a 580 EXII flash on the camera … Continue reading →

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Let there be light

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Michael Willems

..and let it be managed. I have talked about this many times before, and I will do it again. When you add light, and manage it, massage it, and work with i, you get drama, cheerfulness, whatever you like. So … Continue reading →

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Straight light

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Michael Willems

You know about Rembrandt lighting, loop lighting, broad and short lighting, and so on? If not, you will. But today a note about simple lighting for models, women, in general anyone who wants to look their best and show youth … Continue reading →

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