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So we had a Portrait Lighting Cheat Sheet that was designed to help placing the light in space around the model. While I called it portrait lighting cheat sheet card, I was only telling half of the truth. The half that I did not include in that card was how different modifiers will change the light falling on your subject. It is time to correct this wrong, so this lighting modifiers cheat sheet completes this gap. There are some new things on this sheet, like a perfectly still model, dark walls to control reflections and a few beers that you can not spot in the actual card. But they were there. Trust me.

We all need one good TTL hot shoe speedlight for walk-about bounce use (do use your white bounce card). And that result can be mighty good too, but then we often wonder what happens if we try a little harder? Off camera lights make a big difference. Umbrellas make a really big difference - when up close they give very a soft light, very flattering for portraits. And another light or two makes a really big difference too. The question then is which way to go? It is easy to put speedlights into umbrellas, and this works well. Or we could get actual studio lights. The following comparison speaks of more studied fixed setup multiple lights, like for umbrellas in the living room. The following about the difference is intended to be an introduction for those not yet familiar with these studio practices. There is a strong Nikon bias here, but much of this is not brand specific.

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Online Lighting Diagram Creator Community New Graphical User Interface Save diagrams to your user profile Share your diagram by contributing to the knowledge database Link to the diagram: detailed version or image link Add a title and description to your saved diagrams Add a result and setup shot to illustrate Requires you to register for an online profile (free) More features to come: notes, more objects, save in different sizes... Free to use

The Nikon Remote Wireless Flash System Is Easy To Use Nikon's automatic wireless remote speedlight system makes it phenomenally easy and convenient to use a couple of remote flashes (like Main light and Fill light). It allows easy off-camera remote flash, and it provides an automatic point&shoot wireless remote TTL multiple flash system. Automatic setup is surely the largest factor for many people. Just set a flash or two out there and they can work. Immediate automatic TTL multiple flash setup, vs. tedious manual setup. However manual flash does offer absolute and full control, and the system can also be used as a wireless triggering system for manual flash power levels (which is NOT to be confused with Manual flash mode - it is still very much Commander/Remote operation, and incompatible with much manual flash gear, such as optical slaves). Here is Nikon's Quick Guide for AWL setup instructions, with the menus of the various compatible gear.

How to Photograph a Model: Photo Studio Tips: Video Series Email Series You are viewing an eHow Video Series: Learn how to light a model photo shoot with umbrellas, reflectors, a studio flash and tungsten lights in a photo studio in this free series of photography tips from our professional photographer. There are 21 videos in this series: