Photography lighting

From classic Rembrandt styles to more modern alternatives, our cheat sheet shows you 24 different lighting setups

Read more to understand how to take professional shadows photography.

Newbie, budding, and aspiring food photographers and bloggers are often told to "buy a piece of white foam core and place it next to your food to fill in the shadows". I'm here to tell you that advice isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Learn how to build a product and portrait homemade photography studio.

Yoshinori Mizutani

While a lot can be done in post-processing, many photographers use studio lighting tricks while shooting to create some fantastic effects. Knowing how to correctly stage lights and how to use colorful gels effectively can help in achieving creative results. We enlisted the help of Felix Barjou, a professional portrait photographer to give us his tips on lighting and color. See how to get his results below and don't forget to check out his amazing light and color setup at the end.

I've been reading photographers' discussions on various external strobe accessories. I had these tests done some years back for my textbook, "Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach." From top to bottom, the Indoor/Outdoor comparisons are for: Direct Flash Bouncing the strobe off a ceiling Lumiquest Omnidome Through an umbrella Off an umbrella Through a softbox Outdoors or in a large ballroom or gymnasium, all the accessories work less well at softening shadows. The scattered light rays…