You don’t need lots of expensive lighting equipment to shoot beautifully lit portraits, just soft, directional light. Why soft? Because soft light is more flattering than hard light. Why directional?

You don’t need a photo studio in your house to shoot professional-looking portraits at home. All you need is a camera, a window, and a willing muse. We’re all spending a lot more time at home right ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Photography is all about light. If you’ve got a beautiful golden ...

Tips to help you produce engaging portraits in ambient lighting. Tight framing with a relatively long lens produced this jovial portrait of an ‘old salt’. Olympus E-M5 with 75-300mm lens at 75mm focal ...

Many photographers will already be familiar with Godox lighting solutions, such as the Godox V480 compact on-camera flash or the Godox AD200 Pro II off-camera flash. Godox is certainly a go-to brand ...