Dramatic flash photography

With careful use of flash, you can make your photos look natural—as though no artificial lighting had been used. Certain flash photography techniques can enhance the photo by further reducing contrast while looking very natural. It’s a dream of all photographers to look for the balance in lighting whenever they photograph a subject, but most […]

It's no secret that we get lots of very cold and dark days in Sweden. But on summer nights like this one, when the last rays of the sunset are still visible well past 10 pm, I can assure you that's the furthest thing from your mind. Ahhh, summer... Strobist info: One SB-800 up very high and pointing down at Cecilia, and one pretty low, to eliminate any shadows. Both with white shoot through umbrellas, both with 1/2 CTO gels, at 1/16 and both camera right in this instance. See the rough setup…