Category Archives: lighting tips

Carol Weinberg on Halo Lighting

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

©Carol Weinberg Peter Kolonia has just published an impressive how-to piece on PopPhoto.com featuring the photography of portrait shooter Carol Weinberg. Wanting to shoot something special for her new site, Weinberg wound up with a dramatic portrait featuring halo lighting. A Profoto Pro Head was utilized from behind to create the halo effect. The main light [...]

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Creating Hard Light with a Softbox

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Fredrik Franzen for Profoto Blog

©Ab Sesay Softboxes are great. They are easy to work with, they are easy to bring along to on-location shoot, and, last but not least, they are versatile. Fredrik Franzén and photographer Ab Sesay have together produced eight articles that highlights the latter. This is the first one. The softbox is one of the most [...]

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Kirk Tuck on the Profoto AcuteB 600

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

Often, a box of speedlights just isn’t enough. If you’re ready to make the jump from speedlights to something a little (or a lot) more powerful, check out this post by Kirk Tuck found on The Visual Science Lab. A proponent of minimalist lightin… Continue reading →

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Vegafoto explores Natural Beauty

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

Swedish photographer Michael Jönsson recently launched an exciting new project entitled Natural Beauty. The concept behind Natural Beauty is pretty simple. Michael is going to create a series of fashion styled portraits without using makeup, professio… Continue reading →

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Matthew Jordan Smith: How to Use Multiple Lights for Dramatic Portraits

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

Matthew Jordan Smith has written a nice post on pixiq.com in which he explains how he used the Profoto Softlight Reflector to create two different images. In the first one, he used the Softlight Reflector as key light, in the second (above) as fill lig… Continue reading →

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Maki Kawakita on Strobist

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

Writer Irwin Wong has a new post on the popular off-camera flash blog Strobist. It chronicles a 2009 photo shoot by Maki Kawakita, a commercial photographer based in both Tokyo and New York. Kawakita shot the Japanese rock band Glay in a Yokohama hote… Continue reading →

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Thomas Chadwick Lights it Big

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

PopPhoto.com has an insightful piece by Peter Kolonia on how photographer Thomas Chadwick shot a large moody alley to create a classic music video vibe. Chadwick composited eight exposures to achieve his final image. A Profoto Pro-7b pack and a Pro-7B … Continue reading →

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Nathan Schroder: A Fantastic Reality

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Fredrik Franzen for Profoto Blog

Many photographers make an effort to create a context for their images. But Nathan Schroder takes the concept further than most. “I think of my images as stills from movies that don’t exist,” says Nathan. “I create the characters in my head, be… Continue reading →

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TODAY in SF! Robert Seale at Photoshop & You Experience

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

We’ve covered the beautiful and innovative portrait work of Profoto shooter Robert Seale before. His work is innovative, beautifully framed, and often composed the way a portrait painter would. If you’re in the San Francisco area today, Seale will be speaking and showing his work at 5pm today at the Adobe “Pop-Up Store” Photoshop and You Experience in [...] Continue reading →

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Byron Atkinson on Continuous Light

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ron Egatz for Profoto Blog

Byron Atkinson has published a review of the Profoto ProDaylight 800 Air and the ProTungsten Air on his blog, hdhd. Calling these models “a major rethinking and development” over Profoto’s previous continuous lighting products, Atkins… Continue reading →

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