Learn how to take stunning images in harsh light conditions.  Discover how to manage strong shadows and intense contrasts in the desert with techniques like shooting in RAW, prioritizing highlights, utilizing angled lighting and more!

Discover how to harness the beauty of window light in photography.  Learn how to optimally position your subjects,  select the right window for consistent lighting, manage light intensity, and more!

Understanding High-Key VS Low-Key Lighting In this post, we will look at two different, yet very popular, lighting techniques: HIGH-KEY and LOW-KEY.  High key lighting is just what you would imagine - very bright and...

How to Find the Best Lighting for Outdoor Photos A couple of weeks ago my daughter and two of her friends wanted me to take some photos of them.  I was thrilled to do it.  They are 13 and any chance I have to take ph...

Off Camera Flash For Beginners When I first became interested in off-camera flash, I was completely overwhelmed by the amount of information I found online, and didn’t even know where to begin! But I was determined t...

How to Take Photos in Bright Sunlight While taking photos in the bright mid-day sun presents a certain set of challenges, it can still be done with great results - if you know what to look for.  Unfortunately, taking...

4 Tips to Master Indoor Photography Lighting I was not one of those photographers who got a camera as a teen and followed my dreams to art school.  Actually, it was quite the opposite... Like many photographers, I am...

Photography Lighting Equipment for Beginners The world of studio lighting can be an exciting aspect of photography for some people, while others are intimidated by what seems to be a never-ending stream of equipment ...

When I first became interested in experimenting with off-camera flash, I was completely overwhelmed by the amount of information I found online and didn’t even know where to begin! While off-camera flash techniques a...