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Laws of Light: Using 5 Lighting Portrait Positions for Couples

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Lighting two people can be difficult to do, so I’m going to use the 5 portrait lighting positions to breakdown how to best light a couple. If you haven’t watched the 5 Portrait Lighting Setups yet, go watch that first and come back to watch the section for couples. Thanks to our models David and […]

Aputure REINVENTS the Light Bulb! (NAB 2019 Highlights)

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I just came back from NAB last week and I wanted to share with you a quick rundown of the highlights for us at NAB. Aputure RGB Battery Powered Light Bulbs The first thing that really captured my attention was the Aputure RGB Light Bulbs. It’s not just any LED RGB light bulb, but it’s […]

Why You Should Shoot Film

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We are going to talk about why starting with film is the best possible way to learn the settings on your camera before getting into the automatic digital world that will swallow you whole as a photographer and puke you out the other way. As always we got our film processed and scanned by Richard […]

Sony 24-70 f2.8 GM vs Tamron 28-75 f2.8 Lens Comparison

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We are comparing the Tamron 28-75 with the Sony 24-70 GM in sharpness, image quality, focal length, autofocus, and we can’t forget the video test! Focal Length Sharpness Test We are going to start off comparing these two lenses by their focal length. We are comparing the Sony at 24mm and the Tamron at 28mm, […]

Laws of Light: How to Light Glass

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What is the best way to light glass? Glass doesn’t look good when you shine light directly at it. It soaks up the light it doesn’t define it. It just gives you specular highlights little pinpoints that don’t photograph well. Glass looks the best when you look through it and shine something bright behind it. […]

Sony 6400 vs Fuji X-T30 | Hands-on Mirrorless Camera Comparison

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We are going to be comparing the Sony a6400 with the Fuji X-T30 in this video. They are both pretty new starting level mirrorless cameras with pretty good specs for how small the body is. So let’s put these two cameras to the test! Picture Quality Test These two shots look very similar next to […]

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