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Quick and Easy Lighting Setups for High School Seniors

Lighting doesn’t have to be complicated when it comes to your photography lighting set-ups. In this video, we show you some easy ways to get beautiful portrait lighting in a quick and easy way.

This studio lighting tutorial is perfect for beginning photographers and advanced photographers as well.

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Octabox VS. Beauty Dish // Which is better?

These two completely different lighting modifiers will deliver completely different results with the same exact set up.

In this lighting tutorial, we showcase the difference in the two different lighting options. both portrait images look amazing, but I think creatives will like one over the other.

Which do you like the best?

One is softer and the other more specular.

In this video, we used the Westcott FJ200 and their octabox and beauty dish offering.

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Creative Portrait Photography with the Nanlite Gobo

Things get super creative in this portrait photography training video using the Nanlite Projection Attachment aka a Gobo.

If you are looking to unleash your creativity this is a must have tool in your photography lighting bag. We love using this tool and it can be seen in multiple videos on our youtube channel.

In the video you will get insight into some portrait photography lighting techniques that you can use the next time you are working with led lights or any indoor shoots with continuous lights.

To learn more about Nanlite visit nanliteus.com

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Hard Light Beauty Portraits For Photography

Ready for some hard light beauty portraits? In this behind the scenes photography training video we show you the tips and tools to make it happen. We photographed this photoshoot with Violet in St Louis in a gorgeous property. this lighting technique can be used both on-location or in-studio.

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