SLC-1L-12: A Garden of Ideas

At first glance: a simple, one-light portrait of activist gardener Janssen Evelyn. Dig deeper: a look at tonal mapping via specular high...

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SLC-2L-14: Fill in the Blanks

There are two main schools of thought when it comes to lighting. One is to light your subject in a way that is not grounded in reality b...

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SLC-2L-13: Shoot Through Your Sunset

Whenever you have control over the time of day in which you'll be shooting a location portrait, always remember that the hour that wra...

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SLC-1L-11: Planting Rice at Sunrise

Seeing as no one is doing much traveling these days, I thought it'd be fun to pay a visit with a Strobist reader photographing somewhe...

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SLC-2L-12: Two-Light Bike for the Bucks

Have you tried to buy a new bike lately? Or even a used bike? The coronavirus pandemic has made them very tough to find. Between homebou...

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SLC-2L-11: The "Magic" of Medium Format

There's something about shooting medium format — especially in black and white. The look is unmistakeable: creamy highlights supported...

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SLC-1L-10: [COVID DIARIES] Shoot the Kids

Hey, there's a pandemic. Have you heard? Looks like we might be spending a lot of time in the house with our immediate family these...

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Hot-Shoe Go-To: The Godox TT600

How best to put this? The Godox TT600 is, objectively, a screaming bargain. It is a full-sized manual-only speedlight with power compara...

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