Photography Video Tutorials

Learn two ways to automatically set a custom white balance on your camera with a gray card.

Using a simple technique to fix white balance on any image.

In this tutorial we're focusing on how to use the reflector as a fill light. As a fill light the reflector is going to bounce and fill a soft amount of light into the shadow areas of the face.

Here are a few tips to help. Study photographs! There is no replacement for studying other photographer's work. Try to break down how photographs were lit, position of lights & shadow Change the pose or angle for a portrait to get a better result Watch the lighting on TV shows or movies.

Window light is a natural light source that can create beautiful light for portraits in video and stills. It's a quick light source that is controlled by the size of the window and the proximity of the subject to the window or light source. Large windows give softer light with brighter backgrounds and smaller windows give harder light with darker backgrounds. Its the same principle as soft boxes. Large boxes create soft light and small boxes create more directional light.

This episode walks you through his process of shooting hotel rooms for a client using only natural light. He shows you how he overcomes the challenges of dynamic range, low light, small rooms, and the lack of flashes.

Behind the scenes as she photographs a client in their Newport Coast home in California. Baby Quinn is 9 days new and was photographed in natural light.

This is on a Rebel T1i, so if you have a different camera, make sure to apply my directions and compare them to your manual so that you don't break anything.

Cleaning & caring for your expensive camera equipment doesn't have to be difficult, I break down the major parts and give you suggestions on what to use.

Lens comparison for the following lenses:1.8mm, 2.5mm, 3.6mm, 4mm, 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 6-60mm, 5-100mm. The footage shows holds true for bullet cameras, dome cameras, box cameras, and any other type of CCTV cameras using a 1/3" CCD.

Camera lenses are covered in all sorts of numbers designating things like focal length and aperture... but in this age of digital cameras with sensors from 1/1.5" to Full-Frame, what do they all mean... and just what is a "35mm equivalent"?

We are explaining lenses, what is focal distance and what is f stop. We present few examples and sketches for an easy understanding of the photography terminology of focal distance, focal length, f stop, aperture, all related to camera lenses.