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How to Control Reflections on Glossy Products
Photographing glossy products is really about controlling reflections. Using a black electric guitar as an example, I explain how to predict where highlights appear, create gradient lighting with scrims and make precise adjustments that reveal shape, depth and detail.
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Creative Water Ripple Photography With One Light
Discover how an ordinary pebble, a baking tray and a single light can produce striking water ripple photographs. Karl Taylor explains the lighting principles behind the results, from controlling reflections and camera angles to experimenting with flash, continuous light and…
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How to Photograph Shiny Chrome: The Physics Hasn’t Changed
Photographing chrome isn’t really about eliminating reflections. It’s about controlling exactly what the surface reflects. The equipment in this older tutorial may have changed, but the physics behind creating clean gradients, shape and believable metallic surfaces hasn’t…
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How to Balance Rim Light for a High-Key Portrait
High-key portrait lighting isn’t simply about making everything brighter. In this three-light setup, I’ll show you how the balance between front light and rim light changes the entire image, and why small adjustments to power, pose and light quality can make such a difference.
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How to Recreate Natural Sunlight in the Studio
Creating convincing sunlight in the studio is about more than choosing a soft light. I compare three different approaches and show how direction, shadow depth, reflections and the balance between hard and soft light change how natural the result feels.