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1. Photogaphy Lighting Diagram - Easy Bokeh Portrait

   There are times when cheap props can help produce great results. This is one of those instances where a $10 piece of fabric helps make the shot.  The main light source was the Elinchrom 53″ octa with both diffusion panels in place. The sequin material was placed on the background…

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2. Photography Lighting Diagram - Denise from the top

   The lighting diagram makes it a little challenging to show exactly how the octobox was placed as well as the reflector. As you can see there isn’t a background displayed in the diagram. Using light falloff and the inverse square law, I was able to make the background black with…

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3. Photography Lighting Diagram - Amber with Flare

   In this part of the session we moved outdoors to take advantage of the setting sun. I’m not a huge fan of sun flare photos but I think this one turned out nice. I haven’t shot many of these but you might be interested in how it was shot Since…

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4. Photography Lighting Diagram - Lisa at the lake

   Sometimes, less is more, simple setups can help elevate your work to another level. For this session, I had a studio strobe setup on location and during the shoot we experienced technically difficulties. These things can and often do happen while shooting. Lights blow out, triggers won’t fire, etc. You…

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