In my post Recent Trends in Portrait Photography I wrote about a trend to create underexposed images and post them on social media. In it I wrote: The use of “underexposed images is more of a technical detail and maybe I’m too sensitive about it but some photographers seem to think that the best way to show a dark moody film noir image is to underexpose the portrait. Nope.

Using continuous lighting for glamour photography has many advantages, especially for someone just getting started.

If you agree that lighting is one of the key elements that differentiate a good photograph from a snapshot, it helps to understand how to achieve proper exposure.

I hope to write more posts like this one where I look at some of the specific lighting tools I’m using in my home-based studio. Today’s it’s about one of my favorites, the umbrella…

I have always believed that a photograph is usually all about lighting but infrared photography is all about capturing images using invisible light, which is why comparisons to traditional photography are difficult.