“Light,” as a wise photographer once told me, “may just be light.” What he was trying to tell me, I think, was that it didn’t matter what kind of lighting equipment you used, it’s al the same with the variables being color, direction, intensity and quality.

Regular readers of this blog know that I like cars (and even have a car photography website.) And in the automobile enthusiast’s world it’s long been a common expression that “you are what you drive.” What about photographers? Are we what we shoot?

Hot rods are typically American custom cars that have been rebuilt or modified with larger or more powerful engines optimized for speed. Hot rodding developed as a distinctive cultural movement emphasizing hands-on craftsmanship, individual expression, and community.

Portrait lighting sources have four major characteristics: color, direction, quantity, and quality. When working with any light source from speedlights to monolights the best way to improve the quality of your lighting…

I have been writing a series called Stupid Photographer’s Tricks that for some reason, always seem to involve attractive women. It’s not always “always” though; sometime it involves photographing cars…