Photography › Lighting

Learn to create new worlds, both fanciful and totally realistic, for films with digital matte paintings in Photoshop.

Photographer David Hobby uses compact strobes to shoot an environmental portrait of a beekeeper and his bees.

Photographer David Hobby employs multiple strobes to capture young soccer players in action and in portraits.

Learn the essential qualities of natural light that will deliver more attractive and flattering photos.

Travel to the desert wilderness of Death Valley National Park with author, teacher, and landscape photographer Ben Long to learn the unique considerations involved in shooting a desert environment.

Photographer David Hobby captures the strength and grace of a dancer in motion, lighting her against a "blow-away white" background.

Photographer David Hobby visits a conservation center and lights close-ups and portraits using a variety of strobes and light modifiers.

In a photo shoot with a model, photographer and Strobist blog publisher David Hobby demonstrates the basics of lighting with compact flash units.

Renowned photographer Douglas Kirkland explores the process of shooting a series of photos that connect to tell a story.

Explore the world of the small with this guide to macro and close-up photography gear, lighting, and technique.

Expand your lighting options and get the most out of your flash by learning the concepts and theory behind flash exposure.

Learn how to shoot and edit green screen footage and images.

Follow Lauren Lemon, the online persona for Lauren Randolph, a photographer based in Los Angeles, as she plans and choreographs a photo shoot and talks about the importance of social networks and personal projects in establishing a photography career.

Introduces the techniques behind lighting for portraiture.

Renowned photographer Douglas Kirkland discusses the art of photographing kids ranging from toddlers to preteens, both alone and together with parents and siblings.

Describes the tools, creative options, and special considerations involved in shooting with a DSLR camera at night or in low-light conditions, such as sunset or candlelight.

Demonstrates the art and science behind shooting food and drink photographs.

Covers advanced techniques for staging, lighting, and photographing your handmade crafts, as well as for sharing the images you create.

Discover how to stage, light, and photograph your handmade items in a way that maximizes their appeal to viewers and customers.

Award-winning photographer Jim Sugar shows how to shoot outdoors during twilight, balancing strobe output with natural light.

Award-winning photographer Jim Sugar shows how to shoot a portrait with a dramatic look and feel, using a variety of inexpensive lighting tools.

Demonstrates the use of off-camera wireless strobes to light a product shot, and provides tips that apply to product shots of all kinds.

Well-known photographer Douglas Kirkland demonstrates studio portraiture techniques, from lighting to working with a model.

Well-known photographer Douglas Kirkland explains how he works with natural lighting and how to best take advantage of it for portraiture.

Understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings relate to one another, and how these settings expand your artistic options with any photograph.

Shows how to master practical mental ray techniques for rendering models created in Maya.

Shows how to get dramatic lighting results by using just one or two detached strobes that are triggered remotely by a digital SLR.

Shows how to capture stunning portraits, even when the main lighting comes from behind the subject.

Shows photographers how to use fill flash to take great shots in any kind of lighting.

Shows how to capture beautiful, illuminated portraits with natural daylight, and shares tricks for getting great shots even when the light is not so good.

George Maestri covers everything needed to texture, light, and render realistic scenes in 3ds max.