Manfrotto ML360 LED Lights Review
February 22, 2012 by Manfrotto
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Manfrotto ML360 LED Lights Review In this video Dave Cryer shows you how various combinations of lighting can effect the look of your video. By Dave Cryer www.geekanoids.co.uk
Manfrotto ML240 LED Lights Review
February 17, 2012 by Manfrotto
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Today we propose you another interesting review by Dave Cryer on Manfrotto ML240 LED Light. In this video he shows how various combinations of lighting can effect the look of your video. Enjoy it!
Manfrotto ML120 LED Lights Review
February 13, 2012 by Manfrotto
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Today we propose you an interesting review by Dave Cryer on Manfrotto Pocket Led Lights ML120. In this video he shows how various combinations of lighting can effect the look of your video. Enjoy it! By Dave Cryer www.geekanoids.co.uk
Michael Freeman: Fog and Mist
November 29, 2011 by Manfrotto
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Unpredictable is good in photography, although it’s also frustrating not to have guarantees. Most of us like to plan ahead so that we can be as certain as possible of getting the right light and best view, but when you look back at your library of images, you’re likely to find that many of the [...]
Portrait Lighting Basics, Part 5: Working with On-Camera-Lights
September 26, 2011 by Manfrotto
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The ‘classic’ and most common kind of an on-camera-light is the shoe mount flash used in still photography. This tutorial concentrates on it’s equivalent used primarily on video cameras. Unlike a flash light, it irradiates constant light. There are different types of on-camera-lights concerning the lamp, these are the most common ones: Halogen lamps Before LED [...]
Jerod Foster: The Power of Shadows in Visual Storytelling
September 6, 2011 by Manfrotto
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We talk about light a lot, but what might be even more important to discuss is what light creates: shadows. When photographers refer to how dynamic light can be and that we continually need to be aware of the light around you, what they’re actually saying to a great degree (knowingly or not) is: look [...]
Christian Berges: Portrait Lighting Basics, Part 4:Working with Available Light.
July 22, 2011 by Manfrotto
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Unless you are working in a studio, where you can set up your lights starting in absolute darkness, you’ll always have to deal with the available light you find on location. It can disturb your visual conception, but it may also help and inspire you. Perhaps there’s a window letting in the soft, diffuse light of [...]
Adam Barker – Understanding Light
July 6, 2011 by Manfrotto
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The literal meaning of the word photography is “writing with light”. As outdoor photographers, we write with succulent sunrise light. We write with rich sunset light. We write with soft and subtle dawn and dusk light. We write with heavenly storm light. We write with back-lighting, side-lighting and bounce lighting. If we could bottle the [...]
Michael Freeman: Hard Light, Graphic Image
July 5, 2011 by Manfrotto
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Many photographers go to a lot of effort to soften light, making it gentler, kinder to a beautiful face or a still-life object. Diffusion, bouncing, reflection, these are all recommended, and recommended often. Soft shading and gauzy light that caresses the subject are effects that almost everyone seems to want. And most of the published [...]
Michael Freeman: Golden Light
June 28, 2011 by Manfrotto
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It’s a term used by some photographers admiringly and by others, well….ironically, because to be honest, you could see it as something of a cliché, the predictably pretty. I’m a bit ambivalent towards it myself. It is, after all, an obvious approach. Make everything look good, as attractive as it can possibly be. If you [...]

