Recent Hardware Upgrades

Recently, I upgraded my photography equipment.

Prior to owning studio strobes and a background support, I was limited to natural light or shooting on location. As one can imagine, this presented many challenges in working with clients as the weather is not always favorable for shooting outdoors.

Though I have mostly shot outdoors, working with controlled lighting has been amazing. These recent samples provide a small glimpse of the possibilities at my fingertips when I am able to control the contributing variables in my shooting environment.

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Pen Tablet vs. a Mouse for Photo Editing

For a little over a year I have been using a Wacom Intuous4 pen tablet to edit my images and absolutely love it. As a digital photographer, I enjoy the entire creative process from the moment I power up my Nikon D90 to the final clicks in my Apple Aperture software and now that I can remove the restrictions of using a traditional mouse, I'm having more fun with my digital work flow.

Studio lighting Portrait Photography Tutorial

This This is a great video on using a large softbox. In the video the instructor demonstrates several lighting techniques as well as a trick for metering the balanced output of the light to avoid a "hotspot." I actually use this metering approach to ensure that I don't run into dramatically un-even light in my images. As always, be sure to check back for more blog updates! -Julian

Clamshell lighting - flawless beauty lighting Tutorial

I recently found this is a great video that offers an easy and affordable way to take great portraits with just two strobes/speedlights and a two umbrellas. I use a similar approach with one strobe and a reflector on headshots, but I will be giving this a try especially for flattering shots on location. I like this approach because everything is compact and can be set up/broken down quickly. Be sure to check out my work at www.JulianRancePhotography.com and let me know if you are interested in working with me. -Julian

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