Tripods are one of those big dollar purchases that many photographers put off well past then they should and I can’t count how many photographers I know that rarely use their tripod because they dislike …

In this episode I am joined by Syl Arena from Paso Robles California who is an excellent photographer and one of the people that has really been an inspiration to me in using small speedlites …

Kerry and Jules talk about lighting and the differences between controlled studio lighting and on-the-fly lighting such as engagements and weddings.
Kerry and Jules also announce their upcoming workshop on Jan 26th. For more information on …

I am very excited to announce an upcoming photography workshop I am doing in conjunction with the amazing Jules Bianchi! This workshop will really help you fall in love with lighting like Jules and I …

This is a product that may be new to a lot of photographers.  I know it’s a little new for me too, as I just started researching rail systems at the beginning of this year …

In this episode Kerry sits down with the world famous commercial photographer Chase Jarvis to talk about the world of commercial photography. Chase explains some of what goes into a large commercial project and what …

Have you ever shot with a second camera or used a second shooter and then when you imported the images into Lightroom only to find out that the time on the different cameras was way …

In this video Kerry walks through the process of doing a typical product shoot. This tutorial uses the Westcott Spiderlite TD-5 constant lights. Constant lights are great for product shots because you can easily get your lighting setup and see exactly in the viewfinder what you will get when you press the shutter.

With the recent articles we have done on portrait lighting and the use of light meters we have had a bunch of requests to do an actual demonstration of how to use a meter in an actual real-world environment.

In this video Kerry demonstrates using a simple light meter in a product shoot.

I have heard the phrase “I don’t need no stinking light meter” more times than I can count, your LCD display and histogram are all you need for a perfect exposure right? Would you be surprised if I told you that your camera was lying to you? We first need to know why our LCD and histogram is wrong before we can believe that using a light meter will be of benefit.