The term high key and low key lighting is regularly heard in photography circles but often misunderstood. In it’s simplest terms a high key image is a bright image full of light and mostly white tones ...

Replay: DP Neil Oseman gives some effective and practical tips on how to light a period drama when finances are tight. There was a time when all low-budget productions were kitchen sink dramas, but ...

[Akiba] over at FreakLabs just put up a detailed tutorial outlining how to control and sequence lighting wirelessly using an Arduino and Vixen lighting sequencer software. For those that don’t know ...

All camcorders have automatic exposure modes that you can use for interviews, meetings, performances, and the like. However, auto-exposure doesn’t always give you the best result, particularly under ...