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Five Lighting Diagrams to Get You Started in On Location Lighting
A short time ago, I shared a piece breaking down the lighting styles and diagrams of different lighting setups for portrait photography. Beyond anything else, lighting is what got me passionate about photography, so I decided I’d continue the trend, and show you a few diagrams of lighting while on…
Customer Stories – Photographing the SpaceX Falcon Major Launch
Something we’ve discussed before on this blog is how Lensrentals.com operates. While many of the people who work here are photographers and videographers as well, we’re still very much a specialty service. Our job is to get the tools you need to help create your work. So while we’re in the service…
Why You Should Try Street Photography & 5 Things To Bear In Mind If You Do
If you’ve thought about trying street photography, this article is for you. While I’m a full-time fashion and portrait photographer/cinematographer, I’ve been an avid street photographer for the last eight years and feel it can benefit all of us in similar ways. Street photography is perhaps the…
Getting Started In Beauty Photography | Why, How, & What Gear
Beauty photography can seem a bit complicated on the surface, but it’s not nearly as difficult as people sometimes make it. With a hyper focus on skin and makeup, beauty photography provides a platform for a photographer to show their skills in lighting as well as in retouching. Afterall, lighting…
Tips for Getting Started in Product Photography
Product photography might not always be the most glamorous job in the world but could be an incredibly useful and profitable tool to have in your quiver for when business in your photographic expertise is slow. For many, that time is winter – where weddings are non-existent, outdoor portrait…
How & Why to Tether with Your Camera for Your Next Shoot
Here at Lensrentals.com, the articles we write are designed to help you as a photographer. Whether it’s Roger meticulously testing lenses to give you MTF charts, variance numbers and more, or me discussing the possibilities of off camera lighting and control – we’re here to help explain the…
About Getting Your Camera Wet… Teardown of a Salty Sony A7sII
People think that because I expect the worst and try to prepare for it, that I’m negative. That’s not it at all. I’m not a negative person; I’m cheerfully cynical. If I expect the worst and it doesn’t happen, I’m happy because things went better than I expected. If I expect the worst and it does…
Four Lighting Techniques to Try on your Next Photo Shoot
I’m a lighting guy. Ask any of the higher-ups here at Lensrentals.com, and they can confirm that I’m always pressuring them to get more lighting options available for rent (with varying degrees of success). For me, I was taught that photography translates to the capturing of light on film (or in…
Guide to Wilderness Photography and Timelapse Filming
Whenever I get back from a big adventure, friends ask how it went. Inevitably I must answer, “it involved lots of misery and sleep-deprivation, but I think some of the pictures turned out.” …If this sounds familiar, you might be a wilderness landscape and nightscape photographer. This article is…
Understanding Camera Log & How It Can Improve Video Workflows
Video imaging techniques historically, have been a battle of compromise between quality and price point but the prosumer digital video market is finally showing signs of bargaining power. In terms of image quality, raw offers unparalleled advantages because you are capturing sensor data rather than…
We’re Now Renting Drones – And Here is Your Guide
Starting today, we’re going to start offering drones available for rental. Obviously, this is a bit of a dicey decision, as there is a lot of variables that come into play when it comes to flying, renting, and servicing drones when compared to video and photography equipment. However, we’ve decided…
Taking Apart the Zeiss 85mm T2.1 CP.3 Cinema Lens
Long ago, in an office far, far away we did a teardown of the Zeiss 85mm CP.2 lens. Since we’ve already seen the earlier model, we thought it would be interesting to take a peek inside the new Zeiss 85mm CP.3 lens as well. We’re going to have to work on them eventually, and it’s always good to have…