Many of my students in the Food Photography Club and my Food Photography Club Facebook group struggle with artificial lighting because they are using really cheap (under $100), bad quality lights they found on Amazon or other market places. There’s a lot of reasons why the quality is bad – but the main reason is the manufacturing of the lamp, or housing is using crappy parts, and using crappy … [Read more...]
What Are The Camera White Balance Settings And How To Use Them
In my last post, I talked about what white balance is and how crucial it is. In this post, I am going to go over each white balance setting, what they mean, and when to use each one. All professional DSLR cameras have these settings. Some of the consumer models won’t have all these settings, or with some cameras, if you are in certain shooting modes, the cameras will not let you change your … [Read more...]