Photography Lighting Secrets - Michael Allen Photography

Camera Framing, Composition and Focusing Over the years I get to meet a lot of new photographers, one of the most common mistake ...

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Camera Framing, Composition and Focusing - Continued Again, I think the most common mistake for new photographers is focus lock. ...

Canon 5dII with a 70-200mm IS lens at f2.8 ISO 800 shutter speed 1/125th using available light and Canon 600 EX Speedlite with a ...

Difficult wedding photography lighting situations Anyone that’s ever shot a wedding eventually gets the dreaded “ horribly lit c ...

Canon 5dII with a 70-200mm IS lens at f2.8 ISO 800 shutter speed 1/250th using all available lighting http://www.michaelallenpho ...

Basic natural light portrait photography I get to shoot a wide variety of portraits, not everything I shoot is for weddings, I l ...

Canon 5dII with a 24-105 mm IS lens at f4 ISO 800 shutter speed 1/125 th using Alien bees moon light at 1/16th key and 1/64 back ...

Basics of studio portrait photography Here is an example of a studio portrait. Studio photography seems pretty simple. It does t ...

Canon 5dII with a 24-105mm IS lens at f4 ISO 800 shutter speed 1/125th using a Canon 600EX Speedlite @1/32 composited in Photosh ...

Our Studio Here is an example of our small studio. Having a studio space to work in is a great asset to a pho- tographer. I’ve h ...

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The Gear Storage I did a lot of research on camera bags. I wanted a big bag that I could carry on a plane, and I wanted lots of ...

Canon 5dII with a 70-200mm IS lens at f2.8 ISO 800 - shutter speed 1/250th using all available concert lighting http://www.micha ...

ISO and Camera Settings Here’s my rule of thumb for my camera settings. I’m not a very technical shooter, I like to keep it ba- ...

Canon 5dII with a 70-200mm IS 2.8 lens at f 8 ISO 800 shutter speed 1/800th using all natural light just before sunset http://ww ...

Resources Even with my experience over the past 30 years in photography, I’ve done a lot of extra study over the past 10 years, ...

Some of my favorite photo accessories I’m used to working in the professional studio world, but I do try to find budget friendly ...

For my indoor studio I use a very affordable brand called Alien Bees, a ringlight studio flash unit with a 60” moon light. These ...

Icons used in the book = Reflector on light stand Camera direction or positioning Very Large Studio Flash Octagon Style Umbrella ...