Color and lighting are two of the most powerful tools photographers have. The real impact shows when you use them together. One of the easiest and most overlooked ways to do this is by playing with color temperature, or the “warmth” and &...

Lighting is the easiest way to instantly change the mood of a shoot. In this post, I’ll walk you through three different creative lighting setups we used on the same set with the same model and show how dramatically the look changes each time. ...

Is the World Better Through Rose-Colored Glass? That’s exactly what I wanted to find out when I got my hands on the Rose FX Filter from Prism Lens FX. This filter combines a soft rose-tinted glass with the company’s popular Nostalgi...

Our very first Think Inside the Box Workshop happened in Jersey City on August 23–24, and wow… what a creative, collaborative, wild ride it was! This was our first time hosting a workshop, and honestly, it blew our expectations out...

One of the easiest ways for photographers to get their work in front of a bigger audience is through photo contests. Over the past few years, we’ve started entering more of them, and I’ve become a big fan. Not just because of the exposur...

We build sets all the time with plywood, power tools, and paint.  But this time, we wanted to push ourselves: what if we built three DIY photo sets with no tools at all, using only simple materials from the hardware store? To make things e...

David and I love a road trip. There’s something about having everything you need in the car with you and just going, seeing things you’ve never seen before and experiencing life through a new lens. But over time, we realized that road t...

Photographers talk a lot about posing. But here’s the thing: posing isn’t always enough. When I’m shooting, I’m not just thinking about where a hand should go or how the light falls across the face. I’m thinking about ...