Want to improve your flash photography while suspended from a sheer a cliff? Check out Nikon’s new tutorial series.
posted Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 2:33 PM EST
In order to celebrate the launch of their new Google+ profile, Nikon introduced 'Nikon Behind the Scenes,' a 15-video photography tutorial series. The tutorials cover a pretty broad range of photo techniques: photojournalist and editorial photographer Joe McNally will present a series of tutorials on lighting techniques, from beginner to advanced; adventure photographer Corey Rich will present extreme action, outdoor shooting and video tutorials; and portrait shooter Tamara Lackey will present a series on portrait and family photography: children and pets included.
We don't know how much mixing there will be between these categories, but we couldn't resist imagining a video about off-camera lighting for an extreme sports shoot, or a romantic portrait shoot on the side of a cliff.
The first video starts off fairly basic, but it would cover all the basics if we were totally new to reading light. As you can expect from the name 'Joe McNally,' the shots are beautiful:
Check out the 'Reading Light' tutorial here:
And here's the schedule for the rest of the videos in the series:
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Launch Date |
Video Segment |
Pro Photographer |
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Tuesday, March 11 |
Nikon BTS: Reading Light |
Joe McNally |
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Thursday, March 20 |
Nikon BTS: Golden Hour Expedition |
Corey Rich |
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Tuesday, April 1 |
Nikon BTS: Photos with the Family and Pets |
Tamara Lackey |
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Monday, April 14 |
Nikon BTS: Small Lighting, Big Results |
Joe McNally |
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Thursday, April 24 |
Nikon BTS: Extreme Action Shooting |
Corey Rich |
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Monday, May 5 |
Nikon BTS: Capturing an Authentic Smile |
Tamara Lackey |
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Thursday, May 15 |
Nikon BTS: Using Light to Tell a Story |
Joe McNally |
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Monday, May 26 |
Nikon BTS: Packing for an Outdoor Shoot |
Corey Rich |
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Thursday, June 5 |
Nikon BTS: Romantic Portraits |
Tamara Lackey |
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Monday, June 16 |
Nikon BTS: Dramatic Portrait Lighting |
Joe McNally |
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Thursday, June 26 |
Nikon BTS: Starry Night Time-Lapse |
Corey Rich |
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Monday, June 30 |
Nikon BTS: Little Kids, Big Personalities |
Tamara Lackey |
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Thursday, July 10 |
Nikon BTS: Advanced lighting |
Joe McNally |
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Monday, July 21 |
Nikon BTS: Action with Video |
Corey Rich |
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Thursday, July 31 |
Nikon BTS: Lenses for Great Portraits |
Tamara Lackey |