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Plan the light before you set up a stand.
Place lights, modifiers, cameras and people in a 3D studio. Set aperture, shutter and ISO, and see the exposure in stops at the subject, with each light's share of it, before the shoot.
Real exposure maths
Guide numbers, inverse-square fall-off, flash sync and continuous light all feed one meter reading in stops at the model's face.
Realistic people
Adults, older people and children with real skin, hair and layered clothing, posable joint by joint.
Gear you actually own
Strobes, speedlights, LEDs and 33 camera bodies with matching lenses, each with its own power range and limits.
Set up the shot in one click
Pick a composition guide and the camera, model and key-fill-rim lights are placed for you, couples and groups included.
Rooms and backdrops
Studios, homes and wedding venues, seamless paper, muslin, painted canvas or your own image on the backdrop.
Glass, mirrors and reflectors
Bounce cards, mirrors and clear glass reflect and pass light the way they do on set.
From the blog
All posts →The inverse-square law, explained with a softbox and a stool
Why moving your key light from 1 m to 2 m costs you two full stops, and how to use that fall-off to control the background without touching a dial.
21 October 2026Key, fill and rim: building a three-light portrait step by step
A dependable starting point for headshots and portraits, with the angles, heights and power ratios that make it work.
14 October 2026Shooting through glass: reflections you can plan
Glass reflects about 4% of light face-on and far more at an angle. Here's how to decide which side of the pane wins, before you book the location.
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