Mark Wallace

Become Better Photographer: Create A Black Background From A White Wall with Mark Wallace

January 12, 2020

If you ever rented out a simple white wall photo studio that happened to have only white color backdrop, and for some reason you need to shoot a model against black background, how will you make it work? In this episode with AdoramaTV and Mark Wallace we explore a pretty...

Become Better Photographer: Mark Wallace shows 3 ways to control focus

October 8, 2018

In the last post with David Bergman we learned to slow down, to analyze your shot, to shoot manual. We also learned that those conditions help foster your creativity and push your artistic boundaries without any help of hefty camera features. Shooting with manual Aperture in particular gives you a...

How To Shoot Portraits Using Natural Light with Mark Wallace

August 10, 2018

Shooting with Natural Light is both exciting and challenging experience. On hand, due to the fact that you cannot control the intensity of natural light, your camera will be constrained to higher ISO numbers, wider aperture and faster shutter speeds. To balance this triangle of exposure you would have to...

How to shoot a One Light Low-Key Portrait with Mark Wallace, AdoramaTV

July 3, 2018

In this great tutorial released on Adorama TV, Mark Wallace shoots high contrast profile portrait using just one low-key light with the grid and a bounce board. Equipment For this shoot Mark uses one 2' octabox with the grid, facing the model from behind, camera's right. From the opposite side, to fill in shadows...

How to use hard light for portraits with Mark Wallace

January 3, 2018

One of the most common things that photographers do when they get to use a studio strobe is they take the standard 7 inch reflector off the strobe head and put a soft box instead. So most of the time our clients do not even shoot with the 7 inch...

How to shoot in a rental studio with Mark Wallace

November 16, 2017

What is your workflow when you shoot at the studio? How do you prepare? What is the strategy? As with any other important event where your skill has to shine, a certain level of preparation is definitely required. While there has been a plenty of articles written by FD, we...