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Seven Photography Myths That Are Quietly Holding You Back (And What's Actually True)
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Seven Photography Myths That Are Quietly Holding You Back (And What's Actually True)

Every few months, someone on a client call says something that makes me set my coffee down slowly. “Can’t you just fix it in post?” is a classic. “Photography seems pretty straightforward” is another. I’ve been shooting commercial and editorial work in Los Angeles long enough to know these ideas don’t come from nowhere — they’re floating around the culture, repeated until they feel true. So when I came across this Jessica Kobeissi tutorial, Watch the full tutorial on YouTube, I sat with it longer than I expected to.

Move Your Softbox Closer Than You Think — Here's Why It Changes Everything
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Move Your Softbox Closer Than You Think — Here's Why It Changes Everything

There’s a mistake I see in almost every behind-the-scenes photo that photographers share online. The softbox is positioned at a reasonable distance, the model looks okay, and the whole setup looks perfectly professional. The problem is “reasonable” and “okay” are doing a lot of heavy lifting there, and they’re covering for light that’s working against you. I spent years treating softbox distance as an afterthought, something you eyeballed and called done once the exposure looked right on the back of the camera.