How to use professional lights in dental digital photography? Take a look at our ready-to-use sets! Each lesson will show you various light set-ups that should be used in various needs. We’re not showing you the photo studio arrangement – we’re taking a step forward to give you pro tips and professional advice from the top photographer.
Follow our steps and prepare yourself and your dental photography business for an upgrade! We recommend this online course to all medium and advanced dental photography users.
Professional Studio Photography in practice
But first, why? Why should you sacrifice your time and money for professional pictures? Here are some examples:
Use your dental intraoral photography skills to improve your company’s image
Be able to stand out in social media
You wouldn’t like to be left behind in the business, right?
Completing the story of a case is professional and helps with the best possible diagnosis
You can easily consult your work with other specialists or show it to the public!
We’re giving you 18 (!) episodes covering all the questions you may have about Professional Studio Photography.
Episode 1 – Introduction
Episode 2 – Backgrounds
Episode 3 – Collapsible Backgrounds
Episode 4 – Seamless Background Paper
Episode 5 – Type of light & Power of lighting
Episode 6 – Speedlight Flash System & Light Modifiers
Episode 7 – Monolights, Light Modifiers Part 1
Episode 8 – Monolights, Light Modifiers Part 2
Episode 9 – Parabolic Umbrella
Episode 10 – Softboxes
Episode 11 – Light Modifiers: Reflectors
Episode 12 – Compact Monolight Flashes
Episode 13 – Studio Light in Practice: Beauty Dish
Episode 14 – Studio Light in Practice: One Softbox
Episode 15 – Studio Light in Practice: Two Softboxes
Episode 16 – Studio Light in Practice: Octabox
Episode 17 – Studio Light in Practice: Octabox Part 2
Episode 18 – Studio Light in Practice: Parabolic Umbrella
Amazing studio, professional equipment and a pro – our new lessons are just perfect. Check out how to use modern equipment to get the most beautiful photographs! Take your time to learn and invest in your career.
The new DSLR from Nikon will be available by the end of January.
Nikon D780: Personalization possibilities
Nikon introduces a DSLR with features and benefits that were only available for its Z-Series before. It also inherits some features the company’s professional D5 and D810 models.
Therefore, Nikon is giving us a signal: the DSLR era is not over yet. Is it possible that mirrorless cameras, with all their possibilities, small sizes and capacities won’t take the market over? Time will show. At the moment, Nikon is saying: DSLR is still strong.
One of the most useful features in D780 is the possibility to personalize your camera. You can easily choose the U1 or U2 profile and set it up according to your needs. Each one can have its aperture and shutter settings – just to make working with the camera even more comfortable. This feature will be appreciated especially by dental photographers who are working with two permanent, best for their work camera settings: one for intraoral and one for portrait photographs. It is convenient to have them on a finger.
Nikon D780: Dental Photographers should be satisfied
What is more, the D780 offers a top (expanded) ISO of 204,800. This parameter can be crucial when it comes to portrait and intraoral photographs. Why? With ISO that high, photographs won’t lose their quality, with flash lamps working longer and faster. Moreover, in the opinion of many professional dental photographers it is better for patients not to be blinded by a strong flash. Lower ISO is, of course, also good to work with, but in dental photography one might consider the higher ISO level to keep things comfortable.
The camera has solid build quality and a tilting 3.2″ touchscreen display, USB Type C port (that can be used to charge the battery) and a pair of UHS-II SD card slots. Wireless options include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The D780 can take over 2200 photos on a single charge of its battery, which means 3 days of taking photographs without thinking about charging the battery.
Nikon D780’s key features:
full-frame CMOS sensor
Lens mount: Nikon F
Hybrid AF system automatically switches between focal-plane Phase-Detect AF and Contrast Detect AF
ISO 50 to ISO 51200 with improved noise reduction
4K UHD video with up to 30 fps / Full-HD video with up to 120 fps
Shutter speed from 1/8000s to 900s
12 fps continuous shooting in live view / 7 fps continuous shooting through the viewfinder
3.2″ 2.35m-dot tilting touchscreen
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Dual SD memory supporting UHS-II standard
What is the price of this novelty?
Nikon D780’s price starts at $2,299 (body only) at the official Nikon site and will be available on January 23rd.
This flash trigger is not only new. It is also unusual thanks to its button-free handling.
“From time to time something comes along that changes everything, this is one of those rare occasions,” Profoto says. Is it really? Let’s take a closer look!
Connect is a sleek, black, puck-like pod that sits on top of the camera via the hot shoe mount. It has only three settings: auto, manual and off. You can select one of them by turning the top of Connect to one of three positions. And that’s it!
Auto mode is as easy as it can be. While pressing the camera’s shutter, the correct flash exposure is automatically calculated.
In manual mode you have bigger control over your flash. Connect connects to Connect app via bluetooth. There you can adjust the power of your flash as you wish.
The button-free handling seems convenient and this is what we are looking for when it comes to dental photography.
The Profoto Connect operates on the 2.4GHz frequency and can control any Profoto AirTTL flash with an operating range of 330 to 1000 feet. It features 8 channels and a 30-hour battery life with its rechargeable battery. What’s clever, the trigger turns off automatically after an hour of inactivity.
While taking photographs, many dental photographers focus only on capturing teeth correctly in terms of the technique.
If you want to create great portraits, you can’t forget about the eyes and what is reflected in them. Catchlights in the eyes usually look attractive and make your portraits true eye-catchers.
“The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reveal the truth about the human” – you have already read or heard something like that, haven’t you? Because it’s a rather risky statement on a blog for dentists, I’ll say that apart from a pretty smile it is the eyes that are most important in a portrait.
When taking portrait photographs of their patients, most doctors concentrate on the correct focus setting. Usually we focus on the eyes or the teeth and more and more cameras are equipped with the function of their automatic detection. But not only the focus is important – the light reflected in the eyes of the person matters too.
Leonardo da Vinci applied catchlights to make the people he painted look more vivid. The ability of setting up and selecting light appropriately, will give your portraits extraordinary character. The light will be reflected in the eyes differently depending on if it comes through the window, from the softbox, or from the ring lamp. Remember about this while taking photographs and take time to set up the light or the model right.
The simplest way to achieve a pretty catchlight is to use the reflector.
Below you can see a few shots from our session held while recording with Carlos Ayala. We photographed our model, Michelle, in such a manner that the reflector can be seen in her eyes.
In our daily routine, we don’t notice the light reflected in human eyes because this is something common. A person appearing in a photograph without catchlights might look unnatural. Catchlights can be additionally enhanced in post-production, which doesn’t require advanced skills. The video below presents photographs by famous photographers, thanks to which it’s clear how much difference is made by these small reflections (or their lack).
I hope that this article has encouraged you a bit to experiment with lighting.
If you want to learn more about portrait lighting, I recommend the following lessons:
The key features of Laowa 25 mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro include an advanced optical system, maximum magnification of 5:1, high resolution and excellent colouring of the photographs.
Impressive close-ups within reach
Photos: Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, Jie Ge, Gil Wizen
The optical system of Venus Optics Laowa 25 mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro ensures image magnification from 2.5 to 5x. It’s composed of 8 elements in 6 groups, and one of them is made of ultra low dispersion glass. The manufacturer emphasises that thanks to such a design we can enjoy an appropriate correction of chromatic aberration, as well as images characterised by high sharpness and high reproducibility of colours.
Apart from that, each element composing the system is covered with anti-reflection coatings, which should minimise light reflection and appearance of hot spots and flares within the frame. In addition, the overall contrast of photographs in challenging conditions will be improved. The depth of field is ensured by the 8-blade diaphragm with the range of f/2.8-f/16. The focal length of 25 mm, in turn, is responsible for the 10.3-degree angle of view.
Venus Optics Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro is sized 82 x 65 mm and weighs 400 g. Of course, it’s a fully manual macro glass, which offers an effective focusing capability ranging from 173 to 223.5 mm. The lens is already available for preorder with Nikon F, Canon EF, Sony FE and Pentax K mounts. It costs 399 dollars.
An interesting option is that you can buy an adapter for the Micro Four Thirds (M43) system, so also the users of small mirrorless cameras can tap the potential of this glass.
Key features:
Focal length: 25 mm
Open F value: F 2.8
Field of View: 10.3 degrees
Lens construction: 6 groups 8 pieces
Minimum aperture: F16
Maximum aperture: F 2.8
Minimum photographing distance: 173 mm to 223.5 mm
Working Distance: 40 mm – 45 mm
Shooting magnification: 2.5 times to 5 times
Number of diaphragm blades: 8
Weight: 400 g
Corresponding mount: Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K, Sony FE
Nikon D850 is the next generation of the D800′ s line…
When Nikon introduced the D800 and D800E, it set a new benchmark for DSLR image quality and super high-resolution photography that approached medium format. Now, five years later, Nikon proudly introduces the next evolution in high-resolution DSLRs, a camera that allows photographers to capture fast action in 45.7 megapixels of brilliant resolution. With remarkable advancements across the board—sensor design, autofocus, dynamic range, sensitivity, Speedlight control, battery life, shutter and mirror drive mechanisms, Silent Photography in Live-View mode, focus shift capability and more—this is quite possibly the most impressive, well-rounded DSLR yet.
What has changed?
– Sensor type and resolution – now it’s impressive 45.7 megapixels
– The new high-resolution touchscreen as the monitor is added
– Autofocus, dynamic range, sensitivity (ISO), battery life
– The built-in flash has been removed
– The new feature like focus shift capability
This amazing camera has very interesting feature, which is implemented. It’s called “FOCUS SHIFT SHOOTING”. If you are deep in love with super macro photography and focus stack photography than it’s the right choice for you.
Watch this official Nikon’s tutorial Nikon D850 First Look – Stills and learn more:
What type of equipment do you use, is one of the most common questions, between the photographers. You can now watch my short discussion with Dr. Panos Bazos about the cameras, lenses, and flashes, which we are using in our daily work.
Interesting is, that at the end the most important is knowledge about your equipment and also about the photography in general. If you know how to use it then it doesn’t matter if you have very expensive or regular equipment.
You can watch the new videos, about reflected cross-polarised and fluorescence photography.
Equipment for dental photography is not only the camera set. There are additional instruments like light modifiers, brackets, and others, which help in creating beautiful pictures and acquiring valuable information.
Understanding light behavior gives the firm basis also in dental photography. Our special “Giant” Dr. Panaghiotis Bazos is more than the skilled and talented dentist. He is also entrepreneur and developer. He is also one of the Founding Members of Bio-Emulation Group. Some people can analyze and synthesize scientific data to create new tools. Dr. Bazos is one of them.
For dental applications, he created two exciting products: polar_eye and fluor_eye.
We recorded for Dental Photo Master online platform new lessons with Dr. Bazos. And here is a surprise: you can watch them after FREE Registration.
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Get inspired by a real dental photography “Giant”, who influences thousands of dentists worldwide.
Watch this exclusive interview with Carlos Ayala:
Thousands of Dentists and Dental Technicians benefited from knowledge Carlos is sharing about Dental Photography.
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Now, you’ll be able to learn from Carlos Ayala, watching him from your comfy sofa! See the equipment, setup, and settings you’ll need to get the shots.
Watch these videos to see what we have prepared for you:
Canon users were waiting for the new model from 6D series from the last few years. Now we can take a closer look at the results of the hard work of Canon’s engineers.
What you should know and what has changed?
completely new sensor with 26Mpix and ISO from 100 to 40.000
Dual Pixel AF in Live View means easier focusing during rolling video
More comfort thanks to the new fully-articulating touchscreen
Sealed body for the outdoor use
The EOS 6D Mark II hasn’t change ergonomically. When you compare it externally with the predecessor, it’s pretty hard to tell the differences. The main external change is in the addition of a 3″, fully articulating touchscreen LCD. There are more similarities between the models than there are differences. However inside the 6D Mark II is completely different and adopts some solutions from Canon 80D.
What is importat for dental photography? The camera body has the 2 Custom Shooting modes available C1 and C2. You can easily save your most commonly used settings like for intraoral shots or portraits and recall it when you take the shots. It’s easy solution for everyone who wants to stay away from constantly changing and playing between the camera settings.
Another important is fast autofocus mode, which can be the key feature for auto focusing enthusiasts.
The wireless functions, including NFC and Bluetooth are almost standard.
With this camera you can take beautiful portraits and striking intraoral pictures. For creative photographers it’s the model worth considering.
The camera body will be available from August 2017 and the estimated price is 1.999$ (body only).
Key features:
26.2 Megapixel Full-frame CMOS Sensor
Optical Viewfinder with a 45-point All Cross-type AF System1
Dual Pixel CMOS AF with Phase-detection & Full HD 60p
DIGIC 7 Image Processor, ISO 100-40000
Vari-angle Touch Screen, 3.0-inch LCD
Built-in Wi-Fi®2, NFC3, Bluetooth®4 and GPS technology
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