Nanlite Blog: Lighting Tutorials and News for Content Creators

Texas School is a week-long, immersive educational event with 34 classes taught by leading instructors in photography, and you guessed it... It takes place in Texas! There are lots of social gathering…

Spring is in the air, and that can only mean one thing... NAB in Las Vegas is happening soon! If you're going to the show, please visit us! We will be sharing our booth with Nanlux and Nanlink, and we…

Come join us in St. Louis for Shutterfest 2024! It's a 3-day event that's loaded with hands-on classes, experiences, and lots of opportunities to grow your network and sharpen your skills. Nanlite wil…

I work in the Nanlite booth at lots of trade shows, and I often speak to people who aren't familiar with our brand. A common question I hear is: why should they choose Nanlite over other brands? It's …

If you're anywhere near New York City on March 14th, 15th, or 16th and you love movies and the equipment used to make them, you should definitely check out Cine Gear NY at Industry City in Brooklyn. N…

If you pay attention to Nanlite for some time, you will undoubtedly notice one of our main characteristics: we are always refining, adjusting, and improving as we go. When we figure out a way a produc…

If you want to shoot portraits of a musician or a band, or if this is something you already do and you want to improve your skills, you're in the right place. Jeremy Saffer is a highly experienced mus…

We recently told you about the powerful new firmware for the Nanlite FC spotlights, and we already have more new firmware updates that are ready to go. This time it's for the popular PavoTube T8-7X, P…

There are many point-source LED spotlights on the market these days, and it's understandably confusing to figure out what makes them different from one another. This article adds clarity to the situat…

The most exciting kinds of product launches are ones where the envelope is pushed—where the product truly does change the story about what's possible. Today's announcement is one of those. We're deli…

The Nanlite FC-300B and FC-500B spotlights were just launched a short time ago, and we're already releasing new firmware that adds these powerful new features: You will now be able to update the firm…

We're excited to announce the Nanlite FC-500B and FC-300B bi-color LED spotlights, two fixtures that bridge the gap between our professional Forza Series and our AC-only FS Series. Like the names impl…

Our Sun has been emitting constant light for 4 billion years. Since the very beginning of humanity, those who can perceive light have done so with constant light. Continuous light is the source of alm…

Creating a well-crafted video is usually a complicated process. You need a compelling message or story to tell, you need a camera, some good lights, audio gear, on-camera talent, locations... The list…

Want to win $20,000 in cash and $7,000 in video-production gear from Nanlite, Nanlux, Rode, Atomos, Artlist, and DZOFilm? This is what we're awarding in the Project Spark contest, but we're actually g…

We all know the traditional selfie: you grab your phone, switch to the front-facing camera, adjust the angle with your hand, turn to get the best light and then bam... You fire-off a few photos. It's …

There are many benefits to shooting portraits with continuous LED lighting, like immediately seeing how the shadows fall and what your image is going to look like in real time. Transitioning between s…

Without question, color is a crucially important component when you're creating visual material, whether it's a fashion photoshoot, a narrative film, a TikTok video, an Instagram Reel, a website landi…

A launch event took place yesterday on the Nanlite Global YouTube channel, and it featured a nicely crafted presentation that was loaded with helpful information about the new Forza II spotlights and …

When the original Nanlite Forza 500 was announced in 2019, it stood out from the crowd as an exceptionally compact and lightweight LED fixture that delivered an immense amount of output for its size. …

The first-generation Nanlite PavoTube 15C and 30C weren't just popular, they quickly became the leading products in the entire LED tube light market. People loved the high-quality light they produced,…

As you can expect, we're about to say some really positive things about the new Forza 60 II and 60B II LED Spotlights, as this is the official Nanlite USA company blog. But even though we can't provid…

If there's a sweetspot in the Forza product line, it would have to be the 300's, because they perfectly realize the vision of being as powerful as possible, while also being compact, lightweight, and …

If you want your photographs to exude the moody, dramatic, and emotional feeling of the cinema, look no further. FUJIFILM and photographer Chris Knight recently teamed up to create an in-depth, four-p…