In the 1940s Cunningham turned to documentary street photography which she did as a side project while supporting herself with her commercial and studio photography.

Towards the end of the 1950s he became dissatisfied with daylight photography and open air locations and so turned to studio photography, using strobe lighting.

I was interested in studio photography and portraiture because I wanted to be a comic-book illustrator.

When he eventually moved to studio photography, he developed a knack for taking pictures of musicians that made him a leading photographer for album covers.

But sometimes we need more power than palm-sized flash units can produce, especially for portraits, close-ups and studio photography.

Both are reactions against the staged studio photography that defined early fashion photos, and against the heightened awareness of the camera in modern times.

You could use them in the studio photography or videography as well as on location projects.

Back in Bahia, he worked as an environmental sculptor until the mid-70's, when he switched to staged studio photography after recovering from a serious car accident.

Designed for studio photography, it has full micrometric movements.

As a bachelor, loner, atheist and the only person in town to practice studio photography, Disfarmer was in fact very different from most people there.