Jon Engele - Creating Dark, Moody Glow in Your Images

About this episode

Jon Engele shares tips on creating dark, moody glow effects in outdoor photography.

Dark and moody with just a hint of glowing light is one of the most desirable outdoor photography effects, and something that so many photographers spend years trying to perfect. In this episode, photographer Jon Engele shares his tips and tricks to light paint your images and create beautiful dark and moody glow. Links from this episode: Jon's Website Jon's Instagram Jon's Tutorials Today's podcast is sponsored by my friends over at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MPB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , the place to buy and sell used photography gear. Go online to get a quote for your gear today: https://tinyurl.com/mse6bzk2

People in this episode

Host: Austin James Jackson

Guest: Jon Engele

Topics covered

• outdoor photography
• light painting
• dark and moody images
• photography tips
• photography techniques

Keywords

• dark photography
• moody glow
• light painting
• photography effects
• photography tips

Sponsors

MPB

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jon's Website, Jon's Instagram, Jon's Tutorials

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