The best Lighting newsletters

A Obscura is a Brazilian newsletter about photography, mixing hands-on lighting tests with a model and studio gear reviews with commentary on the photo market. Readers get practical lighting technique explained through experiments and occasional industry analysis of camera sales trends.

Blue Void Studios is an indie game developer's devlog documenting the making of its game Ionia in Unreal Engine 4. Posts cover practical techniques such as spline components, lighting, and post-processing, with a personal, hands-on tone.

A curated weekly look at beauty and product photography, with a Vancouver photographer picking shoots from brands like Abib, Dior and La Mer and commenting on lighting, styling and texture. Readers get short critiques of campaign imagery plus links to the products shown.

This blog from the LED lighting retailer LightUp.com publishes product-linked explainers on lighting topics such as recessed lighting and grow lights. Readers get basic guidance on choosing fixtures and light types, though the posts are heavily tied to store promotion.

A customer-service style set of FAQ entries from a lamp company, covering damaged deliveries, order tracking and changes or cancellations. It reads as product support rather than a general newsletter, with little editorial commentary.