While the iPhone gets a lot of press, Android-based phones are selling like hotcakes, to the tune of about 150,000 per day. That’s an awful lot of Android phones out there and the hardware is …

Lighting can often be one of the most intimidating things to learn but it doesn’t need to be that way. I think the problem is that many people get intimidated thinking they need tons …

For many people the thought of taking their flash off of eTTL/iTTL mode is as intimidating as BASE jumping off a bridge, this is because they haven’t even fully mastered these automatic settings yet. …

Recently we have really been focusing on using speedlites due to their flexibility and features like high speed sync. We usually don’t take our studio strobes out of the studio because with a maximum sync …

One of my favorite features of speedlites is High Speed Sync. This feature allows you to work with speedlites way past your camera’s normal sync speed (1/160 – 1/250 depending on camera). By shooting …

I often get asked to do portrait shots during local charity events and getting a simple lighting setup is the key to having a successful event. If you just use on-camera flash you will get …

Numerous people, myself included, have written about the exposure triangle in order to explain how you need to balance ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture to get a good exposure. The confusing part is that …

I get asked a lot about what kind of lenses to use for different situations and since I needed to select the lenses I would be traveling with here to Maui, I decided this would …

Buuuut Kerrrry…..If you use your flash ON your camera (not your pop-up flash) you can’t get directional lighting, its going to look horrible. Well…yeah, and that’s why so many people don’t like to use …

Before we can really look at whether we need a product like the PocketWizard ControlTL system, we need to understand the limitations of our existing Canon speedlite system. The Canon system has a good …

A number of people asked about how to trigger a flash that is behind the Lumodi Beauty Dish that I talked about a few days ago. The Canon wireless eTTL system leavesa lot to be …

David Ziser (http://digitalprotalk.com) is certainly one of my personal mentors with his classical approach to wedding photography and lighting. At WPPI this year David was on-hand at the Westcott booth to do a lighting demonstration …