Podcast #88 – Talking with Jason Anderson about building your lighting kit

Kerry and Jason talk about building your first lighting kit on a budget. Everyone needs a lighting kit but many people are intimidated by the upfront costs. In this show, Kerry and Jason walk through …

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Simple One-Light Directional Portrait Lighting Simple One-Light Directional Portrait Lighting

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 …

Rogue Photographic Design FlashBenders Rogue Photographic Design FlashBenders

ExpoImaging (of Ray Flash and ExpoDisk fame) has launched a new line of light modification products under the brand Rogue Photographic Design – and are marking the occasion with the introduction of FlashBenders.

Mastering Your Flash 101 – Learning to Love eTTL/iTTL Mastering Your Flash 101 – Learning to Love eTTL/iTTL

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. …

Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed Sync Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed 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 …

Directional Lighting with On-Camera Flash Directional Lighting with On-Camera Flash

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 …

Using the PocketWizard ControlTL Wireless Flash Triggers Using the PocketWizard ControlTL Wireless Flash Triggers

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 …

Podcast #78 – Conversation with Neil van Niekerk – Taking Your Flash to the next level Podcast #78 – Conversation with Neil van Niekerk – Taking Your Flash to the next level

This week we talk with Neil van Niekerk about taking your flash lighting to the next level. This wraps up our recent series on speedlite techniques.
Neil was born and raised in Johannesburg, South …

Podcast #77 – Conversation with Scott Robert Lim – Getting Started with Flash Photography Podcast #77 – Conversation with Scott Robert Lim – Getting Started with Flash Photography

Scott Robert Lim is a professional photographer who does workshops and mentoring sessions around the world. This week, Scott talks about getting started with flash photography.

Master photographer and internationally renowned photographer, Scott …

Podcast #75 – Conversation with Syl Arena – LIDLIPS, Speedlites, and More Podcast #75 – Conversation with Syl Arena – LIDLIPS, Speedlites, and More

In this episode I am joined by Syl Arena from Paso Robles California who is an excellent photographer and one of the people that has really been an inspiration to me in using small speedlites …

PocketWizard Releases Version 5.0 Firmware for MiniTT1™ and FlexTT5™ PocketWizard Releases Version 5.0 Firmware for MiniTT1™ and FlexTT5™

Elmsford NY – December 29, 2009 – PocketWizard launched the newest and most advanced firmware for the MiniTT1 Transmitter and FlexTT5 Transceiver. ControlTL™ Firmware Version 5.0 for Canon incorporates several new features, many performance improvements …