Podcast #77 – Conversation with Scott Robert Lim – Getting Started with Flash Photography
March 16, 2010 – 10:47 am | No Comment

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 …

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Vanguard Supreme 53F Hard Case
April 11, 2009 – 2:45 pm | 9 Comments
Vanguard Supreme 53F Hard Case

We have looked at different types and styles of camera bags but the Vanguard 53 isn’t your normal camera bag. The Supreme 53 is a hard-sided case more at home in the cargo compartment of an airplane than it is being used as a daily equipment hauler. While other companies selling hard cases have been around for many years, Vanguard has a lot to live up to. Let’s take a look at at the Supreme 53 and see if Vanguard has succeeded in building a better mouse trap.

Tronix Explorer XT Portable Power Source
March 20, 2009 – 3:12 pm | 3 Comments
Tronix Explorer XT Portable Power Source

Studio strobes are expensive and when you need lots of light but when you want to use them on location somewhere you have to find electrical outlets and possibly use long unwieldy extensions cords. But what happens when there is no power available at all? Using a generator is not recommended unless you can find one with a true sine wave inverter and even then, the peak times of the strobes when recycling can put an excessive strain on the generator. Innovatronix has a solution with their Explorer XT portable power source.

ExpoImaging Tapped as Exclusive U.S. Distributor of Honl Photo Professional Products
January 28, 2009 – 3:46 pm | 2 Comments
ExpoImaging Tapped as Exclusive U.S. Distributor of Honl Photo Professional Products

Watsonville, CA (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 — ExpoImaging Inc. (www.ExpoImaging.net), developer and marketer of innovative camera accessories, including the Ray Flash Ring Light Adapter, ExpoDisc Digital White Balance Filter and the ExpoAperture2 Depth-of-Field Guide, today announced that it is now the exclusive U.S. distributor of Honl Photo Professional Products.

VerteX Light modifer by Presslite
January 13, 2009 – 11:44 am | 11 Comments
VerteX Light modifer by Presslite

We have seen every imaginable type of light diffuser product you can imagine and have even built different ones yourself for specific purposes all in the name of finding just the right combination of bounce and diffusion. Every device we have seen will work great in some specific situations but will not be ideal in every situation. When we saw the VerteX for the first time, while it may have looked more like a gimmick at first glance, I soon realized the potential and just had to try one out.

Think Tank Photo Shapeshifter Backpack Review
November 17, 2008 – 6:19 pm | 12 Comments
Think Tank Photo Shapeshifter Backpack Review

I have had the hardest time dealing with camera bags over the years, from my first backback that got so heavy I couldn’t lug it around anymore to my uber cool Airport International 2.0 which is great for big jobs but what about when I want to go a little lighter? My old backback is too large, and my Airport International is too big, and my Modulous Speed Belt can’t hold enough nor is appropriate when traveling. So what does that leave?

Think Tank Photo Announces Shape Shifter Backpack
October 7, 2008 – 7:53 am | 3 Comments
Think Tank Photo Announces Shape Shifter Backpack

The Shape Shifter backpack is a revolutionary breakthrough in photography field and transportation backpack design. It is the first backpack specifically designed to expand and contract to fit your equipment.
Its features include:

Using manual flashes with PC Sync
September 11, 2008 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Using manual flashes with PC Sync

We have done a number of articles with different flash heads but we have never gone into the detail of how to set them up and make them work, this results in emails that we sit and explain all the details to people. So today I am going to go through how to setup these studio flashes and connect them to your camera to get the results you want.

Photo Basics Strobelite Plus
August 14, 2008 – 8:34 am | One Comment
Photo Basics Strobelite Plus

What’s better than a Photo Basics StrobeLite? A StrobeLite Plus of course! With more and more companies trying to attract the beginner to semi-pro market Westcott is pushing hard with the Photo Basics line to get good quality components into the marketplace. The difference with the Photo Basics line is that they are complete educational packages complete with floor mats to help with placement and instructional DVD’s.

Using your flash’s guide number
July 19, 2008 – 6:25 am | 14 Comments
Using your flash’s guide number

If you have ever shopped for a flash or read a review, you may have noticed a section of the spec called the guide number or GN. While this value is a measurement of power that the flash has and allows you to compare flash models, is this number useful to you at all? In this article we dig into the guide number and see how we can use this number help us dial in our flash and camera settings using some math instead of just guessing and retrying until you get what you want.

Photo Basics StrobeLite Review
July 9, 2008 – 2:00 pm | 14 Comments
Photo Basics StrobeLite Review

As excited as we are that major lighting companies are bringing out lines of affordable lighting systems, we are really impressed that some of these systems go beyond just being a light and are complete educational packages. Wescott’s line products that fall under the Photo Basics brand are a perfect example of this new product positioning.