Articles tagged with: Strobist
Getting Manual Flash Exposure Quickly
I always love hearing from people to find out what things people are struggling with and one of the most common things is how to get your exposure dialed in quickly when using manual flash. …
Review: Sticky Filters Gel Kit
I love using gels on my speedlites, from basic color correction to faking a blue sky to creating colored backgrounds, gels can really come in handy. The downside is finding a way to put the …
5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash, Part 5
This week Jason Anderson from Canon Blogger continues his five part series on learning how to use off-camera flash.
The final installment of the off-camera flash series is here! For the past five weeks, I’ve been posting various tips …
Rim Lighting To Add Wow To Your Images
I really love using multiple light sources because it enables you to do things that most photographers can’t do. With a little extra light somewhere you can take a regular image and really do something …
5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash, Part 4
This week Jason Anderson from Canon Blogger continues his five part series on learning how to use off-camera flash.
This series has been all about wrangling in your off-camera flash. We’ve gone a little more advanced, and the responses …
5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash, Part 3
This week Jason Anderson from Canon Blogger continues his five part series on learning how to use off-camera flash.
This week continues the journey through various tips to wrangle the best possible light out of a single light source …
5 Tips for Shooting Off-Camera Flash – Part 1
Occasionally I like to delve a little beyond the basics for some of the more advanced and forward-thinking folks in the photography audience, and this week, I’d like to do just that. We’re going to …
Using Multiple Light Sources – Two Chances This Week
This week Kerry Garrison is speaking at both the OC Photo Club on Tuesday and the LA SmugMug on Thursday. At both locations the topic is how to use multiple light sources. Kerry will start …
The Two Immutable Laws Of Lighting
Recently Linda Ralston, one of my Facebook friends, asked me how I go about setting my flash exposure for some nighttime wedding shots I had posted. The conversation on Facebook led to what I dubbed …
Using Colored Gels on Backgrounds
We have covered using colored gels for backgrounds in the past (here) and a very common question is how to get the background color dialed in properly. In this article we will walk through a …
Umbrellas Versus Softboxes
I get asked quite a bit about the difference in using an umbrella versus a softbox so I figured it was about time to do an article about it and see if I could help …
Using Light Modifiers Correctly
This weekend I was attending my wife’s graduation and watched a guy with a high end Canon camera outfitted with the latest 70-200mm f/2.8 L II lens and 580 ex II struggling for half an …
Live Learning Lab Webinar – Light Modifiers – Wed 6pm PST
This month the subject moves to light modifiers. Jason and I will discuss different types of light modifiers such as umbrellas, snoots, flags, grids, and much more and how to choose the modifier that is …
Getting the Shot – Girl on the Beach
In this installment of “Getting the Shot” we look at night shot of a girl on a beach. We see the water crashing onto the subject and a dark sky behind her. She is lit …
Using Gels For Colored Backgrounds
One of the things I hear that people really struggle with is how to use gels to make colored backgrounds. Why would we want to do this? Well, because sometimes a basic single color background …
Black Belt Lighting at San Diego Bargain Camera Show April 17th
If you are in the San Diego area and would like to come check out the products from Black Belt Lighting, come by our booth at the Bargain Camera Show this weekend. We will have …
PocketWizard AC3 ZoneController
By now everyone should know that I am a huge fan of off-camera lighting and with a little practice, it’s not that hard to really get the hang of it and add a whole new …
ExpoImaging Rogue 3-In-1 Grid Review
I am a sucker for gadgets and light modifiers and one of my favorites lately has been the Rogue FlashBenders. What I really liked about the FlashBenders is the built-in strap and the bendable strips …
