This is where you will find information about camera gear, lighting, workflow, etc. If you are trying to improve your photography skills or learn about new gear, you're in the right place.
DIY grids and snoots…
November 30th, 2009
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Back in May I posted about making your own grids and snoots and have (finally) put together a video with several tips and tricks for using the resources that were listed to make your own.
As usual, if you are a subscriber you will need to return to th…
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Q and A: What kind of lighting should I use for macro nature photography?
November 27th, 2009
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Question
I have started macro nature photography using a new Nikon 85 mm f/3.5G VR Macro lens on my Nikon D90 camera. What is best in terms of lighting? Should I use a shoe-mounted flash unit with a downward tilt, or a ring flash, or a bracket with tw…
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Balancing flash with ambient light outdoors
November 26th, 2009
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Trying to balance your flash with bright sunlight for an outdoor portrait scares the pants off people. It’s one of those things that seems so hard to do, especially if you are using off-camera flash without TTL. In that case, it’s all math and numb…
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Speedlights & Speedlites, a great new book…
August 12th, 2009
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A new book has hit the bookshelves, “Speedlights & Speedlites: Creative Flash Photography at the Speed of Light” by Lou Jones, Bob Keenan, and Stephen Ostrowski and it’s a must read. It is a book dedicated to small strobes, specifically Nikon AND Canon flashes. It has some very cool features, …
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Review: 3 Dimensional Contrast: Principles of Lighting for the Digital Age
August 7th, 2009
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To many of us, “contrast” is an afterthought — a slider in Photoshop or a setting in our cameras that has something to do with the relationship between the dark and light areas in our images. We use the slider without vision or purpose.
To Dean Collins, controlling and manipulating contrast …
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Nikon Guide to Creative Lighting Review…
August 7th, 2009
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Let me say right up front, even if you do not shoot Nikon you should still read this review (and watch the DVD), because light is light and most of this DVD is about light and how we as photographers can control and shape it. Though if you don’t use …
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Off Campus Learning Links for August
August 5th, 2009
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It’s time for the August off campus learning links ad there are quite a few this week! So lets get right to them, shall we?
D-Town TV
D-Town TV did a 5 part series on lenses which …
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Cool Tools: Matthews RoadRags
July 24th, 2009
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More and more, many of us are finding ourselves shooting “on location” away from the comfort and equipment in our studios. What makes studio shooting so much easier for most of us is that we have (1) control over the environment, and, (2) all of our tools are in one …
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How to Use Speed Lights with Studio Softboxes
July 20th, 2009
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Here’s a DIY option to use your speed light with your studio softboxes.
I was looking at various ways to hook …
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Setup details for Bob’s portrait shoot…
July 16th, 2009
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Here are the lighting details from yesterdays post of the portrait session with my friend Bob. I used 5 flashes, 3 Nikon SB-800’s, and 2 SB-24’s, all manually set (we don’t need no stinkin’ TTL), and all fired with Pocket Wizards. #1. This flash was setup at the 5 o’clock …
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