Tag Archives: Softbox

More Modifiers

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Michael Willems

Today, another look at flash modifiers for you. Here’s a smaller snoot (again, I am using the excellent range of Honl Photo modifiers): This also makes a small well-delineated light area, but it is larger then the one from the … Continue reading →

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Portrait lesson

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Michael Willems

A quick portrait lesson today. Here’s student and photographer Emma, in a coaching session on Friday: For this photo I used a 16-35mm lens, set to 16mm. On my full-frame Canon 1Dx camera, that is a proper wide angle lens – like … Continue reading →

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Add flash to darken your photo.

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Michael Willems

Yes, you read that right: add flash to darken your photo. Take this image, shot as a demo for me by photographer Laura Wichman the other day: Well exposed, well lit, all good. But you have heard me say many … Continue reading →

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Best light for macro

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Michael Willems

Today, allow me to talk again about “best light”. And I would like to do this because quite often, there is no “best” light -just alternatives. Sure, there are big differences in light. But the best light, as so often, … Continue reading →

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Softly softly.

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Michael Willems

For last night’s picture, what did I use? Here’s the answer. It was a simple softbox. This one: That gives a beautiful and soft-yet-directional light – which is why softboxes are the gold standard for portraits. Can you see in … Continue reading →

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A shot from the course

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Michael Willems

At the Mono “Creative Light” workshop,  we do different portfolio shots every time. So imagine our delighted on Sunday when a student turned up in a Hummer. This was immediately put to use by model Tara: That was lit how? … Continue reading →

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One more quick recipe

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Michael Willems

Quick recipe for you. Remember this shot, done in the workshop I taught three days ago in Las Vegas with David Honl? Shot how, you ask? I mean – at what settings and such? Camera: 1D Mark IV with 35mm … Continue reading →

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Flash tip

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Michael Willems

When your flash is grossly overexposing your pictures… The flash is not seated correctly, or the contacts are dirty The flash is set to MAN (manual), instead of TTL You are using + Flash Exposure Compensation (or on a Nikon, … Continue reading →

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Son in car

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Michael Willems

My son, just now, in a car in broad daylight, in a shot that took only a couple of minutes to set up: I used three speedlites on light stands; all three were fired using e-TTL light control from a … Continue reading →

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