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50 Ways
Outdoor flash: The problem is all inside your head She said to me The answer is easy if you Take it logically I’d like to help you in your struggle To be free There must be fifty ways To Use … Continue reading
One more time… flash outdoors
Even experienced photographers ask me how to use speedlights outdoors. So let me give you one more step-by-step for pics like this: A method: Set your ISO to 100 Set your shutter speed to your fastest sync speed (typically, 1/25oth … Continue reading
What’s this Hi-Speed flash thing again?
A reminder for all you speedlighters. Say you want a shot like this, taken a few days ago,with your Nikon D90 or whatever SLR you have equipped with an external flash (like an SB900): Yes, direct on-camera flash, when used … Continue reading
What’s in YOUR bag?
My flash/lighting bag as it is today: It contains, from top left: Two rolls of Honl Photo gels Flashzebra Cables to connect Pocketwizards to speedlights Six pocketwizards Light meter (and spare battery) Three Honl Photo grids (2×1/4″ and 1×1/8″) Cables … Continue reading
Light.. action!
I shot a few shots of Kelly, the hair stylist for a shoot the other night. Here she is: Nice. So how did I light that? Here’s how. I used my 1D Mk4 camera in manual mode, equipped with a Pocketwizard to … Continue reading
