Off camera flash triggers from PocketWizard and Yongnuo are both very popular for distinctively different reasons. PocketWizard is the industry standard, its latest triggers Flex TT5 (Nikon | Canon) and Plus III are very reliable and packed with tons of features (HSS, TTL, groups), but they are also the most …
Studio lighting doesn’t need to be complex. You can create beautiful studio portrait lighting with just one or two lights. More importantly, have a mind-set to what type of lighting and images you want to create. You might be overwhelmed by the different types of lighting equipment and modifiers at …
Your DSLR typically has a flash sync speed of 1/250s, for mirrorless camera it is slightly slower at 1/180s. This flash sync speed is a physical limitation on how fast your shutter certain travels. When you are using flash and your shutter speed is faster than the flash sync …
Shooting under the sun is always a challenge, but when you get it right, you will be rewarded with awesome images. There are some key points to help shooting under the sun; 1)Know where the sun will be, there are apps that will tell you the path of the sun, …
So when you turn up to a shoot, one question that you need to know the answer is how many lights do I need today ? There are times when you need a lot of lights and there are times when you can get away with just one or none. …
When it comes to lighting, we use all sorts of equipment and modifiers to ensure we have the “nicest” lighting possible; Reflectors, Soft boxes, Beauty dishes, etc… A lot of people think that studio lighting is complicated and difficult to setup. While studio lighting certainly takes longer to setup and …
Canon has just introduced their new Speedlight 600EX-RT(B&H) which has a built in radio trigger and the partnered ST-E3-RT Speedlite Transmitter (B&H) . They offer much more flexibility in setting up a reliable wireless multiple flash system . Unfortunately, the new EOS-5D III doesn’t have a built in radio trigger …
The new release Nikon SB-910 hasn’t change much from its predecessor SB-900. You can read more about it here. The Guide Number(GN) remained at 111ft (ISO100) and 157ft (ISO200). The recycle time is 2.3s with Ni-MH batteries which is identical to the SB-900. The SB-900 has previous battled with overhearing …
First my apology for the slow blog updates, I am currently still travelling. Recently I had a shoot using a simple setup with the Nikon SB-700s; One SB-700 as the main off camera flash triggered by another SB-700 on camera. It was a simple setup, there were no softboxes, only …
A few months back, I wrote about off camera flash technique which is much more preferred than having your flash fixed on to your hot shoe. You are most certain to achieve better lighting result if you have your flash off the camera. The new Nikon SB-700 can now be …
