Strobist: Lastolite Triflash Sync
A little pricey but it looks very well made: Strobist: Lastolite Triflash Sync: Triple Threat.
a jump to big lights
I’m a Nikon guy and I love speedlights. I love CLS and the built-in freedom we get as Nikon shooters to basically build an entirely wireless studio at no added cost. But sometimes you just need more power. Heck, even David Hobby agrees with that ;-) With a shoot coming up involving largish group shots [...]
the orbis arm
When I purchased the Orbis ring flash last summer one thing was immediately clear: it needed a way to stay attached to the camera without the need for constant handholding. There was already an accessory in the works promising to do just that. A few weeks ago it finally started shipping. From the official site: [...]
ring light, ring bright.
The ring light look has been a staple of fashion photography for years. It produces perfect catchlights as well as a very clean, shadowless look. Which isn’t something I thought I’d like to be honest, since I pretty much live for the shadows and the contrast between light and darkness. Yeah… I’m a bit of [...]
hard is beautiful
In portraiture you want your light to be soft. The softer the better. You need a big softbox so the light will wrap around your subject and create that perfect shot. Right? Well… Obviously that’s bull since it all depends on where you want to go with your image. And I’m starting to really like [...]
drip
Felt like playing around this afternoon. Got myself a martini glass and some food coloring. Set this up against the Hilite, put the D300 in interval shooting mode and off I went. Nothing too original here since this was mostly an exercise, but I really like the first shot in the set: those two black [...]
hilite and arias
Started playing around with my 6×7 Hilite from Lastolite. I have to say that in my very small studio it’s shaping up to be an absolute godsend. Especially for the seamless-white-background-high-key-look I’ve been using for portraits. Given the dimensions – we’re talking around 8 x 9 here – I had a hell of a time [...]
Softlighter
I was in Boston for the Easter weekend and picked up the Photek 46′ Softlighter II. It’s an umbrella that doubles as a softbox. I had to hack together a Manfrotto clamp, light stand and flash bracket to get my SB-900 to line-up with the unit correctly (when mounting the flash on the bracket it [...]
