Category: lighting

How To Make A Dual Off Camera Flash Bracket For As Little As $30

Uldis Plinte

Studio strobes have plenty of interesting light modifiers, sadly, hot shoe strobes (or OCF – off camera flash) do not fit in those due to the different form factor.  But! hot shoe strobes can be adapted to fit studio strobe mounts using appropriate adapter/holder. This configuration allows to use a cheap and light strobes on location without […]

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iPhone Photography/Videography Giftlist!

Mykii Liu

Hopefully you’ve started on your holiday shopping and aren’t waiting till the last minute to get things out for people. If you’re short on ideas, here’s a list of main gifts that an Apple iPhone photographer or videographer techie would enjoy. I say that these are main gifts, because well… they’re not cheap 😀 Polaroid […]

How to Shoot Dance with Motion Blur & Detail

Eric Reagan

In this video from Broncolor featuring Karl Taylor and Urs Recher, we learn how to combine two different kinds of lights in dance photography to capture motion blur and frozen detail. While they are using high-end Broncolor HMI lights with Broncolor Siros flashes, these concepts of working with flash and ambient light can work on any budget. […]

Who needs the sun? How to make your own golden hour

Gannon Burgett

It’s all but common knowledge that one of the best times to shoot portraits is Golden Hour – the time soon after sunrise or before sunset during which the natural light from the sun is a warmer tone than usual and often casts a much softer light. Usually, you have to plan ahead, but patience isn’t […]

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Deal: Wireless Impact Flash Triggers for $39

Eric Reagan

B&H has Impact wireless flash triggers for Canon and Nikon for $39.95 (reg. $74.95) for the transmitter and receiver kit. There are also kits available with lightstand, hot shoe adapters and a softbox on sale too. The deals are valid through December 8. Check them out here at B&H Photo. Copyright/DMCA Notice: The RSS entry […]

C-47: The most useful tool you have in your laundry room.

Kubeisy

Most people refer to it as a clothes pin; in Hollywood it’s referred to as a C-47. They were named that way because back in the day there were 47 pins in a pack. The C stands for clamp, hence C-47. We’ll take them and reverse the way they clamp so that they have more […]

Photo of the Day: Christmas Family Photo

erikathornes

Category: Family Photograph: Christmas Family Photo–  Jeremy W Cox Setup: Composite shot with individual shots of figurines, head shots and background. Key light above subject slightly to the right (variable distance based on subject size) with Lumiquest Softbox Ltp or Softbox III depending on subject size. Fill light with Westcott umbrella bounced off white ceiling. Accent light from back left. […]

Lighting with China Balls

Kubeisy

Here is a great economical way to soften your light. They’re China Balls: These were used on the set of Grey’s Anatomy. You can buy these light diffusers from World Market or     Pier 1 Imports. Here’s a link to Filmtools. Filmtools is a great resource; however, on some items they are a bit pricey. They […]