Use A Dog Bone To Mount A Strobe On Any Trunk, Beam, Pole Or Branch

If you are doing a lot of outdoor shooting using hot shoe strobes, you need to find a way to place them in three dimensional space. Of course, the trivial way is to use a light stand. But if you shoot in anything other than an open space, photographer Chris Cameron has a nice tip to […]

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

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

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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31 Self Portraits Series Made For Halloween

Photographer Amanda Chapman has been giving Halloween the proper treatment since 2012. The project called 31 Days Of Halloween started when Amanda’s husband was diagnosed with Cancer and Amanda was looking to give something positive for the family to focus at. Her definition of “something positive to focus at” was 31 Days Of Halloween – a month where […]

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This Is How Dan Vojtěch Shoots an Airplane with 30 Strobes

Red Bull always seems to be up to something (perhaps it’s the “wings”), trying to impress us with various antics to get us to buy their overrated energy drinks.  But, on the plus side, it affords those of us in the creative world with some great inspiration. In one of their most recently-released videos, stunt […]

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This Is How Dan Vojtěch Shoots an Airplane with 30 Strobes

Red Bull always seems to be up to something (perhaps it’s the “wings”), trying to impress us with various antics to get us to buy their overrated energy drinks.  But, on the plus side, it affords those of us in the creative world with some great inspiration. In one of their most recently-released videos, stunt […]

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