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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Tethered shooting

Tethered shooting

Some of you might not know this but tethered shooting is the best way to shoot if you want high quality exposed images right out of the camera. This saves time when it comes to editing. Seeing your images on a 15 inch laptop screen (Calibrated) gives you a better ..>>..READ MORE..>>

White seamless

White seamless

I know this has less to do with off camera flash however the following photo’s are made in the studio with camera strobes. The setup was like the background Zack Arias is using in his tutorial. See this link: http://ocfworkshop.com/2010/11/02/zack-arias-white-seamless-tutorial/ I used two flashes bare bulb for the background and ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Off-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Photographers

Off-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Photographers

Amazon link on the bottom of this page. Product Description Photographers of all experience levels can now avoid time-consuming post production image editing with the multifamily techniques provided in this guide. Packed with information, the manual shows photographers how to select a quality new or used flash and how to ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Free Flash cheat sheet

Free Flash cheat sheet

Download this free cheat sheet for your flashes and print it out to have it with you in the field. It shows you guide numbers, EV values and more, very handy and a great free resource. This sheet is up to date and for Canon and Nikon. Features; Exposure Value ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Nikon Creative Lighting System CLS

Nikon Creative Lighting System CLS

Amazon link at the bottom of this page. Product Description Flash photography, especially advanced light modeling with modern iTTL flash systems, has become an art by itself, which should be mastered by every aspiring amateur photographer – and even professionals are often helpless when it comes to using the full ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Free tools and software

Free tools and software

If you are searching for free tools and software (legal freeware or demo software), a nice website worth looking at is here; http://www.photo-freeware.net/ A great collection of useful software. I just downloaded the virtualPhotographer photoshop plugin; virtualPhotographer VirtualPhotographer is a Photoshop compatible plug-in that allows you to create a variety ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Speedlights & Speedlites:

Speedlights & Speedlites:

Creative Flash Photography at the Speed of Light. Amazon link at the bottom of this page. Readers review; The relatively new flash systems offered by Nikon and Canon, which allow an amazing degree of automated control over illumination (with an increase in a certain type of complexity) offer amazing opportunities ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Off camera flash shoot (Dec 5th 2010)

Off camera flash shoot (Dec 5th 2010)

Last night we did a photoshoot in the studio’s of our meetup group. (http://www.meetup.com/tcphotogroup) These photo’s are real off camera flash photo’s using 4 speedlite flashes (1 Canon 430EX II in the umbrella, 1 Vivitar 285HV gelled red, 1 Quantary in the softbox and 1 Quantary gelled blue behind the ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography

Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography

AMAZON LINK on the bottom of this page. Digital cameras and flash technology have revolutionized photography. Originally seen simply as a way of illuminating dark scenes with portable light, flash today is used for a host of creative functions, including supplementing daylight and designing complex scenes lit by multiple light ..>>..READ MORE..>>

Portable changing room

Portable changing room

Looks like a handy gadget, who uses it? Please leave a comment if you have one. SIZE: 76″x36″x36″ It is the most compact easy to use changing room for any event. You will find many reasons to use this Changing Room. It is a great product to take to the ..>>..READ MORE..>>