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First Self Portraits with Impact 1 Light Umbrella Kit
Last night, before I headed off to bed for the night I took a bit of time to set up the light kit, Impact 500W Light Umbrella Kit, and actually get snapping some photographs this time. I created a...
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Photographing Flowers; The Strobeless Approach
I am big fan of the strobist home photographer revolution but sometimes I don’t think you need to use fancy flashes and strobes or bright lights with umbrellas, sometimes you can make a beautiful...
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Rosco Gel Samples Just Arrived
I, along with every other photog-blogger in the blogosphere, has read about using the Rosco Roscolux Swatchbook available free from Rosco (beware I’ve heard there’s a major wait through Rosco) and for...
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Lighting the Egg Photograph
I remember one day in college I was sitting next to a kid in a free computer lab working on some stuff before class and he opened up a photograph of an egg that he shot for his “Advanced Commercial...
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Using Red Gel to Boost Greens in the Background
I did a quick proof of concept test with my gels and SB600 today – it was pretty cool. The thought behind this is: If we use a orange gel over a flash or strobe to add orange to a light on the subject...
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Bouncing a Flash off the Ceiling – Lighting Test
Once you get a flash, speedlight or speedlite unit the first thing you are told is to get it off your camera. Sometimes a situation just doesn’t accommodate this – like shooting an event light a trade...
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How does a Shoot-Through Umbrella Work?
A shoot-through umbrella works very simply by taking the light from a light source and expanding it’s spread. A shoot-through umbrella is typically white and a fairly thin or translucent white at...
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How does a Bounce Umbrella Work?
A bounce umbrella works very simply by taking the light from a light source and expanding it’s spread. A bounce umbrella is typically lined on the interior with a silver, gold or white reflective...
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Official Rosco Strobist Kit
This is even better than getting the free gels from Rosco or the cheap sample packs from B&H / Amvona. A Strobist gel kit. This awesome Rosco Strobist 55-Piece Filter Kit is great for both color...
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iPhone Apps for Photographers: Strobox
Sometimes browsing in the iTunes music store for good apps is hit or miss. Actually let me rephrase that – I find it’s always hit or miss. there’s a lot of apps listed in the category ‘photography’...
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