When this was typed into our site's search engine, I immediately got excited. Yes, a flash can fix almost any sort of bad performance with a camera. Lots of new photographers are very afraid of flash so they only use constant light and neons.
But you can add so much more to a scene using a flash, and it's very easy to do this. There's no need for lots of excessive post-production either. Let's dive into this. . thephoblographer.com
There aren't many reviews of flashes out there. And there are even fewer reviews and sensible tutorials on how to use ring flash. But ring flash is a personal favorite technique of mine that I've used for years. thephoblographer.com »
2022-02-07 14:00
I used to think that skin tone was irrelevant to lighting setups. When I photograph people with a flash, I don’t have go-to numbers for the position of my light (distance, height, and angle). My workflow is placing my light somewhere I think it’ll work and fine-tuning from there. I barely pay attention to the […] petapixel.com »
2020-08-19 19:53
In this video and article, we’re going to show you how to spice up an ordinary portrait using off-camera flash to simulate window light photography. We’ll use the CAMP framework (Composition, Ambient Exposure, Modify or Add Light, Pose & Photograph) to outline the steps we took to compose, light, and capture the final image. Step […] petapixel.com »
2020-05-30 20:23
‘Flash duration’ isn’t a very glamorous topic, but it’s certainly something that every single photographer that uses flash should be aware of. When we first learn photography, we are taught that ‘flash freezes motion’, and although this is true, it is an extremely relative term. In this article we’re going to look at exactly how […] petapixel.com »
2019-09-11 23:40
When the sun’s blazing outside, our instinct is to forego flash photography and just use ambient light. But as photographer Ed Gregory of the YouTube channel Photos in Color demonstrates in his seven-minute tutorial, speedlights and studio flashes can actually be your allies if you’re looking to create stunning and perfectly exposed photographs. thephoblographer.com »
2018-11-06 17:00
The next time you head to the streets for your usual photo walks, you might want to take things up a notch and get "Flash" in your shots. You don't need to be super fast, but you might need to brush up on your panning techniques first if you've been rusty! thephoblographer.com »
2018-09-23 13:00
Mixing ambient light with flash is a tough technique to get around. I can do it no problem, but when someone asks me to explain it I draw a blank. There’s a very good reason why it’s hard to understand: you’re smashing two distinct schools of lighting an image together. You could be the best […] petapixel.com »
2018-06-25 20:04
How to shoot continuous frames with the A9 and external flash, my findings by Alin Popescu – Sony Image Ambassador, Romania My very first frustrations with the A9 and event photography was the use of flash in different situations. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-02-03 17:33
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. . . " That's essentially what I said when I first heard about the Isolite as I didn't totally understand how it worked. But the new Kickstarter known as the Isolite is essentially an on-camera flash modifier that is designed to let you fire off strobes in a photo and then choose to add them later or not. thephoblographer.com »
2017-11-24 17:38
I recently needed a way to trigger a flash from an Electron app, but there wasn’t anything out there that suited my needs… so I built my own. At first I thought there would be a flash with a simple bluetooth interface, and there is. petapixel.com »
2017-05-02 23:18
Moving from using only natural light to flash photography is a big step for an outdoor photographer, but before you ditch ambient light entirely, give this video a look. As photographer Francisco Hernandez explains, you’ll often get more pleasing results by pulling some ambient light back in. Now, it’s important to note that terms like […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-05 00:10
Many reviews online talk about how the Sony a9 III is great for photographing birds. But those reviews are catered more towards photographers who look and don't see. That is, they capture, and they don't create.
Canon has delayed the launch of the Speedlite EL-5 due to production issues that prevented it from being able to make enough of them. [Read More]
Paul C. Buff has announced a new 500Ws compact and lightweight battery strobe called the Celestial, which features a bright LED modeling light, a built-in wireless receiver, and support for high-speed sync (HSS) and TTL shooting. [Read More]
One of the cool things that photographers can do is use a shoot-through reflector. Most of us use it to soften the light that the sun outputs and work with natural lighting. But did you realize that you can also use it to soften the light from a flash or a strobe.
Godox has announced the Lux Junior on-camera flash, a $69 retro-inspired strobe for Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon, OM-Digital (Olympus), and Sony cameras. [Read More]
During the dark ages of digital photography, also known as the early 2000s, I was spending an awful lot of time trying to get my Canon 430EX Speedlite to work as an off-camera flash.