The first thing you have to ask yourself before choosing the flash setting for your umbrella is, how big do you want your light source to be? But before we get to that, let's make sure we all know what we mean by "zoom setting." Re ...

"Typical indoor ambient light, for instance, might be about 1/60th at 4/f at ISO 400. So If I shoot you in that light, available only, you are going to be properly exposed. You'll still probably look pretty bad -- we nailed the quantity, but ...

Welcome to On Assignment, where you can build on your Lighting 101 skills by learning exactly how real-world assignments were lit. The object will be to explain the process of making the photos as clearly as possible. But if you have worked ...

Explore the world of off-camera lighting thanks to Strobist Links to Strobist articles out of the Lighting 101 ( © Strobist ) : Two Things Your Flash Needs to Have Traveling Light Light Stands Super Clamps Ball Bungees Umb ...

A lot of people been asking me what are Color Temperature (CT) flash gels for and where they can find it. On the first part I will be showing a very simple way where you can get them, in Europe, very fast and with everything you need to co ...

Save up to $125 on select Canon Lenses with our new Canon Instant Savings Rebate. Purchases eligible for this rebate must be made between October 19, 2008 and January 17, 2009. Qualifying Products: EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM EF 16-35mm f/2.8 ...

I have seen a couple versions of video from Annie Leibovitz's Queen Elizabeth shoot. But this is the full segment, and has lots of interesting tidbits Annie scouts rooms, making notes with a camera. This is common practice with pros, n ...

Like the DP1 (which continues in Sigmas's line-up, the DP2's lens has a fixed focal length. However, instead of being wide-angle, it offers a 24.2mm focal length that equates to 41mm in 35mm format. You can't zoom in with this lens - either o ...

check the links below for introductions and techniques on flash photography : http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/ http://strobist.blogspot.com/

Umbrellas are cheap, portable little light softeners. But there are enough choices available to make picking the right one a little confusing. Or worse yet, to end up with something that is completely a wrong fit. The first choice you' ...

"To really understand the concept of balancing light, many of you will have to expand your concept of a so-called proper exposure. After all, you are creating a scene that has precisely the tonal range that you want it to. You can use this ab ...

"The aim of this article is to introduce you to the versatility of your new Paglight whilst exposing the secrets of good lighting in such a way that you can continue to build on your skills and enj ...

First impression: It is much bigger than the SB-800. Didn't really seem any heavier, but definitely takes up more space. This is a consideration for a couple of reasons. One, cubic inches matter when on the road. Not so much on a single flash ...

Here are some shots taken on the beach during the summer months. Now, you don't always want to carry 3 flash heads, a generator, 10 diffusers and an army of assitants, so here are some samples of photos taken with hot-shoe flashes and one r ...

Just over six months after launching the D90 - the first DSLR to offer video capture - Nikon has released a second video-enabled model, the D5000. Positioned between the D60 and D90 models, this new DSLR combines features of them both. It's p ...