New PocketWizard Plus® III Photography Transceiver

Tweet As many of you know that have been reading this site for awhile I love off camera lighting and have used PocketWizards for awhile with my wedding work. They have just released an update to their PocketWizard Plus Transceiver, the PocketWizard Plus® III. It’s an update to the very popular PocketWizard Plus® II which [...]

Using Off Camera Lighting For Portraits

Tweet Last week I asked everyone on Twitter and Facebook what some things are that you would like to learn to improve your photography. The most common answer was lighting which was awesome for me to hear since I love off camera lighting and was just thinking of creating more posts about creative lighting. I [...]

Using Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)

Tweet We did a post a little while back about using exposure compensation with flash. Exposure compensation can be a great way to use flash during the day and make the background a few stops lighter than the subject. I love to use this with weddings to make my subject really stand out. But what [...]

Photo of the week – using off camera lighting

Tweet Sometimes I think as artists we want to create a totally original idea that is something so unique nobody has ever shot it. While I agree that we shouldn’t be strictly coping someone else’s work sometime it can be a great exercise to start with a shot you have seen that you really admire [...]

Canon vs. Tamron lens review

Tweet Awhile back I was asked by a reader on Twitter what the difference between Canon and Tamron lenses were. For my own use I have always stuck to Canon lenses and really prefer some of their fast prime lenses or L series glass. In my experience with some other lens manufactures the sharpness of [...]

What is your favorite lens?

Tweet Earlier this week I posted a question on Facebook and Twitter that got some good responses and a pretty big variety. It was a simple question, what is your must have lens? There was a huge variety of responses from 50mm primes to 70-200 zooms and it got me wanting more info. So today [...]

canon announces the 60D

Tweet Another new camera announcement this week, I think my head is spinning a little with all of the news. New Nikon camera, sony camera and lenses galore! Canon had to throw their hat into the mix on Thursday announcing the replacement to the 50D the appropriately titled 60D. Other than just a bump in [...]

Pocketwizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 review

Tweet About a month ago I upgraded my pocketwizards to the newer MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 units. My main reason for this was to use the high speed synch for off camera lighting with a Canon 580 during daytime shoots. I was somewhat skeptical about how well this would work but after doing a lot of [...]