How to use Canon Speedlights with multiple flashes
Tweet One of the questions I get most of on how to use off camera lighting. I have posted various lighting tutorials and info and you can browse through some of them in this category: Digital Photo Buzz Lighting Tutorials But today I ran across a really great video that I think many of you [...]
Overpowering the sun with your speedlight
Tweet One thing that I love to do with my flashes during the day is to have them overpower the sun to create dramatic light. A really cool part about some of the latest flash gear is that it allows you to shoot at any shutter speed and this gives you a ton of creative [...]
The importance of adding just a little bit of light to your photos
Tweet The importance of adding just a little bit of light to your photos. Sometimes you might be photographing during the day with a nice soft shade or other good lighting situation and totally forget all about the flash in your bag. We can tend to leave the flash or other lights in our camera [...]
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 [...]
An Intro To Off Camera Lighting
Tweet An Introduction to using off camera lighting If you have followed this site for awhile you know how much of a fan I am of off camera lighting. I really do hate to place my flash on camera and will only do so in certain situations where I am moving around a lot (like [...]
Creating portraits at sunset
April 17, 2011 by Mark
Filed under Portraits, Shooting Tips & Inspiration
Tweet One of the most beautiful types of light that I love to photograph portraits during is sunsets. The amazing colors in the sky and the way that clouds just soak up the array of colors is always inspiring to me. And although the sunset on its own is beautiful I love to photograph portraits [...]
What would you like to learn about lighting?
Tweet Awhile back we polled everyone on what some of your top things are you want to learn more about in 2011. There was a wide range of answers but the #1 thing people wanted to learn more about was lighting. For my own work I love to get creative with lighting and am happy [...]
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 [...]
Amazing strobist photos – rocking off camera lighting
October 4, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Shooting Tips & Inspiration
Tweet For those of you who don’t know what “Strobist” refers to you have to check out http://strobist.blogspot.com, a great resource for lighting. Strobist basically refers to using small flashes off camera to create amazing images. Sometimes people think to get great lighting you need tons of gear and a huge, expensive setup but that’s [...]
