7 cool gadgets to make your photography experience more interesting and fun

Tweet 7 cool gadgets to make your photography experience more interesting and fun A guest post by Alia Haley Photography is a field that ranges from creative photography, action photography, macrophotography to microphotography. Whether you are a professional photographer working in photojournalism or an amateur photographer, having few essential gadgets on your side could make [...]

Video of the 600EX-RT Speedlite & ST-E3-RT Transmitter

Tweet For my wedding work I love to use off camera lighting and am always looking for ways to streamline my lighting systems. When you are on the go at a wedding and sometimes only have 2 minutes to quickly light up a shot, you have to use a very portable lighting system. Many times [...]

Controlling your Canon Speedlight from your camera

Tweet One thing that most camera manufactures haven’t historically done a great job in is the user interface of menus. From flashes to your camera navigating through menus to make quick changes aren’t always quick. Although I have used many different Canon speedlights over the years I still don’t find it easy to navigate through [...]

A quick 3 light setup for wedding portraits

Tweet When most people start out with photography I know that once the light goes down you tend to throw the flash on top of your camera and start firing away. I am a huge fan of quick, portable off camera flash and have written many articles for this site on how to use off [...]

Photography Lighting For Wedding Night Portraits

Tweet One of my favorite parts of a wedding is the very end of the evening. For me it’s always a fun time to let the bride and groom take a 5 minute break and try to capture something that is really unique and different than what they are used to for wedding photos. It [...]

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 [...]

Creative off camera lighting

Tweet At every shoot I have I always try to do something different. Normally once the dancing has been going on for awhile its a perfect time to give the bride and groom a break and take them outside for a quick shoot. It also normally is nighttime so the perfect opportunity to get some [...]

Photography Gear 101

Tweet The biggest question I get from people starting out is what type of gear I recommend. Here are some of my top pieces of equipment and while I am a Canon shooter Nikon has some very similar stuff when it comes to lens selection. I am actually a firm believer that gear doesn’t make [...]