Using Off Camera Lighting For Portraits

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 have [...]

Using Flash Exposure Compensation (FEC)

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 if [...]

Creating portraits at sunset

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 when [...]

Photo of the week – using off camera lighting

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 and [...]

Amazing strobist photos – rocking off camera lighting

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 really [...]

High speed sync

Shooting a lot of wedding and portraits on location I am constantly battling the full day sun and trying to get creative with lighting during some of these harsh shooting conditions. One bummer about flash is that you normally end up shooting with a aperture that is f/8 or higher because of the shutter sync [...]