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 [...]

Save 15% on Steel Training’s Flash Photography Video Course

Tweet Save 15% on Steel Training’s Flash Photography Video Course One question that I have recieved over and over again from my readers is how to effectively use a speedlight for portraits. Flash photography is still a very big mystery to many of you but something that once you have a handle on can make [...]

Review of the O-Flash Ring Flash Adapter

Tweet Review of the O-Flash Ring Flash Adapter for speedlights A ring flash can give you many cool advantages compared to using a normal on camera speedlight. We covered some advantages of using a ring light for portraits awhile back and today wanted to review the O-Flash ring adapter that can turn any speedlight into [...]

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 [...]

Great examples of hollywood lighting

Tweet As I was flipping through all of the Oscar contending movies the other day I kept looking at the movie poster for the Artist. It’s a striking black and white image that really captures the feel of lighting that Hollywood become known for during a certain period of time. I have always loved the [...]

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 [...]

Creating portraits at sunset

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 [...]

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 [...]

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