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Fuji X100s Review
As much as I loved my Fuji X100, the X100s is that much better and is quite possibly the best camera I own. Fast, responsive, amazing color, tack sharp, great handling, spectacular low-light capabilities,
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Chimera Octa Beauty
Lighting tools are essential to controlling your light source. I love lighting modifiers and with my strobes, I always seem to use an Octa Box as well as a beauty dish. With a studio
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PocketWizard PlusX
PocketWizard released their new affordable and simple to use PlusX! So easy to setup and compatible with all PocketWizard products. If some of you guys were considering getting radio triggers, it looks like the
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Home Studio Self-Portrait
Today we are in my home studio shooting portraits. I chose this setup because not everyone has access to a studio and wanted to show you guys that you can get killer shots virtually
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Off-Camera Flash Optical Sync
There are many ways to trigger an off-camera flash so lets start with the very basics. Getting the flash off your camera gives you much greater control of your light and far more freedom
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Tips for Shooting an Editorial Portrait
Jared and I have been working on a beginner flash guide and will be bringing it to you soon. In the meantime, check out this video I made with tips on shooting an editorial
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Flash Photography – Balancing Ambient Light
In today’s video I discuss how shutter speed directly affects ambient light when using flash. I use photos I shot with my Fuji X100 and show you what happens when you change your shutter
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Flash Photography HELP – From a Reader
I receive a ton of e mails every day. One e mail came in from a reader who said “their flash stopped working” at a very important time during a wedding. They mentioned that
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Off-Camera Flash Overpowering Ambient Light
Over the weekend, I was on a shoot on the Brooklyn waterfront. It was very windy outside so I had Alice help secure the light stand so as not to be blown away. While
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Friday Flickr Photo Critique #026
This week’s photoset comes to us from Polish photographer, Philip aka galenphoto via Flickr. What drew me to Philip’s photoset was the nice cohesive nature of his images. He sticks with his subject material
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