Learn to make better DSLR movies and flash pictures In the first quarter of 2013 I will be working with my good mate Dave Newton & EOS Network to bring Speedlite flash training and DSLR movie making training to Bicester in Oxfordshire. Beginners and advanced Speedlite flash There are two courses on offer for photographers …
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Make more of the camera you have EOS 600D and EOS 650D both have Easy Wireless flash, simply put this sets the camera’s pop-up flash to act as a controller for a Canon Speedlite used in slave mode. Many photographers think of flash as a scary topic, but with a little logical thinking it’s a …
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When the Speedlite 580EX II was launched it came with a new external auto and external manual metering mode that uses a sensor on the flash to determine when the subject has had enough light and then the flash autonomously switches off it’s own output. The Speedlite 600EX-RT also has this and you can set …
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Don’t stay put. Move and make better pictures Today I want to show you why it is always worth moving around your subjects, exploring the scene for the best angle. Just last week I was photographing Jonny, a relatively new model; I later found out that this was his fourth shoot. We had started out …
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Pocket-sized & inexpensive off-camera E-TTL II flash I was on a family break last week when the EOS M broke cover, and haven’t seen one in the flesh as yet. However the small Speedlite 90EX that was launched has intrigued me and got me thinking; Is this a low-cost, pocket-sized flash master for all EOS …
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I love to shoot all kinds of work it helps me to keep on top of more of the features and functions of cameras, lenses and Speedlites. So the chance to shoot in a 1950s style ballroom with a number of models, make-up artists, stylists and designers was an easy one to persuade myself to …
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Speedlites that don’t sleep on the job! Just yesterday I got a call from a photographer friend asking for my advice on stopping his Canon Speedlite from sleeping. He was using a Pocket Wizard plus II to trigger his Speedlite set to a manual power level. The problem was the Speedlite kept going to sleep …
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Speedlite 600EX-RT and the ST-E3-RT provide a remote shutter release New in the Speedlite 600EX-RT and the ST-E3-RT is Linked Shot, this lets a photographer trigger the camera shutter release by pressing a button on the flash. In effect the flash becomes the radio trigger for the camera’s shutter. You may think it’s a gimmick but …
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