Sometimes when you shoot pictures at events, it’s quite easy to skip over them in the continuous drive for other things, or maybe you are just too busy right then. The pictures are shot, used at the event and filed but not much else. I’ve been doing some picture searches for an up and coming …
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Hotrod Strip & Octa Box now with added control Lastolite’s popular Hotrod Strip Box and Octa Box are great for photographers who work with flash on location or even in the studio. Using the strip boxes to give accent light on the sides of athletes combined with a main light directly on the face is …
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Lastolite demonstrations at Focus I’m known for doing a lot of Canon seminars and quite a lot with Speedlite flash, so it was really great to be asked by Lastolite to deliver a few demonstrations on their stand at Focus to show how their softboxes, grids and gels work with Speedlites. Lastolite’s latest EzyBox II …
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The edge of the light A soft box is a really great light modifier for all kinds of portrait photography. However the soft box is like other modifiers in that the best and most interesting quality of the light, is frequently found at the edge of the light. Some time ago I saw Bjorn Thomassen …
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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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When I’m teaching photographers how to get better pictures with the photo gear they have, I use a range of photo gear. So in this Christmas season here’s my list of seven top photo essentials. 1. Camera Everybody needs one to take photos, or make movies. I’ve been a long time Canon user, since the …
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EOS 5D Mark III multiple exposure mode EOS 5D Mark III includes a multiple exposure mode that makes in-camera composite images simple to do, and very importantly it allows each of the component images to be saved as a RAW image as well as the final composite. Taking a simple subject and lighting them with two …
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I’m running a studio lighting workshop at Green Lens Studio in Harringay on 9th December 2012. 4-Hour studio lighting workshop Requirements It is expected that attendees will be able to know how to set shutter speed, aperture, ISO and white balance on their cameras, and that the camera has a standard hotshoe or pc connection …
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