On Friday I ran another Speedlite workshop for EOS Magazine. I had a great group of people who wanted to do more with their Canon Speedlites. On this particular course little to know flash knowledge is really needed, some attendees were starting from “I put the flash on the hotshoe, set the mode dial to …
Just a few weeks back I was running another of the popular off-camera flash workshops at Studio Blanco in Oxford. There was a good group of people in attendance and a mix of Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras. One of the great benefits of doing these workshops is the feedback from the attendees… Once again …
I’ve been experimenting with colouring my Speedlites with strongly coloured gels and then using either in-camera custom white balance or white balance adjustments in post production to introduce more extreme colour casts in the background of my pictures. When white is not white The theory is simple; if you add a filter to the flash, …
I’ve recently led a couple of workshops teaching photographers how to make better use of their Speedlite flash. I always find it hard to shoot pictures myself at my workshops, I think it is better for the people on the course to take the pictures and for me to help them with camera settings, flash …
I photographed the amazing and lovely Lauren-Christina recently out on the windswept and chilly Chiltern Hills. – See this picture larger on my 500px.com gallery – Starting with Lauren on the top of the hill, and the remaining few rays of sunset in the sky I put a single Speedlite 600EX-RT to the right of …
E-TTL flash Canon’s DSLR cameras use a pre flash to determine the correct flash exposure, a system known as E-TTL. Way back in time, Canon EOS film cameras used a system called TTL flash where the flash was metered off the film surface during the actual exposure. Several of the Speedlite EX series of flashes …
I have just received a Pixel Enterprises Mago Speedlite to test out. One of the first things I did was make a quick unboxing video to show you what is in the box and my initial impressions. I’ll be putting the Mago to the test in the coming weeks to see how it holds up. …
