Over the course of 2017 I’ve taken plenty of photos that have been fun, challenging or fortunate. For each of the 12 days (of Christmas) I’m sharing one of my favourite pictures from 2017. #3 – Rosie I first worked with Rosie down in Surrey. Our shoot plan was totally thrown out of the window …
Over the course of 2017 I’ve taken plenty of photos that have been fun, challenging or fortunate. For each of the 12 days (of Christmas) I’m sharing one of my favourite pictures from 2017. #1 – Gerald, Newbury Taken way back in January 2017, this photo was captured during a talk for Newbury Camera Club. …
This week I’ve delivered another beginners Speedlite workshop at Canon’s UK head office in Reigate. I had a great group of attendees who had joined to learn more about flash photography. This weeks class was pretty standard for this beginners workshop, a mix of Speedlites – mostly 430EX and 600EX – and cameras from the …
I rarely use a Speedlite on my camera, it’s almost always off-camera flash. At a recent workshop I was asked how different modifiers change on-camera flash results, so I made three quick pictures to show some results. The Speedlite 600EX-RT was put on the camera hotshoe, and I used E-TTL automatic flash exposure. Lens was the …
Radio wireless flash with the Canon Speedlites makes it simple to use off-camera flash. I have found that many people, find the first step of making a flash work off-camera, the hardest part. I’ve created this video to help you configure your RT series Speedlite as a master or slave for off-camera flash. In …
Working on location with lights and a moving subject often needs lots of kit, but his location fitness shoot was done with just a couple of Speedlites. I planned this shoot with Emma for a local camera club group. My aim was to enable several photographers to be able to create great looking lit action …
I posted a picture to Instagram last week and one of the comments asked how it was lit, as it appeared to be a huge soft light source. This is the picture I posted, it looks like a big soft light. What you can’t see from the picture is the rest of the scene around …
Lastolite By Manfrotto, world leader in the manufacture of backgrounds and lighting systems announces the launch of the new Joe McNally Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus. Developed in partnership with acclaimed photographer Joe McNally, the new Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus is a 22cm x 22cm mini softbox which attaches directly onto a flashgun whether it is …