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Reader Christopher Wharton has a flash-camera combo that will not work in TTL mode, so how he can shoot run-and-gun events?
Long forgotten in the age of TTL, this post explains how to use your flash's "automatic" mode.
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See that? That's the high water mark to date for my dual-purpose creativity with a speedlight case. Being padded, I use it as a thermos for my station-purchased beverage when home-bound from New York City on the train.
(Works totally ace, BTW.)
But that bar just got seriously upped today by the LumoPro LP742 "LightSwitch" speedlight case.
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This photo is 100% flash, 0% ambient. But it almost looks like the reverse. And for this portrait of soprano Robin Steitz, a timeless available-light look was what we were going for.
But when you are working with flash (a single speedlight) and controlling your light (a scrounged "fill blanket" from the couch) you can keep the best of both worlds of strobe and ambient.
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Several folks have asked for more specifics on the Seattle GPP Pop-Up on Sept. 19-20. So here's the long version.
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I seldom review gadgets these days, but sometimes something is so useful that it's worth telling people about. Such is the case with the SD card-enabled Western Digital My Passport Wireless hard drive.
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So the UPS guy just dropped your very first lighting kit at your front door. WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
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A cool little trick that forever changed the way I photograph dancers.
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In which we travel to London to serve as a lighting tech for a documentary. Our goal? Lighting for a photographic reproduction of the Mona Lisa.
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Such a simple idea, and not so difficult to do—unless you count all of the self-inspection it will require. Iranian-born (now in Dubai) photographer Atbin Eslami's video-bio of herself first made me think, "that's really cool."
And second, "Why haven't I done that?"
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Who needs a studio when you have a bridge abutment? Today, we'll explore a few of its facades while making an actor's portrait.
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Little? Big? Aluminum? Carbon fiber? New? Used?
Three legs, many choices.
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Full walk-through: Using a leaf shutter and two battery-powered monoblocs to bend the sun to your will.
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Racing against encroaching dark and a string of thunderstorms to photograph a super-expensive cello with a super-cheap plastic lens....
Read full postHow I spent 2014: traveling around the world for Lynda.com, to help you get the most out of your next trip...
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Whether you have one light, two lights, three lights or four, here are some tips on how to best put them to use when photographing indoor sports.
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World-famous portraitist Dan Winters uncorks an epic tome that will serve as a road map for many an aspiring photographer.
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Just what the headline says—yes, you can get perfect coverage for your beauty dish with just a small strip gel.
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Go behind the scenes with music photographer Loren Wohl to see how his beautifully backlit images were created.
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Think you;re the only one who uncorks the occasional burst of idiocy? Well then let me tell you a little story...
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