It Is Good to Be Humbled
After the past three or four days, I feel like I did sitting in the school principal’s office, waiting for the imminent whipping. It is in those times that you would do anything to avoid what is coming, and it is not so much the physical beating as much as it is the emotional tension [...]
Do We Know How to Capture the Decisive Moment Anymore?
I have had these thoughts on the back of my brain for a few days, since reading Doug Menuez’s post about digital photography making him lose his edge. With film, you really have to think harder. Even better stated, with modern, fancy-pants, bell-and-whistled wonder cameras, you just fire thirty shots in five seconds, go home, [...]
My Normal Flash Setup Using Optical Slaves
I have been trying lots of different flash setups lately (optical, radio, bounce, etc), but I tend to fall back on optical triggering because it is the most trustworthy and versatile of my options. Of course, I would love to grab a pair of Pocket Wizards, but hey, you donate a pair, and I will [...]
What Flash Should I Buy for My Camera?
Want to move into the world of flash and do not know where to start? What flash should you buy? Where do you even start learning how to use the flash? Do you just clip it on and set it to automatic, or do you dare explore the beautiful and expansive world of off-camera flash?
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Learn Light from Great Painters
How did the masters use light? Painters, I mean. I had not really thought about it. I mean, I knew folks like Monet (I think it was him…I cannot quite remember) actually moved house to a new village just because the light there was better. Still it is easy to think, “Hey, it’s paint, they [...]
