Minimizing reflections when shooting through glass can be challenging. But here are some tips to help you reduce or eliminate unwanted reflections. My SPLASH! Photography Workshops are fun and messy, but working with glass, water, and high-speed sync with speed lights is a great learning curve. The setup I placed
I will be the first to admit that most of my photography does NOT need burst mode or a high shutter speed. But occasionally I do like to capture some of the action in the studio with High-Speed Sync (HSS). Most of my studio portraits are rarely static, with slow
Here in Colorado, the hummingbird migration typically begins in early June and lasts until early September, although a rapid change in the weather can often affect the timing of their departure. Over the past few months, I made several attempts to photograph hummingbirds during their early morning visits to the
The other day, I found myself in Monument Valley photographing a bunch of dancers. Of course, I was there at sunrise, which lasted for two hours and bathed the entire valley in beautiful light so I could leisurely make artful pictures to my heart’s content. Psych! We actually arrived on
This was a recent dilemma I faced. I currently have older Bowens strobes in the studio and while there is nothing actually wrong with them, the recycle time was too slow and I had found they were continually misfiring with my Sony a7R III. I also have an older Nikon
When using studio strobes or a hot shoe flash, you might come across a black gradient at the bottom of your images. This happens when you have too fast of a shutter speed, blocking part of the frame lit by your speedlight or strobe. There’s an easy way to avoid this.
Dan Bailey and Karen Hutton, Fujifilm X Team Photographers, jumping for joy in Florida Fuji XT 2, 10-24mm f 4 lens, ISO 800, f 4, 1/8000, Fuji X 500 flash on High Speed Sync. Platypod has just introduced a new model of their awesome camera support system, the Platypod Ultra.
I’m wholeheartedly opposed to being only a “Natural Light” photographer. I can’t imagine being limited to only working with the light available on hand. I have so much fun using strobes (which are the same as flashes) to light my work and help me create in any situation. However, there
