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Five steps to faking golden hour lighting with just one flash
Mar 22, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
Golden hour is the type of lighting most photographers swear by. And indeed, it’s hard to go wrong when you shoot around this hour of…
Remember this ad from 12 years ago? This is why you don’t use on-camera flash for sports photography
Mar 18, 2022
Alex Baker
Are you sitting comfortably? Great! Now, think back 12 years ago. Yes, that would be pre-multiple political upheavals, pre-pandemic and pre-full frame mirrorless cameras….
Cooke’s new S8/i Cine lens series includes 16 lenses that cost $35,000 each
Mar 17, 2022
John Aldred
If you thought those $3-5K cine lenses were expensive, you’ve seen nothing yet. Cooke Optics, arguably one of the best in the business when it…
Irix announces the 21mm f/1.4 lens for Canon EF, Nikon F and Pentax K
Mar 11, 2022
John Aldred
Well, I didn’t think we’d have to wait long after January’s Irix Cine 21mm T1.5 lens announcement before we’d see its photography counterpart, the Irix…
How to shoot long exposure portraits combining flash and continuous light in the studio
Mar 10, 2022
Jake Hicks
Sometimes it can be great to flex your skills and show off your lighting prowess, but we can often run into the danger of the…
The Haida M10 II Filter System brings some nice workflow improvements over the original M10
Mar 2, 2022
John Aldred
I’ve used a number of square filter solutions over the years and it’s rare that new holders are released, but that’s what’s happened with Haida,…
Cosina announces Voigtländer 50mm f/2, 35mm f/2, 23mm f/1.2 lenses for Nikon Z; 23mm f/1.2 for Fuji X
Mar 1, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
Cosina has anounced four new Voigtländer prime lenses for mirrorless shooters. Out of those, three are made for Nikon Z cameras, and one is intended…
Building your Fujifilm Photography Kit Part 3: Essential Accessories
Mar 1, 2022
John Peltier
Oh boy, everyone’s favorite topic, accessories for your Fujifilm camera! This can get wild… Now, obviously, I can’t mention every single accessory that’s compatible with Fujifilm cameras….
Tokina SZ 8mm f/2.8 wants to be a lens that’s always with you
Feb 18, 2022
Dunja Đuđić
Tokina has just announced an SZ 8mm F2.8 FISH-EYE lens. It’s designed for mirrorless cameras and it comes in two mount variants: Fuji X and…
Best photography strobes and flashes for beginners
Feb 4, 2022
John Aldred
Flash can be a difficult topic to figure out for a new photographer. You know you need more light but which one do you get? Do you even need only one, or should you get several? What type of photography flash should you get? How much power do you need? What are modifiers? Which one do I need? Do I really need to spend all that money on one, or will the cheap ones do the job? Is there not just one light out there that I can use for everything? How do I connect everything up so that it all talks to each other? All of these questions and more can make it pretty overwhelming if you’ve never used flash before. So, in this guide, we’re going to try to answer some of them. We’ll take a look at the variety of different photography strobes and flashes on the market. Also, we’re going to try to help you figure out what light or lights you might want to get to start your flash journey. Finally, we’ll show you how different types of light might be better suited to different genres of photography.