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Make this nifty DIY gel holder for your Godox lights

Mar 1, 2022 Daniel Schweinert

I got me some of these new compact & foldable Godox softboxes AD-S60S, AD-S65W, AD-S85S, etc. for my Godox AD300Pros. They work just fine but…

Watch: Comparing small vs large softboxes to help you decide which you should buy

Feb 26, 2022 John Aldred

There’s a moment that comes to everybody who eventually starts breaking away from using solely natural light and moving towards artificial lights to give…

Lighting setup: Textured fashion lighting with coloured gels

Feb 23, 2022 Jake Hicks

I spent many, many years working in a busy studio that focused on quantity over quality. As photographers working there, we did our best to…

Watch this satisfying time-lapse of pink oyster mushrooms growing

Feb 16, 2022 Alex Baker

We’ve shown time-lapses of mushroom growing antics before, and they just keep getting better and better. There’s not much more satisfying than a really…

SmallRig RC120B COB LED light review

Feb 15, 2022 John Aldred

Today, SmallRig announced their first COB light, the RC120D. This moves the company from being a cages and other mechanical parts manufacturer into the…

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.