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Did you know flash photography can harm baby sea turtles?

Feb 29, 2016 Gannon Burgett

Flash photography is harmless more often than not. But there are times when the powerful flash of cameras can do damage to things, both living…

How To Make a DIY Honeycomb Strobe / Flash / Speedlight Grid with Straws

Feb 7, 2016 Sandra Luoni

So, this article is for stylish-or-so (mostly wedding) photographers on a budget; if you were looking for a DIY honeycomb speedlight grid that is sleek, easy to…

Use A Dog Bone To Mount A Strobe On Any Trunk, Beam, Pole Or Branch

Dec 27, 2015 Udi Tirosh

If you are doing a lot of outdoor shooting using hot shoe strobes, you need to find a way to place them in three dimensional…

How To Make A Dual Off Camera Flash Bracket For As Little As $30

Dec 14, 2015 Uldis Plinte

Studio strobes have plenty of interesting light modifiers, sadly, hot shoe strobes (or OCF – off camera flash) do not fit in those due to…

Who needs the sun? How to make your own golden hour

Dec 7, 2015 Gannon Burgett

What if you could create beautiful Golden Hour portraits without the sun? Well, you can. All it takes is a few strobes and a little know-how.

Creating A Midday Sun In The Studio – A Lighting Tutorial

Aug 26, 2015 Glenn Norwood

As we know, shooting in harsh sunlight at midday is a portrait photographers nightmare! But, it can produce a very striking and edgy look thats fantastic….

Watch How This Photographer Creates High-Action Images with Stroboscopic Flash

Aug 24, 2015 Allen Mowery

Stroboscopic flash photography is basically putting your camera on a slow shutter speed and firing bursts of strobe lighting to freeze moments in action for a “double…