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Profoto teams up with Fujifilm to bring TTL & HSS to Fuji cameras

Sep 11, 2017 John Aldred

Well, they may have been lagging a little behind Godox and Cactus, but Profoto have finally caught up. Profoto have announced a new Fuji compatible…



Profoto recalls B1X battery ten days after release

May 24, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

It’s been only ten days since Profoto released their B1X strobe, and now they are recalling the battery unit due to “potential safety issue.”  This…



Profoto’s new B1X offers bigger battery, brighter modelling light, and full range of power in HSS

May 17, 2017 John Aldred

Profoto are calling the B1X the “new benchmark for on-location lighting”. And if it’s true, then it’s about time. Given that the $600 Godox AD600…



How to use gridded strip softboxes as your main light source

Feb 16, 2017 John Aldred

When it comes to setting up flash for a portrait, one might usually grab a big octabox or beauty dish. Normally, we wouldn’t consider something…



Can a $600 Godox AD600 compete with a $2,100 Profoto B1? Surprisingly yes

Dec 4, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Here is something I did not see coming. Photographer Robert Hall did a full comparisson between the $600 Godox AD600BM* and the $2,100 Profoto B1. While you’d…



Hands-on with the Profoto D2 AirTTL, the “World’s Fastest Monolight”

Sep 15, 2016 TJ Hansen

When Profoto added TTL, High Speed Sync, and studio-level power to the Profoto B1 battery-powered monolight, it was revolutionary. But the newest flash, which the…



Watch as this photographer shoots female bodybuilders in the middle of the street

Apr 23, 2016 John Aldred

I’ve been following the work of Texas based portrait photographer Keydrin Franklin for a while now, but a recent Facebook Live stream of this particular…



2015 DIYP Gift Guide – Lighting

Dec 10, 2015 Gannon Burgett

So far, we’ve shared our Gift Guides for cameras and lenses. Now, we’re on to the next tool any photographer needs in his/her arsenal –…