Category Archives: Flash

Kansas City – One Day Workshop. Off Camera Flash Basics

  Ask yourself this: Are you a natural light photographer? Do you struggle with flash? Are your images not as good as you would like? Have you ever wanted to try something new photographically? Do you have trouble posing subjects? Do you want to keep your photography fresh? There are so many other questions I...

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Kansas City Workshops

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE LIGHT 2 DAYS of INTENSE PHOTOGRAPHING! $650   REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS Back in Kansas City. While I was away for the last 11 years I have had some requests to put on a workshop here in Kansas City. Now that I am back home for a while, seems like the...

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Lighting a scene subtly. One light and the sun

One of the things I love about strobe (flash) lighting is the ability to create light. One of my pet peeves is when sometimes photographers over light because at first glance it looks pretty damn cool. It’s kind of like the first time you played with Photoshop and started getting “creative” with filters. My approach...

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Shooting a Parasuco Jean Ad – Using multiple lights

Hey everyone, here is a tutorial for having a model laying on the ground and using multiple lights. Equipment used: 1 Alien bee 800 with beauty dish 1 Alien bee 800 Ringflash 1 Canon 580 EX2 1 Silver reflector Trigers: Radiopopper Jr Studio. This image was photographed in a small apartment. A green fuzzy rug...

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Shooting in Graveyards in New Orleans – Afterdark recap.

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Watch out for the ghost of the Voodoo Queen! What an amazing time Afterdark was in lovely New Orleans. It is full of character. First I must talk about what happened on Sunday before Afterdark. I went a day early to hang out with fellow Southlight Salon members Pierre and Nick. They were there for...

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