Strobox is a great free iPhone or iPod Touch App for photographers, allowing you to create lighting diagrams quickly and easily. And Strobox has more than 25 objects to use in your lighting diagram and the ability to share diagrams via email.
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Flashes, Strobes & Lighting
Under $10 an official Strobist kit. I’ve also recommended a Velcro strap and gel adapter that make using the new fun gels even easier and gives the rig a professional touch.
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Learn how light works through diagram and explanation of how a bounce umbrella changes and diffuses light to modify the way you flash, strobe or any light source lights your subject.
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Learn how light works through diagram and explanation of how a shoot-through umbrella changes and diffuses light to modify the way you flash, strobe or any light source lights your subject.
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The best thing you can do with your flash is get it off the camera. But sometimes you can’t so you’ll have to do the next best thing – bounce your light off the ceiling. Here’s a demo and sample shots using the 5 different bounce settings on the Nikon SB600.
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In this proof of concept I hypothesized that much like an orange gel adds orange to your foreground ie. adds blue to your background – red could add green to your background when using a custom white balance. Including lighting diagrams and details about the gels used – this is a great example of using gels creatively can achieve extraordinary possibilities. Take a look, you might learn somethign about how to creatively use those Rosco Gels in a new way!
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Lighting an egg is not the ultimate test, but a good exercise in lighting. When photographing an egg you want to eliminate as much shadow as possible but give the egg definition so it doesn’t get washed out in the white.
Lighting a white egg on a white background is a fun Strobist exercise and here I documented my attempt. Five slightly tweaked lighting setups with photos of the setup and produced image. You should give it a try and share your attempt!
How I made the Rosco gel samples I ordered easier to access to play with filtering light coming from my sb600 off camera flash for only $1.95!
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I’ll walk you through a still-life, flower photo shoot I did. Including reflecting the subject on glass and a mirror, and achieving a solid background with items I had lying around my place.
It’s easy to use the ambient light in the room to light a photograph well. It’s all about reflecting and redirecting the light!
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My first self portraits with the new Impact 500w Brolly Kit I purchased from B&H Photography.
I created a very simple set up and had intended on going black and white with the photographs from the start. With one light it was easy to create great head shot lighting conditions even an almost high key look. Read the whole post to also see the lighting diagram and details about the kit I used to light, for under $100!
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