During my shoot at the potash mine dump near Giesen I needed to focus the light from the flash. I only wanted to illuminate the bike and not its surroundings, so precise light control was necessary. The shooting setup is shown below. At first I tried zooming the flash...
There are people whose eyes are closed or half-closed on every single picture when they are photographed using a flash. Getting a decent portrait of such a person is difficult. Today I want to explain the background to that circumstance and show two ways of avoiding...
Together with the YN-568EX flash unit I purchased two sets of i-TTL triggers from Yongnuo. These triggers have been around for Canon for a while, and since a few weeks they are now also available for Nikon. Watch another stopmotion...
Along with Yongnuo YN-622N i-TTL radio triggers I ordered an i-TTL flash from Yongnuo. Shipping took about 1.5 weeks and today the package arrived. No time for a review yet, but I made an entertaining unboxing video. Enjoy...
This night Nikon released a new product, the Speedlight SB-910 flash unit. We were all waiting for the D800, but it seems as it will be next year before the camera is announced. Instead Nikon announced an updated version of the SB-900 Speedlight. I did a side-by-side...