Random Bits from Boredom

I don't shoot much against a pure white background, but it's definitely something I should re-familiarise myself with as it gives an...

Ever wondered why you have dull and lifeless hair images on the web when they are clean and full of colour on your PC/camera? It's mos...

Exposure with strobes in a totally controlled environment and also metering an ambient only scene .

After reading and lusting after countless reviews I finally took the plunge and picked up the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D and it's everything ...

One thing that controls the amount of strobe light is the apertrure (the other is distance) so when someone posed the question, "My (AC...

As it's been said before, "it's not quite like the old days" and certainly as I get older I actually forget what started...

As part of my collecting/hoarding mentality I always thought the Manfrotto Justin Clamps (model# 175F) were a cool little tool but the 45...

In answering the Q myself: worth it!! Recently got myself a(n old Minolta IVF) light meter after a friend at work brought his meter in. ...

"SB unit into softbox, camera left @ f/4" I read. The first time I saw something like that I went and looked at the back of my...

Before I started this trip back into photography, I always wondered why some of my indoor shots would have a strange orange-red cast across ...

For once, this is a different non-photo-lighting kind of rambling, but it is still rambling. As its the festive season, tv brings out all...

There has been some discussion on the D300 flickr group about the camera ICM colour profile that is used for correct colour balance used in...

After being inspired by Rui M Leal's PW holder I was always looking to replicate this for my own Manfrotto 026 umbrella adaptor.

This is the same setup as everything else particularly the balancing ambient setup. The only thing that we need to take care of is the rapi...

The sun during the day can be pretty hard to over power, but you dont need to be fighting this battle. In fact, you can use the sun to your...

Unless you are shooting at the golden hours (just after sunrise and just before sunset) then it will most likely be you will be turning to t...

Whenever we are balancing for a scene the strobist site recommends the following the same basic strategy for all shots: get to max sync get...

There aren't many ways to control light using your camera.. you can change shutter, change the aperture and ermm, do both. But thats th...

... and now i'm going to be broke for the next 3 months. After spending a lot of time with my ebay/cactus v2 triggers, I finally decided...

Go back to basics: shutter speed , aperture and ISO