Random Bits from Boredom

I like numbers. Good numbers, like 8, and it's just so that I should get to know some more numbers when using my flashes/light modifie...

Music is a powerful thing and has always been around in my life. However, there have been some songs that have burned themselves into my mi...

If you've ever needed to kill ambient midday or required to freeze action, then you'll know that insane shutter speeds are your frie...

The inverse square law (ISL) is one of those things that just annoys me as I keep confusing myself after I've learned it. When you loo...

Reasonable hotshoe softboxes only really come in 2 favours - the Westcott Apollo or the Lastolite Ezybox (incl the ebay clones). When I was...

After years of being, what felt like the last person on Earth, without an iPod I finally joined the Apple family.

The Westcott Apollo 28" softbox is a speedlight softbox that I've been aware of for a long time now. Finally, I got myself a copy...

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.