Learning to light with flashes can be liberating or it can be a straightjacket. It can open up countless new doors — or it can restrict... show more
Learning to light with flashes can be liberating or it can be a straightjacket. It can open up countless new doors — or it can restrict you to a small, equipment-based bag of tricks.
The key is to not let your new lighting skills displace your other approaches. And even more important, to learn to let your vision cross-pollinate between seeing great ambient and creating great light from scratch.
Case in point is this shoot with actress Margo Seibert, for which I packed all of my strobes but only brought out a single LP180 — and then only after our ambient had deserted us.
Today we'll be tweaking the sun until it's gone. And only then swapping to flash. Read more » show less
















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