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We haven’t followed the Strobist Lighting 102 series in the past few weeks (sorry). This week’s post on Balancing Flash and Ambient light Indoors is important though. In my many years in photo labs and camera stores I saw lots of flash pictures with black backgrounds. A simple change to the camera settings can change [...]

This is one article that every serious photographer should read. It deals with using a flash outdoors as fill (or a primary light source) and steps through the process of proper exposure. Do yourself a favor and go read the Balancing Light: Twilight post.
Be sure to pay attention to what David says about exposure. By [...]

This week is the discussion of specular highlight control along with examples. There are a lot of photos on the Flickr thread where many photogs have shown their technique and results. It’s worth going there to check out what can be done with simple tools. A flash, some typing paper or the DIY macro light [...]

The latest in the Lighting 102 series was posted on Strobist yesterday. This new unit discusses Apparent Light Size and it’s effects on your photos. The discussion centers around the light source compared to the subject.
The Matchbox car shot is a great example of how a single flash, normally thought to be a hard light [...]

Using your flash when doing macro photography is the best way to be able to use small apertures and get more depth of field. Even though you can use the onboard flash you’ll have much better results with off camera flash. Being able to vary the lighting angle will allow you to create more dramatic [...]

When HP’s Pet-Eye function finally arrives in their Point & Shoot cameras animal owners will get better flash photos. Until then you’ll have to paint the animal’s eyes in with your photo editing software. (Umm, please don’t paint their actual eyes!)
DSLR owners can simply use an off camera flash to eliminate Demon-eyes. For this photo [...]