TeachMeToShoot blog

One of HP’s latest technology announcements is their new Pet-Eye Fix. Now you’ll be able to correct all those photos of Fido and Fluffy. No more yellow or green “demon eyes” for your animals.
You’ll start seeing HP’s Pet-Eye technology in select R-series cameras in 2007. After you take a shot you’ll be able to review [...]

Learning about light and lighting is best done visually and with experimentation. That’s really what the Lighting 102 series is about; learning to see lighting (or knowing when to create it). This week’s lesson on Strobist talks about the distance between subject and flash (light source). Run through the exercise that’s laid out in the [...]

If you’ve been to the Strobist site and read Lighting 101 you’ve certainly seen references to Pocket-Wizards. These remote flash triggers give you far more working distance (over 1500 feet) than cords or wireless systems built into some DSLRs. Many professional photographers use Pocket-Wizards.
Using a unit on the camera as a Transmitter allows triggering [...]

When you need to light up a room or want to use multiple flash units for portraits, slave flashes can be your answer. Studio flash systems incorporate slaves and some small hotshoe flashes do too. And there are some camera flashes specifically designed as a slave for your P&S digital camera.
A slave flash is triggered [...]

If you’re lucky enough to have a camera and flash combination that supports wireless communication you are all set. Turn on the wireless mode, pull the flash off the camera and start shooting. Otherwise you’ll need an off camera cord.

The off camera cords will cost you between $50 and $100 and most are 6 foot [...]

The first educational piece of the Lighting 102 tutorial is up on Strobist. Titled Unit 1.1 – Position (Angle) it talks about off axis light and learning how to see light direction. By reading the material and doing the exercises you’ll learn how light direction can affect your photos.
You’ll see how on-axis light is unflattering, [...]