How fast can you be ready to shoot? I’m not talking available light here. I’m talking a nice, creamy, soft serve, off camera strobe-filled umbrella light. Adding a $12 part to your current setup, you can be ready to shoot in moments flat.

The Idea:
Last year while in Seattle, I went for a walk with a camera, tripod, flash, and off camera flash trigger. The goal was to make a photograph that would capture Seattle as a feeling rather than just a location. Everyone has different feelings about different places, but pictures of famous cities seem to have […]

Want to ditch the gaffers tape method of attaching the Radio Popper receiver to your flash? I sure did. Now with the Nice Photo Mag Five Minute Radio Popper Mod you can, too!

I love a challenge.
And that’s exactly what I got when I was contacted by a new client looking for a portrait. Not just any portrait, mind you, a portrait where I couldn’t show his face. Wha?

Not every picture you take has to have meaning deeper than the paper it’s printed on. But if you’re board with taking images that lay there like a dead fish, try spicing it up with some symbolic tartar sauce.

Ever heard of an ND filter? The ND stands for neutral density (not “now darker” as a clever fool might think). Neutral density basically means it makes things look dark without changing the color. They are also known by the elite as sunglasses for cyclops monsters. So if you’re a photographer looking for a new […]