by Damien | Sep 9, 2009 | Flash, Location, Studio
‘Colour temperature’ is the unit measure often used to describe the colour of light emitted by a light source. But what is meant by colour temperature? Well, if you put a black iron poker in a forge it will heat up until it glows and starts to emit light....
by Damien | Jul 21, 2009 | Flash, Location, Studio
If you want to use a non TTL radio remote set up to trigger your Speedlights or you want to know how to use them in manual mode, follow this guide. Manual operation of Speedlights is desirable when you require a series of repeat shots of identical brightness, when...
by Damien | Jul 17, 2009 | Flash, Location, Studio
A 1:1 shoot session can be tailored to your needs exactly. This session was Nikon based and involved location shooting with natural light and off camera flash plus a session in my studio using flash and daylight. Here are a few of the pictures. To shoot on manual or...
by Damien | Jul 8, 2009 | Flash, Studio
We are right in the middle of the shooting season here in the UK and barely a day goes by without a few significant shots being taken of clients or on workshops. I can’t blog them all and I choose not to blog my client work here on ProPhotoNut unless I’ve...
by Damien | Jun 28, 2009 | Flash, Location, Studio
I often find myself looking at the world a bit differently when I’m shooting portraits. I look for light sources naturally occurring and turn them to good use. If I have some control over them, then better still – like curtains or shutters on windows that...
by Damien | Jun 9, 2009 | Flash, Location, News, Studio
My strategy to review a camera or lens puts my subjective observations at an equally important level as objective facts and figures. So when a Phase One camera and a couple of backs arrived I had a bit of product familiarity work to do. See how this camera got on in...