Yep, the secret is out.  Flash adds an element to the photographers toolbox that enables lots of creative freedom.  Photographers are pooling their knowledge and offering hand-outs on tips, techniques and often or not, movies on what or how they do what they do.  

Thanks to a FF reader, today I was directed to a writeup in the USA Today about the emerging…

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I just happen to peek over my shoulder yesterday while Sol was editing one of her recent TTD sessions.    She is always using her flash creatively in the right bright light conditions, admits to finding a newly learned technique quite helpful.

I was visiting Digital Pro Talk a bit back and did a ff post on David Ziser "tricking the sync…

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I was doing some browsing around and hit up my buddy David Ziser's site and found a tutorial he recently put together on "tricking" the sync speed of your camera. I'm liking this idea and can't wait to try it... ALL this time I've been afraid of going above the native sync speed of the camera in fear of the big black stripe on the bottom of the frame.

 

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I was pleasantly surprised this week to find out that photohsop user magazine published a story I wrote about the trash the dress phenomenon. I was very excited to be featured (along with my wife) next some seriously talented folks. I had a chance to meet one of the photographers published in the article at WPPI, Cliff Mautner. I also parked myself next to the Nikon booth to hear him speak about making…

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I found a killer photo online the other day and did a little investigating to check out the source. Turns out, the photo author had WAY more to offer than just the typical portrait session....He is totally the portrait master! And he was all about the Flash Flavor.... key thing is, he was shooting these puppies when I was in learning to drive! Yep, a film photograph...What the heck is that??? and he even used a light meter...I'm totally lost now.... This digital age has really taken off, and it…

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