Flashes and lights

4 light setup

4 light setup

4 LIGHT SETUP
A few days ago I rented a studio with my friend to try out some more “real” flash setups.
So I thought I would show you a quite nice and simple setup with 4 lights.
4 light setup, Jani

4 light setup, selfportrait

Setup:
And huge octobox in to a Hensel flash behind the camera.
2 softboxes from both …

Light modifiers – Do you need them?

Light modifiers – Do you need them?

LIGHT MODIFIERS – DO YOU NEED THEM?
Light modifiers, do you need them and if so, what should you get?
This is a question I have been wondering on for quite some time.
When I have been googling something like “softbox vs. umbrella” then 80% of my hits has come in to discussions / fights on which one …

Self portrait, 3 light setup

Self portrait, 3 light setup

SELF PORTRAIT, 3 LIGHT SETUP
Just got my 3rd flash, which was a Canon speedlite 430ex II.
I have always to be able to make portrait shots with 3 different lights, so I had to try to do a self portrait just to see how it works.
So this is how it came out.

Here is how I set …

Get the flash off the camera

Get the flash off the camera

GET YOUR FLASH OFF THE CAMERA
Getting your flashes off the camera isn’t always as easy as it may seem.
I wrote one article about getting your flashes to work with each other, just using their own technology.
This does work, but only to certain point, after using this method for awhile I noticed that the signal isn’t …

Easy flash setup for portraits.

Easy flash setup for portraits.

EASY FLASH SETUP
FOR PORTRAITS
Here is a simple way to light up your model,
with this setup you can use either one or two flashes.
I used two flashes to get that halo behind the models head,
but you can skip it if you want or if you only have one flash.
Here is my final shot:

I made a lightning …

Product shots, the simple way.

Product shots, the simple way.

PRODUCT SHOTS,
THE SIMPLE WAY
I thought I would show you how you can photograph a product, but the cheap and easy way.
Here is my final photo:

This is the setup I used, and I took about 5 minutes to set it up.
I used:
1 Canon speedlite 580ex (left side in the photo)
1 Canon speedlite 430ex (behind the stool)
1 …

Getting the right exposure outside.

Getting the right exposure outside.

GETTING THE RIGHT EXPOSURE OUTSIDE
This is a very simple trick on how to get your background and your person in the foreground exposed correctly using one flash.
First off, I would like to apologize about the photos, I just took them to show this trick, so they really aren’t that special.
But hopefully you will get the …

Using external flashes.

Using external flashes.

USING EXTERNAL FLASHES
Hi guys and girls, sorry that I haven’t updated this blog in such a long time.
Will try to do it more often.
Today I want to go through how to use external flashes.
I will divide this in to 3 sections:
1. Why to use flashes?
I could go on and on, on why to use flashes, …


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