by Andrew Mason Last Saturday saw our Flash Photography Workshop take place in and around Borough. Amita Sethi arrived from Cyprus with a relatively new camera and a very large newly found suitcase …
Strobist Technique – Background Light
One of the advantages of using flash when shooting on location is that they are small and portable, yet powerful enough to light a good portrait. Being small and portable means we can take them to …
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Lighting Technique – Accent Light
Good portrait lighting is as much about lighting the back of your subject, or what's being it, as the front. In most cases it's obviously important that your subject is lit so that you can see who it …
Strobist Technique for Rim Light
One light is good, but two are better. Here's a strobist technique for using off camera flash to create rim light. Using a second off camera flash to create a rim light is a technique which …
Same Scene, Lit Three Ways
In certain fancy restaurants you see things on the menu such as 'Organic Rare Breed Worcester Old Spot Pig Three Ways'. On the plate you'll get that unusual pig turned into a flavoursome sausage, it's …
Strobist Course
Strobist, off camera flash, or however you refer to it, is the technique of using speedlights removed from your camera and triggered remotely. It is an established and highly effective way of …
Two Photography Workshops, Two Different Portraits
Mike Varey came along to two of our workshops in December - the Flash Photography Workshop and the Portrait Photography Workshop. It's a good combination of courses if you want to get a well …
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Flash Photography Workshop Kit List
Here is the kit we recommend and use on the Flash Photography Workshop: …
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Off Camera Flash Course
We teach about off camera flash on our Flash Photography Course in London. The images below were taken by Anita Staff on the course using off camera flash. You can check out more of Anita's work on …
Some Great Portraits Using Flash
A selection of excellent photos by Jay Wilson, taken on our Flash Photography Workshop. An indoors portrait using bounce flash in TTL mode and camera in aperture priority. A nice soft light …
Using the Sun as Hairlight, and Flash as the Main Light
A photograph here from Ed Williams taken on our Flash Photography Workshop. The sun has many important things to do with daily life, none more important than standing in as a hair light when you only …
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Combining Movement and Flash
Here is a great image by one of our workshop attendees, Kathi Archery, taken on the Flash Photography Workshop. The combination of flash and movement is interesting. We created this shot by first …
Speedlight Workshop – Some Photos
Our last speedlight workshop happened on a rainy Saturday, no problem there then, just extra creativity needed! We managed to stay warm(ish) and dry, and workshop attendees were able to coax the best …
Jumping Joe Flash
Apologies for the cheesy post title. But this is Joe, the model on our last Flash Lighting Workshop, jumping and we used one off camera flash, camera left. So, Jumping - Joe - Flash. Sorry. Anyway, …
Lighting with one Speedlight
Here we have an interesting photo created by on our Flash Lighting Workshop. The location is an old church garden, which is an atmospheric place to shoot. The lighting is quite …
Lighting – Front and Back
Lucky Joe in this photo was sandwiched between two lights, a rose between two thorns as it were. Simple to do, yet effective. The light from behind (rim light) gives the portrait depth because it …
Lighting Technique – Don’t Neglect the Background
When thinking about, and setting up, lighting for portraits the main focus is quite rightly on ensuring that your subject is well lit. Of course, this should be your number one concern. But, an often …
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Flash Photography Workshop
Are you scared to get your flash out of the bag? Have you been getting inconsistent results when using flash? These are common problems. Mastering flash is a step up from using natural light because …