#flash modifier

Let the light guide you.

The flash modifier can be intimidating to some photographers. First, there’s the idea of having to work with a flash. Then there’s the idea of shaping the light. Crazy, right? But in all honesty, it’s not. The truth about all this is that it requires you to know and understand your own creative vision. What do you want in the photo? How do you want the final image to look? And most importantly,…

Finally had some time to “play” with the Magmod flash modifiers. So just how strong is the magnets? Here’s Magmod’s Vid on the safety of magnets near / around your camera gear. As you can tell, the vid is from my phone. It’s just too darn exciting! Magmod’s claim of passing more light than those hard plastic “stofen” like caps is…

The Magmod Magsphere may be the next flash diffuser that you pick up if you're looking for something very compact.

If a compact flash modifier promised to make the head of your flash 300% larger, what would you do with it? It would surely offer much softer lighting–or at least that’s what the Magmod Magsphere claims. The closest thing that we’ve seen to taking on the Gary Fong Lightsphere Collapsible and offering a nice output came from a recent Kickstarter. The Magmod system isn’t totally revolutionary, but…

The Phoblographer’s Introduction to TTL Lighting for Strobists

When it comes to working with off-camera flashes, many experienced strobists will tell you that no camera system’s TTL operation will be able to give you exactly what you want right off the bat. For that, you’ll want to work with manual lighting. But there are tricks to get a flash system to give you the exposure that you want if you understand how TTL lighting works to begin with.

This short…

How to Effectively Blend Strobe Light with Natural Light

Model: Kristen Sirotta

One of the absolute toughest technical things that you can learn in photography is how to create images that effectively blend both natural and strobe lighting. It’s a fine art in and of itself that requires carefully paying attention to certain aspects of the scene and having a distinct knowledge of shadows and how they can affect the final image. Then it also requires…