Written by 
To learn to create evocative light with flash, it helps to better understand how we experience the continuous light we see every day. To do that, you’ll need to wean yourself from auto white balance, and even to abandon familiar waypoints like your daylight WB preset. Because our goal is to learn to exist in […]
COVID-19 Update: Thank you for your patience, and for your continued interest in in-person Strobist Lighting Workshops. To provide the safest possible environment for learning, we have paused the program until the end of the pandemic has been declared. Our current plan is to resume the workshops at that time. If you would like to […]
Today in Lighting Cookbook, using Google Maps as an entré to meet new subjects, and improvising with a skeleton pack of lighting equipment. __________ As a photographer, one of the most useful things you can have in your back pocket is not even piece of photo gear. But rather a broadly useful framework under which […]
You do something long enough, you’ll eventually learn the little things you can do to help interesting stuff happen. One thing I have learned is this phrase: “I’m a photographer. What can I do to help you?” Just something as simple as that opens up all kinds of doors and possibilities. This week, it’s how […]