The Pixels in Pete's World

Overpowering our sun is a tall order even with the most powerful of studio strobes. So to attempt that with small flash units or speedlites that run off 4AA batteries requires either the sun to be covered by clouds or one has to wait till the sun is past its most powerful noon hour. In [...]

Group photos tend to be documentary in nature i.e their primary purpose is to record who was present at some place and time. For that reason, I take a quick group photo with my point-and-shoot camera as an attendance record whenever I’m teaching. It cures the most camera shy instantly. What if you are aspire [...]

One Speedlight used judiciously can open up a whole new world for your photography. The key is knowing how to combine it with available but directional light. Cavannah Richardson was recruited by one of my students to be her model during our location shoot,  but when she arrived with her mother, my student wasn’t ready [...]

Picking up where I left off in Part One, I should emphasize again that you don’t actually have to spend a lot of money to get these types of results. If you don’t have the budget for a boom, just get an assistant to hold  your one Speedlight which is attached to a lightstand via [...]