If you’re starting out in the world of strobist or big studio lights and are wanting to shoot with a particular f/stop but finding your flash is still too strong or not enough; here’s a few options to get you started. Move It - Yep, move the light back or forth. Probably the most...

About a month ago I was out at Bankstown Airport (Sydney, Australia) to shoot a Mercedes-Benz SL55 and a model for a magazine. Clay Fisher was also there videoing BTS shoot. Final edits of the photos once publication is out, hope you enjoy it. V8 Action Illustrated “Grid Candy”...

Yes, it is time for another workshop. This time we have fashion photog Oliver Black joining us to give a fashion flavour to the ultimate photographer’s weekend get away.   As usual Dave Reid and myself will be teaching the ways of Beauty and Glamour photography and Oliver will be...

It’s been a long time between posts, and finally I have an exciting shoot to blog about. An underwater shoo, wohoo! A friend who is studying “Styling & Creative Direction” and needed photos for her assignment. The most different part of this shoot was we had a...

Ok here it is… the BTS video with Lauren Vickers. Big thanks to Clay Fisher and his assistant Simon for doing the hard yards in getting this behind the scenes video together for the photoshoot. Makes a huge difference when they know what they are doing with video Post with some final...

Got up at 7.30AM to get ready for a shoot with Lauren Vickers. The shoot was for V8 Action magazine and the theme was to be in a mechanic workshop. Clay Fisher was there to shoot some video (to come later), who brought with him ProFoto’s HMI continuous lighting matched with a Mola Euro...

If you’re looking to get in to photography and have a tight budget then checkout the Canon 1100D on sale now at Harvey Norman for AUD$397!!! Or maybe you’re after a toy camera for your child ...

I’ve been using the Phottix Atlas triggers now for well over a year and I’m loving them. I know why so many others use them too with their studio strobes. They are affordable and offer reliability and performance. Unfortunately they only have it in the 433mhz frequency version...

Finally my BeyerDynamic headphones arrived from Germany. I ordered the “Manufaktur” ones which allow you to specify bits and pieces of the headphone in whatever colour you desire. You can select from 32/250/600 ohm impedance. I went the 600 and ended up having to turn up the gain...

I think the biggest issue with people who start their “Off Camera Flash (OCF)” journey is balancing with ambient or deciding on which f/stop to use. Without a doubt the most common question I see asked at strobist meets and on forums is “How do you know what f/stop to...