Comments on: Using Your Small Strobes for Professional Results: Part One

By: Dragging the shutter | Charles' Gallery

Dragging the shutter | Charles' Gallery — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:21:36 +0000

[...] no sense and you have never measured the power of your flash, then you have got to read this post http://www.lighting-essentials.com/small-strobes-knowing-your-flash-unit/ from this photographer who has really shown me the light! Excuse the pun! Seriously, if I lived in [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:36:50 +0000

Part Two http://www.lighting-essentials.com/one-speedlight-some-examples/

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:38:56 +0000

Great article! Where is Part Two!?

By: thor

thor — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:27:46 +0000

how do I find part 2 of this???

By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:25:09 +0000

I enjoyed doing this project this past weekend. Learned a lot. Thanks !

By: Jack Young

Jack Young — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:45:02 +0000

Great info and this site is bookmarked!

By: ephoto

ephoto — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:08:31 +0000

Very useful post. Ponravilos solution with knots

By: Bello

Bello — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:35:20 +0000

I have set this up just the way it was described and it worked perfectly. I made couple of ropes for my friend with the same kind of lights that i have and he was not able to get the correct exposure. My question is does the enviroment that you take the initial reading matters? Do you have to at all times in new location take your readings again using the same unit. This will definately clarify a lot of misunderstanding that we are going through here.

Just to mention the information is absoluteley awesome and i love it a lot.

By: Rob de Cocq

Rob de Cocq — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:50:14 +0000

Nice site!
Although I am experienced still stimulates the creative process
Thanks

By: wizwow

wizwow — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:56:23 +0000

Well, it is somewhat close, but not accurate enough for me to consider it to be the same. The ISL is based on a highly polished parabolic reflector. An umbrella presents a different set of lighting parameters.

While it is certainly close, it isn’t enough for me to consider it accurate. Close, but not exact.

I do recommend that you measure from the fabric center of the umbrella if you are going to work on some base settings, but then it is much easier to measure from the stand as long as the umbrella shaft is at the exact point each time.