Comments on: Tech Sheet: Beating the Sun with Small Flash

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:24:59 +0000

I’m looking for the tech sheet for this one too but the link is broken, could you fix that please? Thanks!
http://www.lighting-essentials.com/tech-sheet-beat-the-sun.pdf

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:05:09 +0000

This is really great stuff. I just bought a light meter the other day and my GF is gonna let me shoot her. Your info here has saved me HOURS of frustration and trial and error! Thanks so much for your knowledge!!!

By: wizwow

wizwow — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:36:55 +0000

Brian,
When I do the workshops I always try to be as lo-tech as possible. I don’t want the attendees to think that they must have a 5DMKII, ProFoto and tons of expensive gear. On this day in New York I was using the inexpensive Cactus triggers available on E-Bay for around $40. While they work pretty well, getting a sync speed over 1/160 has not proved to be reliable… missing sync about 30% of the time. At 1/160 it was fine. The tools dictated the limits, simple as that.

Glad you like what we do here. And thanks for the question.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:29:50 +0000

Don,

Curious why, especially when trying to overpower the sun, you don’t work at maximum sync speed with small flashes. Understand for studio lights, but why not shoot at 1/2?? when shooting with speedlights? I recognize you managed to get the look you wanted at 1/160th, just curious if there’s a reason not to be shooting at max sync here?

Thanks

Love the blog and learn a lot.

Brian

By: Cookie

Cookie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:34:29 +0000

another one of my favorites, love the assignments and tech sheets.

By: Ranjan

Ranjan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:18:44 +0000

This was a great tutorial! I was looking all over the web for this kind of info. But you have given it in the form of a great tutorial.

Thanks very much,

Ranjan

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:35:29 +0000

Don, at it again! always great instruction. Take my word for it, his workshops are great. Boatloads of info on those mighty little speedlights. It will open up a whole new world to your photography.

By: Tanya Plonka

Tanya Plonka — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:33:09 +0000

Get tutorial! I’ll definitely be making use of this when it’s not so cold and windy here