Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Basic Off-Camera Flash Video Tutorial

Written by:  Rachel Durik from Savor Photography

I get a lot of questions about lighting. Except most of the time, the questioner doesn't realize that the question is about lighting. It's usually, "What kind of lens do you use so you have such clean and bright pictures inside your house?" or something along those lines.

Although I wish I lived in a house with that kind of super light, I usually need a bit of help. And I do it with off-camera flash.

Oh yes. I said the "F" word.

Don't run away scared. Flash is your friend, if used properly. I think a lot of us are happy to be natural light photographers because we simply don't know enough about lighting or are intimidated by it or have horrific images of direct flash ingrained in our heads. That was me before my husband bought me a flash for our anniversary. I about cried because I was so disappointed. Yes, it was a horrible, selfish thing to do, but I thought there were other things he could have spent all that money on. Turns out, it was one of the best things he could have bought me!

(On a side note, there are some natural light photographers out there who are amazing at what they do! They've chosen natural light not because they don't know anything else, but because that's their love. I'm not at all knocking natural light photographers.)

Anyway, if you're interested in starting to use some OCF, but don't have any idea what you need or how to put it all together, hopefully this video can point you in the right direction.

{Note from Angie & Amy:  If you are having problems viewing this video, please go to this link and you might have better luck watching it from there:  http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/racheldurik/tutorials/?action=view&current=BasicOCFbyRachelDurik.flv } 







Rachel Durik is a photographer located in Southwest Florida. You can learn more by visiting her photography site, Savor Photography, the Savor facebook page, and her personal blog.







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Monday, February 8, 2010

Week 6 - “We Heart Kisses” Photo Challenge!

This week’s photo challenge theme is: "We Heart Kisses"
If you are newer to our site, please read our FAQ's before you enter your photo.


Here are the guidelines for this week's theme:

Valentine's Day is coming soon...ahhhhhh!!! We can feel the love already!

Due to that, this week's photo challenge is celebrating kisses!

In your photo entry this week, we need to see some kissing. It can be at a wedding, at a celebration, between two kiddos, during an engagement shoot, or even a person and a pet. The possibilities are endless.

Just make sure that you have at least one person in your photo and that there is definite kissing going on. :)



Any photographer (Beginner, Amateur and Professional) is welcome to join in on our weekly photo challenges. Anyone can enter on Mon or Tues. For this week only, our photo challenge will close down at midnight on Tues evening. Please enter only ONE photo! If you have more than one photo in your post, your entry will not be eligible to win this challenge.



Not sure how to set up your entry? Please visit our blogs to see how to see how to enter correctly:

Angie - The Arthur Clan
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This week's Guest Photographer Judge is the amazing
Cheryl Muhr!  We just returned home from the Blissdom Conference in Nashville and are working feverishly to finish her "special page" right now. Be sure to check back soon to learn more about Cheryl and her beautiful style of photography!




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