Welcome to the Flash Photography class online. Here you’ll find course materials and photos from recent classes.

Students, tag your Flickr photos with ehflashphoto to see them here.

Photography Basics

I wrote a very short e-book that covers some photography basics with a number of sample photos: Photography Basics

Lightroom Tutorial

Gear

I created an Amazon web store called Nikon Strobist some time ago to talk about some of the gear I recommend. It is very Nikon-slanted because that’s what I know and use, but Cannon shooters will be equally interested in Light Modifiers and Stands and Clamps.

There are some notable things missing.

Flash Triggers

Nikon shooters, check your manual. You may have Nikon CLS (commander mode) built in to your cameras. If you do, grab some SB-600’s and get shooting. You’re ready to roll with an easy-to-use infra-red trigger system. The only gotchas – limited range and a line-of-sight requirement.

Everybody else, here’s the skinny:

Tight Budget

Cactus V2 Triggers – Pros: They’re cheap. Cons: The battery contacts sometimes don’t work. Users report misfires.

Medium Budget

Radio Popper offers the only solution that can mix and match commander mode / TTL settings with trigger-only strobes. For trigger-only control, you can pick up the JrX models – with the following warning: You won’t be able to control flash power from the camera unless you have one of the compatible studio light solutions or the unreleased RP Cube. If you want to go that route, be sure to buy the JrX Studio.

If you want full control with commander mode and TTL support, you need the PX Transmitter and PX receiver combination.

I’ve covered other options I’m aware of on NikonStrobist.com.

Special Thanks

Thanks to Danny Dance for modeling for the November 18th class.