So You Wanna Be a Food Blogger?
What better way to create a popular food blog than to have amazing shots of your creations. If that's your thing, check out Strobist's new tutorial on building a cheap soft box for food photography.
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Arin Ahnell
Photographer, Arin Ahnell makes use of gels on his flash units while taking pictures at night. Check the gallery featuring his favorite shots.
Gel Mods and Cheap Slave Flashes
A while back I mentioned a simple 15 minute light tent, that could be used as a makeshift studio for product shots and other small things. One of the great things about that setup is that you don't necessarily need to have slave flash units to use it, but Dave Pearson shows us how we can use the (very reasonably priced) Quantaray MS-1 flash boosters as the external light source. These things fire when they see another flash, so you don't need to trigger them with some other tool. It's all automagically taken care of for you. Dave's article talks about how to modify them to use gels to get some special effects, and is well worth a look at. His article also mentions Strobist's $10 Macro Studio, which is similar to the 15 minute light tent.
One Light Workshops
Intense, on location lighting crash courses from Zack Arias start January in Denver, CO. You want to attend because you're tired of not knowing enough about lighting. You want to attend because those books you've read about the subject just don't teach you the way someone showing you does. Attend One Light Workshop-- I would if it were coming to Philadelphia.
Lighting Tutorials at Proflex Lighting School
There is a ton of information about lighting techniques here. They are definitely designed to promote their lighting products, but they should lead to some great ideas. Also, I assume other equipment could be used if you have it...
