When you are at the World famous Silverstone circuit and you’ve got access to the pit lane, it’s just plain rude not to use it as a location. Especially when you’ve got the lovely Sarah and her equally lovely VW Polo as your subject. The plan here was twofold – firstly I wanted to get some good shots in the can for Sarah and secondly I wanted to find out just how well my new lighting rig coped in a typical car show...

Another weekend, another car show and this time it was USC (Ultimate Street Car) at Santa Pod. I wasn’t lucky enough to have any secluded barns to shoot in this time so it was a case of making the best of a bad lot. And at car shows, it’s a very bad lot – even when your subjects are the Sextons Direct / Ripraw girls! You’ve got cluttered backgrounds, harsh mid afternoon light and crowds. First of all, I toured Santa...

OK, so you’ve read strobist.com, and joined the Strobist Flickr group. You’ve gone on eBay and bought your “Cactus Triggers” or “Poverty Wizards”. Now it’s time to put it all together – Just how does tab A slot into tab B? Well here’s what I have settled on. I currently have the Phottix PT-04TM wireless flash triggers, bought from HKSupplies on eBay. These triggers may not be 100%...

As I was heading to Birmingham on Sunday for the Focus on Imaging exhibition at the NEC, I took the opportunity to arrange a shoot with a couple of local models; Jodine Lilly and Caitlin Boxwell We drove a few miles down the road to Hatton Locks, and with just some simple off-camera flash and the setting sun, came up with the following fashion/commercial shots. <!– START EMBED CODE –> <script...

As I was heading to Birmingham on Sunday for the Focus on Imaging exhibition at the NEC, I took the opportunity to arrange a shoot with a couple of local models; Jodine Lilly and Caitlin Boxwell We drove a few miles down the road to Hatton Locks, and with just some simple off-camera flash and the setting sun, came up with the following fashion/commercial shots. <!– START EMBED CODE –> <script...

Another of my Adventures in Strobism, as originally posted on my Flickr photostream. Using info about creatively using a CTO gel on your flash by David Hobby aka The Strobist I decided to do a bit of Sunday morning experimentation. What you have here is the same shot twice. The left is daylight white balanced and the right WB is set to Tungsten. In the original shot the orange tinged flash (1.5CTO gel, 1/64 power, grid spot, camera right)...