Monthly Archives: August 2011 Pretty much every year, usually around July 4th, I head with my family back to the home country. As my children grow, each trip gets a little easier, the luggage a little less bulky. On the first full day in England, my wife set off to visit with a friend in London. Having waved her…  Grand Rapids A few weeks back, my wife, son and I traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our trip did not get off to the greatest of starts since our connecting flight was cancelled as we waited at the gate. With a line a mile long at United’s Customer (dis)Service counter and already having been told… 
Some more ideas/tips about how to shoot successfully in the rain:  Traveling Lighting Kit In my traveling lighting kit I have both the 24” x 24” and 30” x 30” Lastolite Ezybox softboxes. “So what’s the difference?” I’m often asked. “6 inches” is usually too trite an answer, “324 square inches” is usually too involved. Of course, the real key lies in the quality of the… 
nice story and helpful information, thanks very much. 
Thanks this was a useful article, I enjoyed it. I also have started with a 24 x 2″4, and would love a bigger one for those full portraits shots. Say an nice huge Octodome. The 70-200 f2.8 has to come first though
Thanks this was a useful article, I enjoyed reading it. I also have started with a 24 x 24” softbox and would love a bigger one, say a huge monster Octodome. One day maybe,. The 70-200 f2.8 has to come first  Steam Engines My recent trip back to England seems to have been dominated by steam engines. I saw the steam engines that used to raise and lower the bascules (the road sections that open to allow tall ships to pass through) and the steam engines Crofton that used to pump water to the highest point… 
[...] Today’s photo is a reworking of The Philadelphia at the Crown, Aldbourne, a version of which I previously posted in August, 2011. [...]  OCF33 E-TTL Cords One of the tools I recently added to my lighting kit was an OCF33 E-TTL Cord and it’s quickly becoming my favorite lighting accessory. The standard Canon off-camera flash cord is the OC-E3. This is a coiled wire cord with a length of 2 feet (60cm). At this short length, it’s only… 
With the Nikon CLS System we do not have these problems as the on Camera Flash can be programmed to fire off camera Flash, I have used as many as three Flashes like this. Works great and no coiled cords. 
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by Richard Davis