From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Pixel TR-331 TTL Wireless Flash Trigger Part II

by Dennis November 27, 2009

Pixel TR-331 Wireless Flash Trigger For Nikon TTL The Tao of Wireless Flash Continued… In conflict, be fair and generous. I have now taken many, many photographs with the Pixel TR-331 Wireless Flash Trigger set. At least I would have if the transmitter and receiver were doing what they are supposed to do. Rather than [...]

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Pixel TR-331 Wireless TTL Flash Trigger Review

by Dennis November 24, 2009

By now it’s no big surprise that whenever the Strobist community at www.flickr.com discovers (or even gets a whiff of) any emerging products that have something to do with the subject of off-camera lighting, they jump all over it like nothing else I or anyone else has ever seen. The phenomenon of the strobist pile-on [...]

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Yongnuo RF-602 Practical Applications

by Dennis November 17, 2009

Well you certainly can’t be stretching flash sync cables underwater to take photos of your kayak with a flash inside and it’s pretty doubtful that you could get Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS) to do the job either. By using wireless remote flash triggers I can put them just about anywhere including inside my kayak. [...]

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Pelican 1510 Carry-On Watertight Equipment Case Review

by Dennis November 17, 2009

It’s always hard waiting for a new piece of kit to arrive. There is a lot of nervous anticipation and frequent checking of the mailroom until finally when the magic day arrives, you can scarcely believe that the package you were waiting for has actually materialized. At the same moment by some unknown method, the [...]

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Yongnuo RF-602 Transmitters In Use

by Dennis November 11, 2009

I’ve been thinking that a few people might be wondering why I was so interested in those wireless remote flash triggers. I can see a lot of “So What?” responses so I decided to give you an example of off-camera lighting using them to trigger flashes from all angles and even inside a solid bronze [...]

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So What’s My Obsession About?

by Dennis November 9, 2009

W Magazine is having a photo contest at the moment and the theme is Obsession. I’m slightly obsessed with photography and food and fashion. I’m not very fashionable myself but I am fascinated by the creative aspect of fashion. At first glance it seems like something people don’t really need but what’s the point of [...]

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