Posted August 19th, 2011 by Smick
Up until the end of August we have some great offers on our studio Flash softboxes up to 15% off selected boxes. All our softboxes have an inner and outer diffuser. 60 x 80cm softbox available in Bowens and Elinchrom has 15% off 80 x 120cm softbox available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% [...]
Tags: flash lighting, photography lighting, portrait photography, softbox, studio flash
Posted July 18th, 2011 by Smick
We now have an update of our strobist softbox. It now has a much sturdier metal bracket which has replaced the ball head and will take the heaviest of speedlights without a problem. It has an adjustable flash shoe which enables it to fit larger flash shoes like some Nikon speedlights and adjusts with a [...]
Tags: portrait photography, softbox, strobist
Posted July 8th, 2011 by Smick
Following our warehouse reorganisation we have some great deals for a limited period. Half Price – 95cm Octagonal softbox with universal speedring. Half Price – 200cm x 150cm Gold – Silver reflector Half Price – Sand / Gravel bags 40% off – Large Professional Heavy Duty Lighting Boom only available mainland England Wales and Central [...]
Tags: Barn Doors, continuous lighting, Light modifiers, photography lighting, softbox, studio bag, studio case
Posted June 16th, 2011 by Smick
Starting from 20th of June until 11th July we are reorganising our warehouse and we also have staff holidays, during this period your order will be delayed and we cannot give times when you might receive it. This will result in delays on orders being shipped and we will not be able to respond to [...]
Posted May 27th, 2011 by Smick
We have a new sub category now Light Modifiers and Reflectors under Studio accessories to list all relevant items to make the studio accessories various less cluttered as we have several new light modifier products. The first new product we have is a beauty dish with honeycomb grid the honeycomb grid and diffuser are available [...]
Tags: Barn Doors, beauty dish, Light modifiers, photography lighting, snoot, studio lighting
Posted May 11th, 2011 by Smick
Chroma key’s history is in the movies and it all started with chroma key blue backdrop but in the last few years chroma key green backdrops have become the fashionable colour. It really does not matter what one you use but the important thing is the colour you are using that colour should not be [...]
Tags: backdrop, chromakey, photography lighting, studio flash, studio lighting, video lighting
Posted May 4th, 2011 by Smick
We have some great offers for May with up to 25% off selected items. We have 2 sizes of softbox for the small form flash heads including Portaflash fits heads from 75mm to a maximum diameter of 95mm 40 x 40cm softbox and the 60 x 40cm softbox. Large studio flash barn doors with gels, [...]
Tags: Barn Doors, photography lighting, snoot, softbox, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted April 5th, 2011 by Smick
Here at Smick were booming well we are having offers on our studio lighting boom arms, first up is the Large Professional Heavy Duty Lighting Boom which if you have a studio or setting up a studio will serve you for many years. It comes with lockable wheels so is easily moved about and it [...]
Tags: boom arm, photography lighting
Posted April 1st, 2011 by Smick
1st April Blog Post We have been working hard on a revolutionary lighting technology based on studio flash but also with the ability to run as continuous lighting. A conventional flash tube uses Xenon gas in a tube made of fused quartz and large capacitors used for the discharge system. The breakthrough for our system [...]
Posted March 26th, 2011 by Smick
We now have a video review of our Multi Purpose boom arm which transforms from a 4 metre high light stand to a boom arm, this is a medium boom arm great for travelling and for the smaller studio. We have 2 other heavier duty boom arms the Professional Heavy Duty Boom Light Stand and [...]
Tags: boom arm, gavin hoey, lightstand, photography lighting