Posted January 3rd, 2012 by Smick
We have several brackets in our strobist category, this one is the Strobist speedlight adapter Bowens fit T Mount bracket that allows you to mount your speedlight and attach Bowens fit accessories we also have a Strobist speedlight adapter Bowens fit L Mount bracket. We have produced an overview video of the T mount bracket [...]
Tags: flash lighting, gavin hoey, Light modifiers, photography lighting, strobist, studio flash, studio lighting, studio lighting accessories
Posted November 2nd, 2011 by Smick
In this video Gavin Hoey shows how to use the Ezy Up studio flash softbox with grid, he shows what effect the egg crate grid has and how you can use it to control the light in your shots. The Ezy Up softboxes come in 2 sizes 80 x 120cm and the 120cm Octagonal softbox, [...]
Tags: gavin hoey, photography lighting, portrait photography, softbox, studio flash, studio lighting
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
Posted March 15th, 2011 by Smick
In this tutorial Gavin Hoey explores the use of shallow depth of field to shoot atmospheric portraits in the studio using continuous lighting. He’s using one of our Lightbank Softbox lighting units with daylight bulbs and explains just how you can achieve the same with examples along the way. Along with the Lightbank Softbox is [...]
Tags: continuous lighting, daylight bulb, gavin hoey, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio lighting, video lighting
Posted February 27th, 2011 by Smick
Take one of our 400ws studio flash heads and a 120cm octagonal softbox, we also sell 150cm octagonal softboxes and see how you can achieve a soft wrap around light by following this delightful video anyone can achieve. In the video tutorial the versatility you can get with just a simple set up, add another [...]
Tags: flash lighting, gavin hoey, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted January 5th, 2011 by Smick
We are now in a new year with VAT going up to 20% making things a bit more expensive we have decided to add extra value to our popular 3 head super softbox kit and the 2 head Supersoftbox Kit. We are going to include the 2.6m stands for the price of the standard 1.9m [...]
Tags: continuous lighting, daylight bulb, gavin hoey, photography lighting, studio lighting, video lighting
Posted October 10th, 2010 by Smick
Gavin Hoey has produced a great video showing the Lightbank Softbox and how to use it to give a balanced shot mixing it with daylight. Our Lightbank Softbox is a continuous lighting kit that incorporates a softbox, using 7 x 50w energy efficient 5400k daylight bulbs and a 100cm diameter softbox. The compact daylight fluorescent [...]
Tags: continuous lighting, daylight bulb, gavin hoey, photography lighting, studio lighting, video lighting
Posted June 20th, 2010 by Smick
A grey backdrop you may ask what use is it, well the grey backdrop is the most versatile photographic backdrop you can get. You can obviously keep it grey but you can also make it black, would you believe that you could also make it white and if you can make it white then you [...]
Tags: backdrop, continuous lighting, gavin hoey, muslin backdrop, photography lighting, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted May 27th, 2010 by Smick
We are very pleased to present this video which compares 2 powerful quality professional studio flash heads and thanks to Gavin Hoey who runs through the functions, explains them in a straight forward and easy to understand manner. The 400Ws E400 and the 800ws E800 fall between our SD studio flash heads 300Ws and 600Ws, [...]
Tags: flash lighting, gavin hoey, photography lighting, portrait photography, studio flash, studio lighting
Posted May 5th, 2010 by Smick
Gavin Hoey explores the use of our 60 x 60cm strobist softbox, he explains in a clear way this particular strobist technique or speedlight technique. Gavin is second to none in his photography lighting tutorials making them easy to understand and brings his own brand of enthusiasm to it. Check out the strobist softbox and [...]
Tags: flash lighting, gavin hoey, photography lighting, strobist
