Tag Archives: Sync
How to Create Dark and Dramatic Backgrounds Using High-Speed Sync
The Usefulness of High-Speed Sync Among other things, high-speed sync lets you underexpose your backgrounds for dramatic images. High-speed sync (HSS) is easily one of the most useful features in lighting. Not only does it let you overpower the sun for … Continue reading
How to Sync Your Develop Presets to Lightroom Mobile
Better. Faster. More efficient. That’s what we photographers demand from our gear as we keep pushing them to perform at levels that were unheard of a few years ago. Even the means to post-process our digital images has been ramped … Continue reading
How to Sync Settings in Lightroom to Edit Multiple Photos at Once
Lightroom has a million and one ways to speed up our post-processing workflow, and being able to sync photos that need the same changes together is one of them. Here to explain the process is Aaron Nace from Phlearn: Sometimes it … Continue reading
What is Flash High-Speed Sync and Why Do You Need it?
Using flash is already complicated enough, but adding in a fast shutter speed makes it even harder. In these two videos, you will learn about your camera’s flash sync speed and why it’s limited. Then you’ll see what you can … Continue reading
High-Speed Sync Techniques with Speedlight and Pack & Heads
Although it’s hard to deny the beauty natural light provides, it’s not always the most predictable or convenient light for a high profile photo shoot. Luckily, as photographers, we have the power to control the elements and build an entirely … Continue reading
How to Make Beautiful Portraits Using Flash and High-Speed Sync
The scene: Outdoors with full sunlight. The gear: Your camera, lens, and flash. The problem: You find that your flash only works at 1/200th or below so you need to be at f/16 or f/22 to get the shot. Everything … Continue reading
Overview and Test of the New Cactus V6II Wireless Flash Trigger for High-Speed Sync
Cactus Image recently launched a new version of their radio trigger for speedlights and strobes, the Cactus V6II. In this review, I’ll go over the features of this trigger, how to use it, and do some example photo shoots to test … Continue reading
Watch Pye Jirsa Battle the Sun with the Profoto B2, OCF Beauty Dish & High-Speed Sync
From the Profoto YouTube Channel: Lin & Jirsa Photography shares their secrets to achieving unique and creative wedding imagery in this behind-the-scenes video series. Learn how they use Profoto Off-Camera Flash to control light to match their creative vision and overcome … Continue reading
#CreativeFriday – Sync Lightroom edits across Creative Cloud to other collaborators
Creative Cloud is very useful for many things. In a recent blog post i wrote about how i’ve been using it to transfer my negative scans to my Lightroom main machine and use two computers in tandem, without having to setup … Continue reading