This pressure gauge was found while cleaning out Mom's garage. Her dad was a big fan of steam engines and this was likely a favorite of grandpa's. The set up was a SB600 with red gel pointed at a white board behind the gauge. A SB800 with … [Read more...]
RadioPopper RPCube Announced – Canon DIY Cube Working
The email from Radiopopper finally came out tonight. The guys at Leap Devices have made the following announcement: "The RadioPopper RPCube will be available for purchase Monday, May 3, 2010 at 1pm PST for $29.95." I've said it … [Read more...]
Strobist Sports Portraits – Setup #1
Last weekend Jason Lykins and Shad Ramsey of Red Door Photography just outside of Cincinnati hosted a Strobist Meet-up at their large studio. If you're in the Cincinnati area, you should check them out. The do wonderful work and they support the … [Read more...]
One RadioPopper JrX Driving Two Alien Bees DIY
Sometimes the obvious just dawns on you and that's what happened to me. I realized that you can use a single RadioPopper JrX Studio to control two Alien Bees with one receiver. All you need is one phone splitter and one long phone wire. … [Read more...]
Santa was very good to me this year
Santa was good to me this year. Under the tree I found a White Lightning X1600 strobe and a Vagabond II. That is an amazingly sweet gift from my wonderful family and I'm really thankful for having them. Thank you for supporting my … [Read more...]
Ohio Strobist Meet-Up Wrap Up
Over the last few months I've been working to organize a photographers meet-up. I was planned in conjunction with the OH Strobist Flickr Group and some wonderful people from the Columbus, OH area. I'm happy to report we were able to pull it off … [Read more...]
Color your RadioPopper JrX Studio
Here's a quick tip for us RadioPopper users. Consider using color to match your RadioPopper JrX Studio transmitters power adjustment knobs. Identifying color is much faster than looking at dip switches and numbers are too hard to see from any … [Read more...]
RadioPopper JrX Cube – DIY
UPDATE: New posting on the release of the official Radiopopper RPCube and a Canon DIY cube is here: I'm a big fan of the RadioPopper guys. I really think they are the real competition for the guys at PocketWizard. The RP guys have had their … [Read more...]
High Speed Sync – Humming Bird
Just a little reminder for those of you that may have forgotten. One of the most basic and important things I've learned about photography is that when you're using flash, ambient light is controlled by adjusting shutter speed. Flash exposure is … [Read more...]
RadioPopper PX Bracket Review
I received my RadioPopper PX brackets for my SBs last night. My first impression is that they are very good. They have an excellent build quality. This doesn’t appear to be cheap plastic - it’s actually pretty thick plastic. They’re … [Read more...]