Speedlighting Blog

Technique & Comment from Angus Thomas


How to use small flash- balancing ambient and daylight for the strobist effect

I had an email this week from someone in the US saying that he thought my flash photography Lens on Squidoo was pretty neat so I though I would post it here too. If you want to see it on Squidoo click here otherwise read on!

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A Quick Single Light Portrait (Ode to Manual Mode)

I ran a strobist lighting class with a couple of great photographers, Anna and Kevin last Saturday one of whom is already working weddings professionally. We were looking at what small off camera flash could bring to Anna’s offer and they were pretty quick learners so I have no doubt that we will see the results on her website soon.

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The Quantum Qflash Pilot

Following on from my previous post about photographing interiors I thought I would just update the uninitiated about my Qflash Pilot. Here she is – not the prettiest bit of tech kit on the market but it really does work very well indeed.

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Qflash System Saves The Day – And My Legs

I wanted to pen a short post on my first experience with the Qflash Pilot a recent addition to the Quantum flash system. Whether you are looking for a portable flash system for photographing interiors, thinking about starting one of our strobist lighting courses in Oxford or just interested in photography equipment read on.

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Angus wins another photography prize

We just found out that Angus has won another portrait photography prize with the London Photographic Association. His portrait of Bunch Williams on her Gallopers at Sir William McAplines transport museum will be included in a new book to be published by Blurb in April and will feature in the “Lets Face It” exhibition to [...]

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