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What motivates you in this throwaway 50 hour work week world?
Spinalonga, one way in, no way out.
Where do we go from here and how do we get there? This thought and my lack of creative motivation lately have been plaguing me for a while and I think I have an answer.
This has been a strange one for me and a bit of a revelation, I have decided that I actually like to write and I think it may become my new motivator, whether its sharing new ideas or old learnings I am aiming to write something at least twice a month. If anyone reads it great, if someone learns from it, even better and that’s what’s going to motivate me.
Most of the writing here will be photography related, whether its gear talk, shooting styles, workflow or any other aspect. There may also be some life observations, travel talk, rants and requests.
I’m not promising any earth shattering content and I’ll probably get more out of this than the reader but hey, as they say, whatever helps you get by.
Stay with me and enjoy, hopefully!
And off we go..........
Fresh Wallpapers for 2017
Here are three new wallpapers for 2017, taken on a short road trip to Achiltibuie at the star of the year.
NORTH Wallpapers
Heres a couple of free wallpapers from the NORTH theme, perfect for iPad and laptop use.
A little smartphone wallpaper
Favourite shot from today makes a great phone wallpaper. You're welcome!
Download and enjoy.
The humble sync chord.
So how many have forgotten about this little cable in your camera bag? I had, up until yesterday it was a long forgotten accessory that at one time seemed to be of use.
Well, turns out it is useful once again, mixing and matching camera systems and flash systems, with or without TTL can sometimes seem to be a difficult path to walk, even more so if you are a slave to TTL. I like to get the flash off the camera and just use them both in full manual, partly due to cost, TTL things are expensive, secondly for the purpose of continuity as sometimes TTL can give you different lighting results in what you think is an unchanged scene as it is constantly re measuring and the third and I think most important reason to go manual is to learn how flash and ambient work together, giving you the two independent exposures you need in your image.
Heres a link to David Hobby, The Strobist about two exposures in one image and controlling daylight.
Anyway, back to the sync chord, its a tried and tested way to hook up your camera and your flash to get that better looking off camera light. Sometimes I can't be bothered with PocketWizards and cables and batteries to get a quick shot done working close quarters or I don't have them with me. I've found recently that the SB800 plays really nicely with Fuji using a standard sync chord and setting the flash in 'A' mode. 'Automatic Mode' is a setup whereby the flash uses an onboard sensor to cut off the light / power at the correct level relevant to subject distance, ISO and aperture, its a real quick and easy way to get great results using your existing kit across platforms.
You may have to do a little Google search to make sure that you have the correct chord for your camera and flash combination but you'll find its one of the best accessories under £10 to have in your bag. You may even find it helps you get a little more reliable sync speed and sometimes better than the manual advise, for example Fuji state 1/180 and I get reliable results with the SB 800 up to 1/250.
Most importantly, get out there and practice!