Cross type lighting

Simple and works well, this is how i lit the "Last light shoot" shots.

Last light shoot

Last night i had a chance to shoot with Skye, We shot at last light, light was provided by my new YN-460 flash's fired wireless via PW +II. here is the shots, set up in the "Cross light possition for the shots in the grass and then at a 45-45 camera side for the Bunker shots.

Little Australia day baby!!

On the 25th Jan we were lucky enough to do a photoshoot with Grant & Jessica literally hours before she went into labor! On the day we joked about going into labor at 3am the next morning as that is what happend with our daughter - We took photos during the afternoon then went into labor at 3am - Funny enough she went into labor at 3am the next morning!! Jess had a beautiful baby bump to photograph and here are some photos of their little australia day baby Dejahn!

Stops? There's more than an f/stop?

Ok well here is a quick rundown of stops for you if you didn't know, if you understand stops read no more.

F/Stop = your aperture value. Such as f2.8 f3.2 f3.5 f4.0 ect this determine how much light is let through the lens.(ok we all knew that)

T/Stop = Your time value (shutter speed). such as 1/100th 1/125th, 1/160th ect ect

S/Stop = Sensitivity Value, this is your ISO, (digital days lingo for ASA or "film speed") such as ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600 ect.

K/Stop = the Colour temp known as white balance, your low K stops such as 3500K and 4000K are really blue, I find these good for shooting under street lights as they have a very strong amber colour. Higher numbers like 6500K and 7000K are better for shooting under blue lights.
Some cameras will display this as AWB, Tungsten, cloudy, shade, daylight ect

Well that's a basic run down on stops. Hope it makes some relevance to you and your camera

So... Yn 460 eBay flash? Thoughts...

Ok I'll admit, at first I was a bit hesitant to buy this flash but for the price how could I say no, when it arrived it came full of surprises, first thing I noticed was a metal hotshoe that on the listing it didn't have, that's always a nice treat, the off camera optical slave works well and fast and can keep up to the 10fps of my 1D BRAVO!!
light but built well and solid.
If your thinking about a cheap off camera or on shoe flash, this is a bargain ergonomically it's almost an exact clone of canons $400 430EXII
And for the money... Go for it

PROS: fast recycle
Good colour temp
Responsive
Solid
Looks nice
Fires wireless with out a extra trigger
CONS: No zoom or AF assist... But you don't pay for it either


Recommend? YES!! HIGHLY!! bang for buck!!

Quick Snap from Coffs Harbour Jetty

on a photographic walk about one afternoon, managed to capture this image

Shooting Tylers S15 200SX

Was a late Afternoon going on dark, few shots down our local break wall then off to bigW carpark, here are two shots from he day.