Understanding the Trade-Off: Why High-Speed Sync (HSS) Isn’t Always the Best Choice

High-Speed Sync (HSS) is a feature on many flashes and strobes that allows you to use shutter speeds faster than your camera’s native maximum flash sync speed (often around 1/200th or 1/250th of a second). It sounds brilliant and I have used it extensively, however while this sounds incredibly useful—especially for freezing action or shootingContinue reading “Understanding the Trade-Off: Why High-Speed Sync (HSS) Isn’t Always the Best Choice”

My Lighting Equipment – In Depth

A short while ago we took a deep dive into my lens collection. Wet looked at what I had, what each lens was used for, plus my general feelings of the lenses and where I want to go with them. Today it is the turn of my lighting. So without further ado, we will lookContinue reading “My Lighting Equipment – In Depth”