Spekular Is The Light That Does It All For Photographers

Spekular is spectacular! Hmmm – a little over the top? Not really. I recently had the opportunity to put this new LED lighting system from Spiffy Gear to the test. Spiffy Gear are the folks that brought us the Light Blaster (buy link). Spekular is a modular lighting system that can take on all kinds of shapes depending on your needs and this can save you money and the time needed to pack and set-up light modifiers especially when you are working on location....

April 14, 2023 · 4 min · 645 words · Kayla Gray

The Easy Way To Turn Your Garage Into A Professional Home Portrait Studio

At some point or another, most people who shoot portraits get the idea into their heads that it’d be quite nice to be able to shoot them from home. But how? Well, if you’ve got a garage, it’s relatively straightforward, as portrait photographer Pye Jirsa from SLR Lounge illustrates in this video where he does exactly that by turning his garage into a home studio that gives professional results. The good news is that you can do it fairly inexpensively and it’s not a permanent irreversible change....

April 14, 2023 · 3 min · 638 words · Jennifer Hayes

The Godox Ad200Pro Offers 1 8Sec Recycle 1 10Th Stop Adjustments Better Colour And Uses The Same Heads As The Ad200

The Godox AD200 has been out for a couple of years now. But ever since the release of the AD600Pro and AD400Pro, customers have been asking for an updated AD200 with the colour consistency and performance of its larger siblings. Now, the Godox AD200Pro is here, it’s real, and it offers that same level of colour consistency, with 1.8 second recycle times, 1/10th stop power increments and a new recessed LCD panel for better protection....

April 14, 2023 · 5 min · 889 words · Kyle Ramirez

The Squidrig Gives Your Tripod Arms To Hold Your Lights And Microphone

Tripods already come with a set of legs, so why not give them a set of arms, too? If you shoot video, and particularly interviews, you’ll know the hassle of having to setup a bunch of stands for a couple of lights and your microphone. The SquidRig plans to solve that by adding three arms right onto your tripod. It’s a bit like a grown-up version of the Gorillapod Octopus....

April 14, 2023 · 3 min · 477 words · Christy Grant

Thermal Vision Tests Suggest Canon May Not Be Able To Fix The Eos R5 S Heat Issues

LensRentals just recently posted their teardown of the Canon EOS R5 and noticed that it has some pretty hefty seals to help protect it from the elements when shooting outdoors in harsh conditions. But they theorised that those seals and the tightly packed components might hamper the EOS R5’s heat dissipation abilities. Well, now, Roger and the team at LensRentals have pointed a FLIR thermal IR camera at it to see exactly how hot the Canon EOS R5 gets after it’s been on for a while at different parts of the camera body....

April 14, 2023 · 3 min · 505 words · Samantha Cunningham
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