We love Reuben Krabbe's lazy-leg light stand mod so much we will be more than happy to help pimp his blatant appeal for new followers on Twitter and Facebook. This mod is designed for a standard light stand. But for those of you who use compact,...

We are snowbound here at Strobist World Headquarters, 14 inches into a forecast two feet of snow. The whole Mideast Atlantic is getting pummeled. I'm an indoor cat today, not at all missing the mandatory snow art assignment at The Sun. We are (I...

Hey, you. If you are a Nikon shooter and use CLS, you definitely want to head over to Nikon's site for three new free lighting vids. Heck, even if you aren't a Nikon type, it's worth the watch for the McNally lighting theory tidbits. There are three...

After several months of use, I am a pretty big fan of my YongNuo 10-meter TTL cord. Most of the time I do not use it for TTL. But I frequently use it as a rock-solid, quick PC cord that can also handle FP sync when I want to do an f/2.8 portrait, lit...

When on an assignment, my goal is for the actual shoot to be as worry-free as possible. That's why I try to get all of my worrying done beforehand. Some people call this as "pre-production" work, but I tend to think of it as worrying in advance. A...