Remember the chicken neck-breakin' version of making your SB-800 rotate around to 135 degrees in the other direction? Yeah, well, as of today that method has now been ruled ...

Google stock (GOOG) is down near $350 today, partially due to a reiteration (not a downgrade!) by a Stifel Nicolaus analyst:Notice this text (emphasis mine): "While thinks G ...

I am in the air all day today, flying back from Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Bert Stephani is across the pond, pretending he is in L.A. So I will leave you in his able hands, as ...

First things first: I really need to do a sig photo for the speedlinks. I'm thinkin' tastily lit macro shot of two sausage links sizzling on the griddle. Got any other ideas ...

Photo © 2008 Carlton SooHooEver wonder what it's like to go to a Joe McNally seminar? This is what it's like. But honestly, a small still photo doesn't really replicate the ...

If you are going to one of the L.A. lighting seminars this weekend, make sure you check in on the L.A. seminar discussion thread for the latest info. Also, there is one seat ...

SearchPerks is a new promotion powered by Microsoft Live Search. When I went to the getsearchperks.com site using Firefox, this is what I saw:I outlined the error message i ...

By now, most of you have read many times as I have walked through the process of balancing my flashes and ambient. I want to get past that.Today, I want to accomplish two th ...

Today I got interrupted from my Swindleeeee!!!!! blogging slumber by the news that David Pakman is leaving eMusic. I have been critical of Pakman one or two times (most nota ...

financialservices.house.gov is the site where people can go to see the bailout bill text. Recognizing that many people type domain names into search boxes, it was interesti ...

Here we are, on the very last of the Lighting 102 assignments. This series has been more than a year in the making, and it is almost time to put this one in the books.But fi ...

If we were looking for a sign that the Best Li'l Speedlight ever made has been put out to pasture, this is probably it. Sadly, it looks like Nikon is clearing SB-800s off of ...

Christine, in Virginia (USA), asks:"Is it possible for a specular highlight to be anything other than blown out? If so, how do you meter and control its intensity?"Yes it is ...

UPDATE: Lotsa good questions coming up on this in the comments. Doing my best to keep up with the answers.Those of you who follow my Flickr stream already know that I have b ...

Update 10/2/08 - The application process is now closed.  Thank you to all who applied.  Mrs. Quinn and Mr. Robb will be looking over the applications and picking tech help ...