Flash on Photo Video Gear

Photo and Video at the Same Event: Why Crews Split the Job Between Two Shooters

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Every hybrid camera made in the last five years can shoot excellent stills and excellent video. So clients ask the obvious question: why pay two people? One shooter with one camera should be able to do both.

They can, for a small job. At a real event, they almost always can’t do both well. The two jobs want different settings, different light, different positions and a different kind of attention, all at the same time.

Speedlight vs Battery Strobe: Which On-Location Flash to Buy for Portraits, Events and Sunlight

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Sooner or later most photographers want more light than the sun or the room is giving them. The question is what to buy: a hot-shoe speedlight, a compact battery strobe, or a bigger battery monolight. A store’s flash wall shows all three side by side, and they look more alike than they are.

The difference comes down to power, recycle time and what you need to stick on the front.

Bounce Flash at Trade Shows and Exhibitions: How to Light Products and People Under Hall Lighting

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exhibition halls look bright when you walk in. Then you look at your pictures. Faces have dark eye sockets from overhead spotlights, products glow orange on one side and blue on the other, and the stand behind them is a mess of mixed color. The light that makes a hall feel busy is terrible light for photographs.

A small flash fixes most of that, if you stop pointing it at the subject.