Jinbei Studio Flash Units Recalled for Electrocution Risk

The Swiss government last month issued a recall for ten models of Jinbei studio flash units. While the recall notice has made the rounds on message boards, I am frankly surprised that photo media outlets have not picked this up. Read more »

Lighting 103: Greg Heisler on Light and Color

Abstract: Chromatically complex light adds much more realism to your lit photos.



Today’s Lighting 103 post features excerpts from a bar conversation with Greg Heisler. It's just as if we cornered him at a conference (which I did) and he agreed to have a drink and talk color (which he did).

This is roadmap stuff. It's above and beyond the specific info he includes with each of the assignments in his book, 50 Portraits, the companion text to L103.Read more »

Lighting 103: Use Gels to Tune Your Home's Lighting

Abstract: You can use your knowledge of color temperature and gels to improve the quality of light in your home.



So far, everything we have done has centered on gelling a single light to create a single desired color shift. But before we make the jump into using multiple colors and light sources, one quick hack for your home's lighting that will help you to improve the quality of light in compact fluorescent and LED bulbs.

Like the gawdawful green-tinged lamp above, for example. Read more »