People ask me all the time if professional photographers use Blackbelt Lighting Products and the answer is a resounding YES. I really love it when people send over pictures that they took with the products and recently Chris Diset did a day-after wedding shoot with Angelica and Mark using a pair of BB560 speedlites. Here [...]
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Chris Diset – Angelica and Mark
Posted: 12th November 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: BB560, Chris Diset, Photographers, Weddings
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Using Multiple Sources – Two Chances This Week
Posted: 9th October 2011 by KerryG in Events, PhotographersTags: Events, Kerry Garrison, Lighting, oc photo club, Seminars, SmugMug, Workshops
This week Kerry Garrison is speaking at both the OC Photo Club on Tuesday and the LA SmugMug on Thursday. At both locations the topic is how to use multiple light sources. Kerry will start with a single light source and work up to as many as six. During this presentation you will learn how [...]
Kerry Garrison at Los Angeles SmugMug Oct 20th
Posted: 7th October 2011 by KerryG in Events, PhotographersTags: Events, Lighting, Seminars, SmugMug, Workshops
Master your lighting using multiple speedlights: with Kerry Garrison Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6:30 PM Beverly Garland Holiday Inn 4222 Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood, CA (map) Inside Beverly Garland Theatre. Hotel Self-Park to the right for $5.00 or Free Street Parking. Kerry Garrison will demonstrate working with multiple light sources. He will start with a [...]
Blackbelt Lighting at Pasadena Camera Show Sunday October 9th
Posted: 7th October 2011 by KerryG in Events, PhotographersTags: Camera Shows, Events
Come visit Blackbelt Lighting Products at this Sunday’s Camera Show in Pasadena – http://www.bargaincamerashows.com/. The event is from 10am – 3pm at the ELKS LODGE located at 400 W. Colorado Blvd (across the street from the Norton Simon Museum). Parking is free and admission is only $2! Whether you are looking for old film equipment, [...]
Getting the Shot – Young Girl
Posted: 12th July 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: Girl, High Speed Sync, Ken Martin, Softbox
Ken Martin of Martin Photography sent in this awesome image of a young girl from a recent shoot that he did with the new EZ Softbox. Capture was done with a Canon 5D Mark 2, Sigma 530 flash set to high speed sync, exposed at 1/1000 sec @f4, Pocket Wizard TT1 on camera and TT5 [...]
Getting the Shot – Couple on Bench
Posted: 8th July 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: Aperture, BB560, Exposure, Flash, Night, Softbox, Strobe, Strobist
The location was basically pitch black, you could just barely see to walk around by moonlight when we found this bench to use. Only a single light was used to do this image, a BB560 speedlite with a 24″ EZ Softbox. The light was to the right of the camera a few feet and about [...]
Ring Shot – Lit with YN160 Video Light
Posted: 5th July 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: Constant Light, Rings, Video Light, YN160
Ring shots are tricky, especially when using a lens like the Lensbaby Composer. It helps tremendously to be able to see what you are getting by fine tuning your focus using the camera’s Live View function. To get it right though, you need a source of constant light and the YN160 Video Light is a [...]
David Ziser On Using Blackbelt Wireless Triggers
Posted: 15th April 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: David Ziser, Off-Camer, Strobe, Strobist
http://vimeo.com/22217750
David Ziser has done up a great video tutorial on how to use the wireless flash triggers. This is an excellent tutorial on shooting off-camera flash and getting excellent results. Trigger Happy Budget Flashes from David Ziser on Vimeo.
Black Belt Lighting at San Diego Bargain Camera Show April 17th
Posted: 14th April 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: Flash, Lighting, Lighting Kits
If you are in the San Diego area and would like to come check out the products from Black Belt Lighting, come by our booth at the Bargain Camera Show this weekend. We will have all of the products on display so you can try them out for yourself. For more information about the [...]
Getting the Shot – Rim Lighting Shot
Posted: 7th March 2011 by KerryG in PhotographersTags: Phase 2 Lighting Kit, Rim Light, Short Light, YN560
This weekend we were doing a shoot up on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and slipped into a little alley to try out some different techniques. In this shot a YN560 with a Rouge Flashbender was to the camera right while another one was behind the subject with no modifier and pointed right at the [...]