Photography Tips And Tricks

Anatomy of a jib shoot.

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A couple of days ago we took some time off sledding here in Whistler with the PBP crew to shoot a jib setup that I had found before the season started. The setup was a double bomb drop, one drop followed immediately by another one into some trees. I thought i’d take a bit of time to go over my thought processes when i’m shooting something like this. Unfortunately I can’t show you the final shot from the shoot but you’ll see it soon enough…. One of the first things you want to remember with this stuff is to try

How to make a cheap twin flash bracket.

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Firstly let’s just quickly cover why you might want to make a twin flash bracket. Using two flashes where you might normally only have one has several advantages. Firstly and most obviously you have double the power, useful if you are trying to overpower the sun outside. Secondly if you use both flashes at half power, you’ll have the same total power as with one flash but with a much faster recycling time. The third advantage is that at half power you will also have a much faster flash duration. The exact factor of duration increase will depend on the