Well, strobist or off camera lighting is not a new concept. It means to take the camera from the camera hotshoe and place it in a different position. Sometimes it means using more than one source of light. Digital cameras has made it easier for us to gauge our exposure immediately after taking a shot.
So what are the gear that we need , mainly

A Flash.  Personally I prefer a Nikon Speedlights for its portability.  The good thing about operating the flash in manual mode means we could still use …

I  do selective Pro Bono photography jobs. One of them is the Qingming Festival praying event organised by the Zhoujiaquan lion dance troupes. Most of these troupes operated on a non commerical basis. Their main source of income is to go around  performing “picking the greens” during Chinese New Year periods.  Since I am always interested in lion dance, I have been shooting this Qingming event for a few years.
This year the event was on 11 Apr 10. The weather was great but it got really hot towards noon. Of course the …

I have been conducting basic photography training for the one year and this is one of the common questions that I get- Which DSLR should I buy? This is the kind of question where you will get 10 different answers if you ask 10 different persons.
Initially I was reluctant to recommend any specific brand or model as I believe most of the DSLRs on the market currently should serve the needs of beginners. I was right to a certain extend. Different cameras capture the color sdifferently. Some of them …

I am always on the lookout for graphic editing software that is not too heavy on the pocket ($).  Paintshop has been around for a long time and now it is worth to take a second look at it.    
Here are a few of the key features that I found it to be useful for photographers :    
Organiser   
With the new Organizer we are able to import, manage, search and quickly touchup image files directly into PaintShop Photo Pro X3.  Photos can be tagged and rated, making them easier to find and group. The Organizer …

It used to be very expensive buying a photo from a traditional stock agency before the days of the Internet. Sock agencies had to publish thick catalogs showing the photographs in their library. The fees to license the use of a stock photo is not cheap too.
With the internet and subsequently microstock websites, all these has changed. You are able to license a photo for use for your website, brochure, annual reports  etc for a few dollars. For photographers, you will get paid by a certain percentage of the selling …

Corel has recently announced 2 new products  PaintShop Photo Pro X3 and VideoStudio Pro X3.  I also been looking for “lighter” photo editing software and will check out both products soon once I get whole of them.
They have setup a minisite here with some interesting videos. The light painting one is pretty cool.  I teach light painting and writing in my Foundation Photography Course but this vido shows how I can create an animated video of the light painting photos. Hope to create one of such video soon

Love photography, fashion and shopping ? Then this competition might interest you?
Harper’s BAZAAR will be hosting their first photography awards. Themed along fashion, art or architecture, this project creates an opportunity for new and emerging photographers to showcase their works on an international platform.
You may submit 3-5 digital images and you must shoot on location at ION Orchard (inside or outside).  Closing date is 5 April 2010. So start working on your images.
For more information, click on the banner below

For those who are not into the heavy and costly Photoshop application can try Photoscape, a handy and simple photoeditor. Moreover it is free although donation is always welcome.  I think it is perfect for those who captured photos and want to post small size photos on the web such as blogs or social networking sites.
Some of Photoscape functions :

Viewer: View photos in your folder, create a slideshow
Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, …