If I come up with something is it gonna be a prob to ask?

Hi Goran, the reason I’ve shared my knowledge? Lots of reasons but here are a couple. From a business standpoint, I want young photographers to understand their photography has value. From a shooting standpoint, the photo business is getting more and more competitive. Helping others out while establishing myself as an educator helps them and it helps me create more opportunities for myself. Hopefully it’s a win-win situation.

Our backgrounds are often simple, most often a painted studio wall. I really like using an actual wall because it’s so smooth. We also use the back side of vinyl flooring (painted) for large setups and also seamless paper and various fabrics. I hope this helps!

This is my first time posting here,so I just wanna say that Im glad that these kind of websites exist.

OK,Jim, this is a compliment not a spam….What is your story about revealing those shooting tricks etc.? Haven;t seen anybody doing that recently or ever …Never mind,you deserve a gold medal

As an amateur photographer after watching most of your videos there is one thing missing my focus…..What kind of material you use for backgrounds? I think that you have mentioned but english isn’t my native so I got lost in translation.

Thanks again

I like your tutorials, they are great !!! I recently bought first studio flash light with beautydish. Do you recommend beautydish for portrait photos as well and how to use it?

Cheers,

Daniel

I have a quick question about the genesis 200 kit, I notice that the model lighting on yours is very bright is that the standard 150w model light?

For triggering the Genesis strobe you can use three methods:

1. PC cord. The light definitely should have come with a PC cord. Don’t hesitate to give Calumet a call if it was missing. In my experience they’ve always been great to deal with and should take care of it right away. A note on using the cord, though. Your camera doesn’t have a PC connection on it, only the higher end Nikon bodies have one. You’ll need to use an adapter on your hot shoe that has a PC connection called a Hot Shoe to PC Adapter (Calumet has one for $13).

2. Wireless radio triggers. This is a more sophisticated solution and costs more. With these you’re not limited to the length of the PC cord as far as working distance from the light, you can work up to 150′ away. You put a sending unit on your hot shoe and a receiving unit on your light. Prices range all over the board from $99.99 for a Calumet Four-Channel Radio Flash Trigger Set to several hundred dollars.

3. Using the strobe’s built in slave unit. That’s what you’re doing now – your camera flash is firing and triggering the Genesis strobe through the stobe’s built in slave unit. Understand that your Nikon camera and flash have sophisticated automated controls that don’t communicate fully with studio strobe units. This is the least desirable option since your camera flash is also firing and may be influencing the photograph. It’s harder to get consistent results using this method.

I hope this helps explain some things. Let me know if it’s enough to get you to the next step!