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Deal of the Week

Deal of the Week

Introducing our latest Deal of the Week!

Save 25% off your order on these items when you use the code “BLDOW” at checkout.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

Nikon D7100 Digital SLR

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 Mirrorless Digital Camera

Westcott Ice Light

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, April 14th, 2013 you can always schedule your rental anytime this year and STILL get the 25% off on your item!

Happy shooting, everyone!

Small Flash, Big Box: Using the LumoPro Flash Bracket

Gear Talk The LumoPro Flash Bracket

There’s no shortage of lighting modifiers for small flashes like the Nikon SB–910 on the market today. From the Apollo softboxes we rent, to grid kits, snoots, umbrellas, and beauty dishes, small flash has really come into its own, especially for photographers working on location.

Now there’s a new accessory for Strobist-style shooters that will let you use a much wider variety of softboxes with your existing small flashes, including the high-end modifiers from companies like Profoto. I used it with two Profoto softboxes a couple of weeks ago for a portrait, with excellent results.

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Deal of the Week

Deal of the Week

Deal of the Week for March 29th, 2013

Introducing our latest Deal of the Week!

Save 25% off your order on these items when you use the code “BLDOW” at checkout.

Fuji X-Pro 1 Digital Camera Body

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Body

Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (Canon)

Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (Nikon)

Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G AF-S ED

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, April 7th, 2013 you can always schedule your rental anytime this year

and STILL get the 25% off on your item!

Happy shooting, everyone!

Blowing out the Background

Gear Talk Tips
Ben on a greyish-blue background.

Ben on a greyish-blue background.

The image above was not shot on a white background. It has a minimal level of adjustment in Lightroom to it, mostly to clean up the edges, but that’s about it. It was taken in front of the greyish-blue wall in the lobby of the BorrowLenses.com offices in San Carlos.

The thing about a relatively light-colored background is that it lends itself to a surprisingly large number of options for photographers. Though grey backgrounds work best for this, you can with some tweaking, turn just about any light-colored background — grey, blue, beige — completely black, as I demonstrated in this article on how to kill your background completely.

In this article, I’ll show you how to blow out that background completely to make it look like you’re shooting in front of a white backdrop.

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Deal of the Week

Deal of the Week

03.25.13 Deal of the Week

Introducing our latest Deal of the Week!

Save 25% off your order on these items when you use the code “BLDOW” at checkout.

Sony Alpha NEX-7

Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G AF-S ED VR II

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera Body

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, March 31st, 2013
you can schedule your rental anytime this year and STILL get the 25% off on your item.

Happy shooting, everyone!

The Best Nikon for Night Photography

Gear Talk Reviews

Want to know what the best Nikon camera is for night photography? David Kingham is a landscape photographer who focuses on the night sky. Kingham puts all of the major Nikon bodies to the test in this guest blog post.