I would like to thank everyone for their patience over the past little while when I was getting married. I had very little activity on my Photo of the Day website in that time as well and have resumed regular postings their too.

In past tips I have spoken about the quality of light and how the relative size of your light source affects the quality of light. I have also talked about using on camera flashes.

There is another website that I follow very closely that offers a wealth of information on lighting, and more specifically, lighting with small strobes or external on camera flashes. David Hobby is the creator of Strobist and is also a professional photographer. He has more than 600 articles and postings on his website all about lighting your subject with small, inexpensive off camera flash units. Last summer he ran a series called Lighting 101: Lighting Boot Camp and is currently running Lighting 102. His work and examples can even help photographers with point and shoot cameras and just a few controls on their cameras.

He makes this stuff easy.

I encourage everyone to visit his site, read through his article, read Lighting 101 and follow Lighting 102. Do the exercises. They will make you a better photographer.

Until next time, happy shooting.