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The Strobist David Hobby Gives You Tips on How to Get Into Off Camera Flash Photography

Chris Gampat
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09/24/2017
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At the Fujifilm Festival in NYC, we had the chance to pick the mind of David Hobby: otherwise known as the Strobist. He gave us a number of tips on how to get into flash photography if you’re just getting started. We always preface this with saying that off-camera flash is about thinking creatively with your subjects and your photos. You add an element and tend to do a lot more than just capturing a moment. Instead, it’s about creating something that isn’t there.

David started off by talking to use about the difference between TTL and Manual. And while lots of photographers think that TTL is the end all be all for them, that’s really not true. TTL works by reading the camera’s ISO and aperture settings and outputting light based on that. It knows nothing about the look that you really want or are going for. Maybe you want something brighter than what it’s giving, for example.

He continues on to talk about buying your first flash and even recommends doing it before you get your second lens. Hobby reasons that if you use an off-camera flash, you’ll be able to do more with just that one lens than you could with another focal length. And honestly, he’s right. There are so many more creative possibilities that you can open up to that another lens can’t necessarily give you. Instead, it’s all about light.

David’s website has been around for many years and has been a central hub for lots of ideas and tutorials for photographers that have wanted to get into lighting for years. It has spawned Flickr groups, Facebook groups, etc. Those groups all showcase the work of creative photographers that have wanted to get into doing portraits more than anything else out there.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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