Orlit | Adorama’s New Lighting Brand with TTL Monolight and Speedlight + Canon RT Built In

In an interesting move, Adorama has introduced a new in-house lighting brand: Orlit, which includes the first monolight to include Canon’s RT radio system built-in. The first products out of the gate will be a 600 watt second, battery powered, TTL and HSS capable monolight called the Rovelight RT 610, a Canon-friendly speedlight called the … Read more

BTS | Impressive Outdoor Portraits with One Off-Camera HSS Speedlight

South Texas based portrait photographer and regular in the SLR Lounge Community, Francisco Joel Hernandez, has produced a BTS video from a recent outdoor portrait shoot lit with just one Flashpoint R2 Speedlight, fitted to a 38” Glow Parapop octabox.  This simple approach yields some lovely results, capitalizing on a careful balance of ambient light … Read more

Yongnuo YN560: A Look at the King of Low Budget Speedlights

Let’s face it, we all know that Photography is en expensive hobby. No doubt one of the first things you noticed besides the obvious prices of camera bodies and lenses was the price of name brand speedlights. When you are just a hobbyist, or just starting your business out you have to be careful where you spend your limited budget on gear – That Is where Yongnuo comes in.

Graslon Prodigy & Insight Review: Soft Lighting for Speedlight

SLR Lounge Graslon Splash

  Basic Information Product Name: Prodigy and Insight Company: Graslon Cost: $89.95 and $62.95 Website/Purchase: www.graslon.com Subject: Speedlight modifier Speedlights are great when you want to have a mobile source of lighting. The problem is that they are a small, hard source of light and really need a good modifier to soften and spread the … Read more