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Horsing Around With The New Canon 600EX-RT Speedlites

Horsing Around With The New Canon 600EX-RT Speedlites

by Michael DeYoung | Apr 24, 2012 | Gear Review

I got a chance to take my new Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT’s on a shoot. The location was Music Meadows Ranch near Westcliffe, Colorado. I was there to create some images to promote a new workshop I am teaching this fall. The workshop is “Western Landscape and...
Stay Out A Little Longer And Break Out The Strobe

Stay Out A Little Longer And Break Out The Strobe

by Michael DeYoung | Apr 6, 2012 | Tips & Techniques

On a recent mountain biking shoot we stopped at one of my favorite overlooks of the Rio Grande Gorge.  The sun was below a nearby ridge so all my foreground and most of the canyon was in deep shadow.  The low angle sun about 10 minutes from sunset was basking the west...
Canon Finally Offers New Speedlite But Few Are Talking About It

Canon Finally Offers New Speedlite But Few Are Talking About It

by Michael DeYoung | Mar 4, 2012 | Gear Review

There’s been a lot of buzz on web groups about the new 5DMarkIII but almost nothing about a new speedlite – the 600EX-RT. I am far more jazzed about a new and more capable flash than another camera body. Why? Having a few more megapixels and frames per second...

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