Andre Rowe, a professional photographer based out of Miami, Florida, and an avid broncolor user describes the difference between the broncolor P-Soft and the broncolor Beauty Dish: “So, you’re about to purchase a white Beauty Dish and you pause a moment in debate as to whether to get it or a silver P-Soft. You’ve seen [...]

Once, there was a clear line between still and video. Now, with the emergence of DSLRs that can shoot HD video, we are seeing a generous amount of professional photographers adding video to their repertoire. As the demand increases for lighting equipment that is adaptable to both video and photo industry needs, Kobold has brought [...]

In the next installment of the “Broncolor: The Light” video series, our friends Amber Gray and Julian Bernstein test the broncolor Scoro A4S against the Profoto Pro-8 Air in the video we like to call “Bron VS Profoto,” the Shoot-Out. Here’s the set: 1 pack and 2 heads from each brand, main is a silver [...]

True to its name, the broncolor Para is a highly efficient parabolic reflector. It can be used as a single light source or a complete lighting system. In the “Para FB” video segment by Amber Gray and Julian Bernstein, 5 sizes are featured : the Para 170 FB, Para 220 FB, Para 220 Soft FB, [...]

While he was in NYC for our Shoot NYC event three weeks ago (where he presented), our friend, LA-based photographer and filmmaker August Bradley, did a portrait series of the Occupy Wall Street protesters that has been featured in the Washington Post and the New York Times: Lens blog. If you aren’t familiar with what’s [...]

Kobold is the industry standard in daylight lighting systems. Because of its innovative technologies and ergonomic style, broncolor Kobold products have exceptional quality without compromising their unique components. In the broncolor: The Light video “Kobold,” Amber Gray and Julian Bernstein talk about their favorite Kobold lights, and the reasons why they are standard in their [...]

In this episode of “broncolor: The Light,” entitled “Satellite,” Julian Bernstein returns to talk about the 3 different broncolor satellite reflectors: the Mini-Satellite, Satellite Evolution, and the Satellite Staro, which are small, hard and soft satellite light modifiers, respectively. The Satellite Evolution is perfect for simulating natural light atmospheres. It has a high light output [...]

For those who missed Chase Jarvis’s ChaseJarvisLive on October 26, last week, you can see it here. Guests were Mackelmore and Chryde, and a full, live studio audience. Broncolor was featured in the video, alongside a contest that was open to everyone on Twitter. The lucky winner is Twitter’s @Careyphoto, photographer Lori Carey from Orange [...]

Shoot-NYC has become know as the event to attend during the busy October photo season in the city. Only in its third year, the event continues to grow hosting three times the numbers from the previous year. Shoot-NYC is based on the premise of educating the photographic community, raising the technical level of photographers, so [...]

If you follow Chase Jarvis, you might have heard that he will be kicking off PhotoPlus and Shoot-NYC with a special October 26th chasejarvisLIVE broadcast. This broadcast will feature soon to be announced special guests, a first time ever CJL in studio audience, and some spectacular gear giveaways. We happen to know one of his [...]