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 [...]

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, [...]

Today, we’re interviewing Fred Blake, Business Partner and Manager of Foto care Rentals. Fred, having been in the photo industry for many years, has a particularly broad knowledge base incorporating both the shooting, manufacturing and retail sides of the photo industry. Fred has been with Foto Care for fifteen years. First off, why would a [...]

We received a lot of feedback from people about our last Profoto post.  Some readers were shocked, some excited, some expressed disbelief.    So I took a look back in my emails and found an email that Shinichi Maruyama sent me after he compared the Scoro to the Pro 8a.  For the disbelievers, Shinichi is probably [...]

We recently caught up with broncolor user and super prolific photographer Colin Andersen after he shot soem new video footage.  We continue to see more and more of our community of still photographers making the jump into video bringing new and exciting perspectives to the moving image. – CK By Guest Contributor: Colin Andersen: I [...]

And to beat the aberration of the Buggles ’79 hit right away with one breath to death: No, definitely not! Digital didn’t kill the Photo-Star! So if you’re one of them, don’t bother reading further, your status quo is secured! Take a break and enjoy the park! I have had several talks recently during which [...]

From Capture to a Flash file in 120 seconds! FOBA Turna – Photographic Turntable – Automated Flash Maker from Bron Imaging on Vimeo. The expectations of clients booking photographers for web based products shots has changed over the last decade. Photographers are not only expected to produce traditional two dimensional images they’re also expected to [...]

Perhaps the most common question l get asked as a photographer is “where do you get your ideas from?” Often, it’s not an easy one to answer with my usual response being locations, props and models etc. But on a recent trip along The Great Ocean Road in Victoria Australia, a rare opportunity arose where [...]

The new Power reflector for the Ringflash C is a light shaper with a high-gloss, slightly satined inner surface coating. With the new accessory, the typical Ringflash C light becomes harder and the light coverage angle smaller, which results in increased contrast. The new reflector is highly efficient, at 6 1/2 feet ISO 100, it [...]

Contributor: August Bradley: After running across a long-time collector of costumes from the Carnevale di Venezia (Carnival of Venice), I discovered the incredible range of hand-crafted masks.  There was such emotion and personality to them, and the ornate décor conjured images of the masquerade parties they were designed for.  When Hasselblad approached me to do [...]