A Baltimore Sun photographer who started a blog and changed the photography business
According to veteran photographer David Hobby, the old guard in the professional photography world is too paranoid. “There’s a lot of information-hoarding, and [a sense that] if I teach this person how to do this, he’ll become my competition.” Hobby’s gone the other way and educates aspiring shutterbugs with his free Lighting 101 course and blog posts at Strobist. He offers cheap solutions and lessons on how to get good lighting from portables flashes, cereal boxes, and ball bungees. He believes lighting is about “what you do with it, not what you spend on it.” It’s working too: He sold $1 million in tickets on a recent tour, hundreds of thousands read his posts each month, and manufacturers have even named lines of equipment after him. [thx JK]
Tim
on 28 Apr 11Strobist is the business.
The go-to site for everything lighting (and not-lighting).
Based on his tuts, and reviews, we’ve bought flashes, umbrellas and all sorts of stuff.
Adam Codega
on 29 Apr 11I’ve been a long time reader of Strobist but it’s nice to step back and really look at how the David has grown the site.
Harry Hilders
on 04 May 11Great tip, thanks.
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