Good for you, good for Jen

Save money on our software and proceeds will help a photographer. Hey friends. If you've been with me a while, you probably know about my friend Jen Thompson who is bravely fighting ovarian cancer. She is a single mom, wonderful photographer, and has passionately shared her experience with the world in order to help inspire others to keep positive in the face of overwhelmingly dire circumstances. Her condition has recently taken a turn for the worse, and she needs more specialized treatment. It is very costly and we want to help her. Will you help too?

If you need some of our software, please consider making a purchase before this Sunday. You'll save 10% and we'll donate 50% of the proceeds directly to Jen. If you don't need any more software, please stop for a moment and put yourself in her shoes, then hop on over to this page where you can donate whatever you can directly.

I realize, as I'm sure you do, that there are many, many people in the world that need help. I wish I could help them all, I really do. All we can do is take little steps along the way to help wherever we can and it adds up very quickly.

This is a private event and only available directly to our friends, so please visit our Facebook page to grab the code and help a photographer, and friend, in need. I thank you!!

Lighting Workshop for the Adobe Tech Exchange

Thank you to all of you who attended my presentation today at the Adobe Tech Exchange, and thanks Rick & Lynette for your kindness and hospitality! To download the notes from the presentation, please click here, and remember you'll need the password that I gave you at the presentation to open the file! Enjoy the light!

Lightroom 4 workflow tips on new PhotoPro episode this Thurs

[Framed] Network launches its new season of awesome, free, educational and inspirational shows this week and Thursday will be the premier of my segment, called PhotoPro. Some of you might be familiar with my series of episodes last season, called Post Pro. Now we've stepped it up and each week I'll be covering a wide variety of topics, from new features in Lightroom 4, to workflow, to Photoshop, to time management, to creativity & sales techniques. Tune in to PhotoPro each Thursday on the [Framed] Network and every other day of the week too for great programs from people like Jeremy Cowart, Joel Grimes, Tanja Lippert, Ryan Muirhead, Tia Reagan, and of course the lovely and talented Melissa Niu.

Check out PhotoPro!

Trick for 2 speedlights in Photoflex Octodome

I did a video for PocketWizard recently to show the new Plus III transceivers in use. In that video, I used one of my favorite setups, a Photoflex small Octodome with the speedlight adapter. However, I modified my speedring to allow mounting of 2 speedlights for more power and faster recycling times. Basically I took a second speedlight bracket and mounted it opposite the first one on the speedring. This keeps both heads close together in the center of the softbox opening.

To do this, I needed to drill a small hole in the ring for the locating pin on the bracket. The threaded hole was already there. It took about 10 minutes to rig and now I have a very powerful, versatile setup for using my speedlight powered Octodome anywhere! I hooked up one Plus III unit to each speedlight and put each on a separate zone so I could turn either, or both, on independantly as needed remotely from the Plus III on my camera.

Here are the parts I used:

(1) - Photoflex small Octodome

(2) - Photoflex shoe mount connector

(1) - Photoflex basic speedring

(3) - PocketWizard Plus III transceivers

The Lighting Notebook iApp just updated

See the latest update at: http://klnb.co/w3eajB to our Lighting Notebook iApp for iPad and iPhone. We moved all our videos to a faster, more robust server for a better streaming video experience. You can download the app for free and preview it before buying the full version via an optional in-app purchase. Have fun! Make light!