I am not now nor have ever considered myself a dedicated landscape photographer. Oh sure, I dabble in it when shooting infrared landscapes and have lots of fun doing that but living here in Colorado it’s impossible not to be some kind of a landscape photographer, even a half-hearted one like me who does it mostly for fun.

The output of studio flash units, from monolights to power pack & head systems is typically measured in Watt-seconds (Ws,) a unit of electrical energy that’s equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second. Sometimes you’ll hear this measurement called a Joule but it all boils down to a way to measure the power and discharge capacity of an electronic flash’s power supply.

If you pursue any creative process long enough you’ll most inevitably experience a “block.” How do you get of it? Here’s a few suggestions…

I will admit that I will, sometimes, cut and paste elements of a portrait made during the same session in order to create an image that I had in my head but wasn’t able to capture in a single frame. Is that cheating; I don’t consider this technique to be cheating, although I am aware that others may not agree,

Culture Day Japan is celebrated every year on November 3. The constitution of Japan established this day as a national holiday. This day is also known as ‘Bunka no Hi’ and mostly celebrates the culture, academia, and arts of Japan