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Review: Comparing the new Elinchrom THREE to the Profoto B10X / B10 250ws battery powered monolight

In this video I’m going to review the new Elinchrom THREE, a 261 watt-second compact battery powered flash unit! Elinchrom vs. Profoto Elinchrom THREE One Light Kit Adorama https://howl.me/ckOHJkaLdm0 Amazon B&H https://bhpho.to/46Sg90q Elinchrom THREE Two Light Kit Adorama https://howl.me/ckOHKuk7x2V Amazon B&H https://bhpho.to/46BxRW2 Profoto B10X Amazon https://howl.me/ckMGN2YTtfB Amazon https://amzn.to/45tFRHl B&H https://bhpho.to/3PWUa1d The Elinchrom THREE is a new portable off-camera flash unit that is around the size of a 70 to 200mm lens. It will produce 525 full power 261 watt second […]

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Studio Tour: John Gress’s Chicago Portrait Photography Studio

Come along as I give a tour of my new studio! Including a lot of the gear I have in the space!

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Member Exclusive: Speaking at and attending WPPI 2021 in Las Vegas

In this VLOG I take you along with me to this year’s convention in Las Vegas, including taking you behind-the-scenes and introducing you to some of my dear friends.

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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Elinchrom Litemotiv 120 review, Parabolic softboxes are truly better

I bought this modifier 2 years ago and I didn’t really know what I had until I tested it against my other modifiers and proved it has unique capabilities. Especially, when I removed the diffusion and put in a deflector disc, turning it into a giant beauty dish.

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Canon EOS R5: How to get the best color in Lightroom, Camera Matching Standard Profile

I was so excited last week when the Adobe applications updated and then I was so disappointed when I realized the Camera Matching Color Profiles were missing.

After searching everywhere I came across Color Fidelity (https://www.colorfidelity.com/canon.htm) , a third party vendor that sell packs of color profiles for Lightroom and Photoshop and plopped down $15 hoping they would work! Eureka! One of them emulates Camera Matching Standard or Picture Style Standard, giving you basically the same color you would get in DPP (Digital Photo Professional) but in Lightroom.

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