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Gear Talk: Pixapro Pika 200 (AD200)

January 09, 2021 in Gear

If you shoot with off camera flash you have probably heard of the Godox AD200 or in this case (from Pixapro) the Pika 200.

Also, you don’t have to look very hard on Instagram to find an image lit with one or a few of these little lights, but why are they so popular? Other than them being quite possibly the best small location lighting kit on the market today (IMO) they offer a lot for not a whole lot of money in the grand scheme of lighting gear.

You get 200ws of power which is about equivalent to 3 speedlites, TTL, HSS ( High Speed Sync) and all in a portable lighting kit that is at home in the studio and on location.

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A Basic Portrait Kit - Off Camera Flash (OCF)

October 10, 2020 in Gear, Getting Started

At some point you come across off camera flash (OCF) and get introduced to a world full of cool looking images and behind the scenes images.

You see post after post of multiple light setups with big softboxes, stands and other equipment and then you go shopping.

Hold up. STOP.

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A Basic Kit - For Available Light Portrait Photography

October 09, 2020 in Gear, Getting Started, How To

When starting in portrait photography it is all too easy to get sucked in to studio or off camera flash world when really what we need to do is to start simple with natural / available light.

For this we don’t need a ton of kit.

If you have a camera & lens you can get to work and if you want to add a few tools to offer a lot of control you can do so very affordably.