Welcome to

Interested in the creative potential of flash photography? Then this is a website you definitely will want to check out.

Strobist looks to “promote more effective use of small, shoe-mount flashes. To teach you to use your small strobe to get results like the professionals get… Why small strobes? Because that’s all you really need… Think of Strobist as a lighting idea bank, run by and for the most enthusiastic DSLR photographers. Our goal is to exchange ideas with other shooters and post many different lighting techniques — using real-world assignments as examples.”

Just a few don’t miss Strobist posts:

• DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio
• The “Starving Student” Off-Camera Light Kit
• Lighting 101: Learn the Basics
• On Assignment: Light Like a Pro