Couple of fascinating articles by the legendary Strobist author  David Hobby and veteran pro Joe McNally about their recent experiences shooting with strobe lights in the desert.

Both recently went to Dubai and while there shot a session together in the dunes with some lovely results.  Most interesting is the discussion on the use of the “high-speed, focal-plane sync” mode on their Nikon SB-800 flash units, which allowed them to shoot at very high shutter speeds and achieve the balance between harsh sun with lots of ambient light bouncing of the sand combined with punchy strobe lit model.

Here’s Joe McNally’s blog post on the shoot in the Dubai dunes, and here’s a follow up article by him about his past experiences shooting in the desert plus some other strobe related goodness.

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