1. A person who habitually uses small, hot-shoe mountable electronic flashguns (or speedilights), off-camera to enhance the lighting quality of his or her photos. The off-camera flashgun is triggered by the camera using a sync cable or a wireless switch.
2a. More generally anyone who attempts to generate professional quality photographs by using portable, lightweight and (relatively) inexpensive lighting equipment, creatively.
2b. The philosophy that a person described in 2a. espouses.
4. The eponymous website that disseminates these ideas about light and lighting to anyone who is interested.
2a. More generally anyone who attempts to generate professional quality photographs by using portable, lightweight and (relatively) inexpensive lighting equipment, creatively.
2b. The philosophy that a person described in 2a. espouses.
4. The eponymous website that disseminates these ideas about light and lighting to anyone who is interested.
Definition 1: Bob's a strobist so his photos never have that DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles), mugshot feel to them.
Definition 2a: Tomorrow's photo shoot is only for the fleetfooted so I plan to use exclusively strobist gear.
Definition 2b: The moment I saw the strobist touch Rick had given to his tiny studio, I knew how he was getting his amazing results.
Definition 4: If you think you will make the cover with that gear, you better be hitting the strobist site some time soon.
Definition 2a: Tomorrow's photo shoot is only for the fleetfooted so I plan to use exclusively strobist gear.
Definition 2b: The moment I saw the strobist touch Rick had given to his tiny studio, I knew how he was getting his amazing results.
Definition 4: If you think you will make the cover with that gear, you better be hitting the strobist site some time soon.
by Jayant Ray April 7, 2008