I bought remote optical slaves for my Nikon D40. I turned my on camera flash down to 1/32 and it is the perfect master. I have better luck with them than my radio frequency remotes. My optical slaves have never misfired, unlike the rf. I picked up the optical slaves on Ebay for less than $10 each and it included shipping.

ummm, show me. don't tell me.

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dear Anthony thought this article would make you happy: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,642218,00.html i have a polaroid land camara and have never used it; i am trying to figure out how it works.... do you have any manuals? i cannot close it either anymore, thanks Raphael from Zürich rapahel@muladhara.ch

It cut of my comment/post...but the point is, if no one calls that month to pay me for a service does that mean I'm not a professional? I have all the equipment, business license, business cards, business bank account, web site, I understand contracts, copyright, etc etc I am as professional as the guy that makes $40K a year but just don't have the business he does. Does that make me less than him? I'd like to have you respond to this post. Thanks.

I have to take issue with this topic about a professional photographer. I understand and can accept the idea of what a professional photographer means. Now let me ask you...where I live it takes literally $8,500/ month to pay for our mortgage, groceries, bills for a 4 person family. Now, my wife happens to make about $10,000/mo as a professional software engineer. Now, over the years it's taken her roughly 13 years to get to that level. I challenge anyone, professional or otherwise to try and raise a family on what the Bureau of Labor & Statistics says the median income for a commercial photographer in California is. Just because you can't make $120K/Yr. as a photographer and it takes that much to support your family and pay for your equipment etc, does NOT mean your not a professional. Now, if I made $25K /Yr. and my wife made for example $75K a year, does that mean I'm professional...

Well, not sure if Anthony reads these comments but I have to say after listening to two videos, I feel pretty confident because what he said in those videos I already knew or have tried or am doing. The interesting thing is that I've gone to literally thousands of photographers web sites. Of course; the ones I go to are the ones that do what I am doing or I see myself doing. The one question that keeps popping up in my mind is, when I read that these photographers have these big clients like Nike, or Johnson & Johnson, or Newsweek, Canon, etc I wonder...do these photographers get called out of the blue one day to do an assignment for these companies based on only seeing their work on a web site? Or, does the photographer somehow approach these huge companies first, by sending them his/her portfolio? Maybe both, but then if your sending a portfolio that is expensive so you want to mak...

Well, not sure if Anthony reads these comments but I have to say after listening to two videos, I feel pretty confident because what he said in those videos I already knew or have tried or am doing. The interesting thing is that I've gone to literally thousands of photographers web sites. Of course; the ones I go to are the ones that do what I am doing or I see myself doing. The one question that keeps popping up in my mind is, when I read that these photographers have these big clients like Nike, or Johnson & Johnson, or Newsweek, Canon, etc I wonder...do these photographers get called out of the blue one day to do an assignment for these companies based on only seeing their work on a web site? Or, does the photographer somehow approach these huge companies first, by sending them his/her portfolio? Maybe both, but then if your sending a portfolio that is expensive so you want to mak...

Anthony, what settings are you using for your flash? I would like to use my SB-800 with my Holga, but I'm not having much success yet. Any suggestions?

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