Nikon School's DVD - Guide to Creative Lighting

nmerrick · 19 Jan 2009

When Nikon sent me their usual marketing email message with news of their new DVD from the Nikon School A Hands-on Guide To Creative Lighting, I thought to myself, At last! Some real material to help get the most out of my SB-800 flash units. I checked out the promo video online and was suitably impressed, so I ordered the DVD and also a companion book to go along with it.

It's too long to post here so I posted part I of my review of the DVD on my blog.

If you'd like to take a look at the review, you can find it here.

Best regards

Nigel

Flash In The Pan · 19 Jan 2009

Unfortunately the DVD isn't available in the UK, Nigel

nmerrick · 19 Jan 2009

That's a shame - I didn't realize that. Still, you might be able to order it from them and have it shipped over there. I'm not sure if it will play in a UK DVD player, but it may well play in a computer (it does play on mine just fine).

Nigel

rgrebby · 19 Jan 2009

any good for non nikon speedlite people?

pcp · 20 Jan 2009

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subseasniper · 20 Jan 2009

pcp said:
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Dude, you should be asking questions like that on this forum. The mods will have you.

nmerrick · 20 Jan 2009

rgrebby said:
any good for non nikon speedlite people?

probably not such a great source for non-nikon speedlight users. The DVD does have a section on basic lighting techniques but the majority of it is dedicated to the Nikon CLS.

nmerrick · 20 Jan 2009

pcp said:
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Please don't ask questions like that in here - I do not support piracy or copyright violation in any form.

Cyprio · 12 Mar 2009

I have just been recommended this DVD - any chance of some nice person in the US letting me get it shipped to them and then posteing it to London?

welly · 12 Mar 2009

I bought a copy when I was out of the country and it's pretty decent. It's far better than the last Nikon lighting DVD which was pretty much just a sales pitch for their speedlights, I'm not sure there is anything on here that you can't pick up elsewhere. But it's pretty handy for Nikon users.

I really, REALLY recommend the OneLight Workshop (http://www.onelightworkshop.com/DVD_Ordering.html) although it's pricey. The strobist DVD set is also excellent.

Cyprio · 13 Mar 2009

welly said:
I bought a copy when I was out of the country and it's pretty decent. It's far better than the last Nikon lighting DVD which was pretty much just a sales pitch for their speedlights, I'm not sure there is anything on here that you can't pick up elsewhere. But it's pretty handy for Nikon users.

I really, REALLY recommend the OneLight Workshop (http://www.onelightworkshop.com/DVD_Ordering.html) although it's pricey. The strobist DVD set is also excellent.

Which one of the two would you recommend for someone just getting into flash photography, looking for practical tips for shooting a wedding?

Flash In The Pan · 13 Mar 2009

Cyprio said:
Which one of the two would you recommend for someone just getting into flash photography, looking for practical tips for shooting a wedding?

The Strobist DVD is now available in the UK from The Flash Centre and works out at about half the cost of the OneLight one. Both are worth getting, the Strobist one has a more indepth equipment section and is basically a film of one of David Hobby's seminars, whereas the Zack Arias disc takes a different, although equally interesting approach. Neither specifically cover wedding shooting.