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I was just looking at buying a Quantum flash setup and found the videos below from Quantum’s Qflash Academy. These are a great introduction to the Quantum system and they give a little taste of how a wedding and portrait photographer uses the system. These show lighting indoors and out with some problem lighting issues. One of these shows how the photographer handles a couple posed in front of a brightly lit window and corrects for that with the Quantum Qflash Trio System. This isn’t huge on details, but it’s still a nice set of photography videos for those who would like to see how professional lighting results can be attained. If you don’t have an interest in the Quantum system and already have some other flash setup, you will still see some useful video here.

Qflash Academy

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Here are the contents of the two groups of videos on the page:

Quantum Qflash TRIO/PILOT – This one is the more hands on video showing interaction with models.
Intro: Trio Intro With Rick Ferro
Lesson 1: QTTL Bounce Portrait Indoors
Lesson 2: Auto-Fill Bounce Portrait Indoors
Lesson 3: Outdoor Fill-Flash In QTTL Mode
Lesson 4: Sunny Outdoor Off-Camera Portrait With HSS
Lesson 5: BareBulb Outdoor Portrait
Lesson 6: Lighting the Room With Wireless QTTL
Lesson 7: Two Light Portrait Using Manual And Auto Modes
What Is The Pilot?

Quantum Qflash 5d-R – This one shows the features of the flash. I thought this was simply just a marketing piece at first, but I ended up liking this because it goes into more detailed information.
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Qflash
Lesson 2: Getting Started with Qflash: TTL and Auto Modes
Lesson 3: Getting Started with Qflash: Manual, Program, and Strobo Modes
Lesson 4: Getting Started with Qflash: CAMERA SETUP Q&A
Lesson 5: Basic TTL On-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 6: More TTL On-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 7: Basic TTL Off-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 8: MoreTTL Off-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 9: Fill Flash made easy with AUTO more
Lesson 10: Fill Flash in Manual Exposure Mode

A friend of mine, Bipul, bought a ball head from Really Right Stuff and raved about it. I’ve been remiss in not checking them out more. They have some nice stuff.

I thought I’d point out their web site since they have a few videos online.

Here is one showing how to use the Really Right Stuff WPF-1 Wedding-Pro Flash Bracket.

Here is another showing the Really Right Stuff BH-55 Ballhead

The L Plate is awesome looking.

All are pretty sexy to me. Nice looking stuff. My Christmas list just got longer.

In search of a bargain? Here’s some Really Right Stuff on Ebay

The last portrait I took of my father before he died was at my niece’s wedding. Louis Ravetta, who always encouraged me with my photography, came along and let me use of one of his Canon EOS 5D cameras. I’ll always appreciate that. That allowed me to take my last portrait of my father before he ended up on his death bed. That picture is memorable and important to me.

Way too shortly after that picture was taken, Karen and Louis both helped me again at my father’s funeral.

I’m related to and quite fond of Karen and Louis Ravetta of Ravetta Photography. They shot my wedding as well as those of many of my family members and did a fine job.

So if you’re in need of a professional photographer in St. Louis, I highly recommend Karen and Lou Ravetta and their daughter Rachel. But again I’m biased.