This past Tuesday I attended a flash photography seminar and workshop in Denver put on my Neil van Niekerk. Neil in my opinion is the master of on-camera flash photography. He has an excellent blog covering all aspects of his technique, which I’ve been following for the past year.  It was great to get to know Neil and his assistant Karen throughout the day.

The seminar was the first half of the day and Neil lectured and did some small demonstrations of getting the most out of our on-camera flashes.  He also did an incredible job of showing how to misplace camera gear in a meeting room.  It was great to see someone else that does the same things I do and can’t remember where I placed my flash I just had in my hands 30 seconds ago. I walked away from the seminar with a preview of his upcoming book and a wealth of knowledge and I can’t wait to getting practicing.  I also came to the conclusion that my little Canon 430ex flash wasn’t going to cut it and I would need to invest some more money into a Canon 580ex II. Ugh, it seems like it is a never ending cycle to always need some new gear.

After lunch was the hands on workshop.  We started out in the lobby of the Colorado History Museum, worked our way outside, had some dinner on the 16th St Mall, took some more images on the 16th St Mall and finally ened up at Union Station.

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