Got the 580EX II this morning, was unimpressed at first as I am partial to monolights. I hooked it up with my PocketWizards and it wasn’t 100% reliable, not sure why, probably need a better sync cord between the 580EXII to the PW, I was using the one that came with the PW, I’ll turn off auto-power-off next time too, that might’ve been the problem. They should really make a Speedlite with PW built in!

I experimented with different settings and I remember Ming suggested manually setting the zoom head to a longer focal length while shooting at a much wider focal length. This gives you a spotlight look, which is a lot more interesting that regular straight-on flash. When I was really close to the subject I also had to tilt the head down (it goes like 2 degree lower than straight).

I’m starting to like the 580EX II, I can take spontaneous shots, without taking readings with a lightmeter. With my PWs I can also use it off camera with modifiers to provide higher quality light at an angle… The AF assist beam is badass too, helps AF immensely in low light conditions. Overall it’s definitely a huge upgrade from my 380EX. 🙂

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The 580EXII isn’t here yet, but the 380EX still works just fine…

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Sorry haven’t been posting daily photos every day recently, been busy with work and the new puppy…

Here’s a daily photo of Bear, actually Sherry shot this pic, but lighting setup and metering by me… 🙂

I ordered a 580EX II at last, so I just put my trusty 380EX + LumniQuest softbox up on eBay.

We got a puppy from a really nice breeder lady on YorkieTalk (yeah there is a forum for Yorkie lovers!), he flew in from Michigan this afternoon. His name is Bear, he looks kindda like a little bear imo. Bear is very sweet, he doesn’t bark at all, and he is tiny at around 2.5lb. He is a gorgeous yorkie and we are really happy we got him. 🙂

I managed to take some photos of him on my bed with my softbox, here’s the only one I’ve processed so far:

He’s on Dogbook too! I renamed my wifi ssid to The Bear Cave. 🙂

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Sherry spent hours today helping me organize and clean my apartment to prepare for our yorkie puppy Bear‘s arrival, he will be flying in from Michigan tomorrow afternoon! We miss Fee-Fee so much, he was such a good doggie. We got another yorkie coz we just love Fee-Fee so much! Yorkies are really special to us. Rest in peace my Fee, we will always love you.

I’ve gone through most of my Flickr and added more photos to Fee-Fee’s photoset, I also uploaded over a hundred pics from my Treo. I’m sure I still don’t have everything in there, but right now there are over 500 photos! (well some are family only and some are friends&family only).

Here’s one of him at Cypress Inn in Carmel:

Fee-Fee in Napa:

Fee-Fee looking at me from the stairs during one of my photoshoots:

His first airplane flight:

In one of my waywt (what are you wearing today?) pics outside my Santa Clara condo:

And another one of him helping me testing out my Alien Bee softbox:

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Hi Fee-Fee, we miss you and will always love you! Here’s a picture of you with the Hello Kitty toy from mommy, you’re hugging it right now coz Jen brought it to the hospital for you. Love.

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