Meet Ali Hohn & Save Money or Win the NEW Rock that OCF e-Book
I had the pleasure to get to know Ali Hohn at a photographer get together a year ago in Minnesota. She now has her own e-book on Off Camera Flash. You can win this book if you are the lucky name drawn at random from the comments section in my blog (this Saturday). Just answer the question, “what is your most favorite and least favorite light to photograph in?” Anyone who comments can also use the code “mcp” to get $20 off – making this $95 book only $75.
Here is a little about Ali…
Q: How did you first get interested in Off Camera Flash?
A: A while back I started noticing photos that just seemed like there was something else to them. I couldn’t figure it out so I started researching. I found out that people were using off camera flash in their photos and I seriously loved it. I was so amazed at the color and the depth and just the pure uniqueness about it. I was determined to learn. I had a 430ex flash and that was it. Once I found out that they were using flashes I was seriously scared. I mean I had a flash in my bag that hadn’t been used in over two years. I didn’t know how to use it and I was scared to even try it. So, I forced myself to learn. I actually read the manual and figured out how to shoot with it on manual mode. I ended up buying cactus triggers and figured out how to trigger them. I had done a lot of research on how to do off camera flash and I even had a friend try and show me but I was just dumbfounded. I couldn’t figure it out no matter how much I read on it or someone tried to show me. Each senior session I had I practiced with them. I did not know what I was doing and then one day it just finally clicked with me. The first photo you see of the girl holding the flower was really the night that it finally clicked.
Q: What inspired you to write a guide for photographers on Off Camera Flash?
A: So, after that I started writing everything down. I got to go to a coffee shop without my 2 year old and just started writing. I had no idea I would eventually write a guide. I just started to do it. I started showing my photos to my online friends and people were asking me a ton of questions. The more questions they had for me the more I wrote in my book thinking this will be able to help a lot of people. So some 80 pages later I finished.
Q: Who is your target audience for this e-book?
A: This guide is really for someone who wants to learn how to do off camera flash. I mainly talk about how to shoot with your flashes in manual mode but I also cover the other ways you can do off camera lighting and the different wireless trigger systems that are out there. I have a lot of examples of photos and also links to gear. I am not a technical person at all. Every time someone tried to explain off camera flash to me it just pretty much went over my head. It went in one ear and out the other because my brain just froze. I am such a visual learner and a hands on kind of girl. I had to do it myself. I made this guide as easy as I possibly could for the very beginner in off camera flash. Every time I had a suggestion about what to put in the book I did. It’s very easy to understand and if you are a visual learner like me you will get this in no time!
Q: Can you show us some examples of your work?
A: Here are examples of my work from early work until present of my experience with Off Camera Flash.
Q: For those wanting to learn more and purchase your guide, where can they go?
A: Just click on the logo below to learn more…
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favorite light: morning. least favorite light: bright mid-day sun (I’m scared of it!)
I also like & dislike evening sun because a) it’s beautiful, but b) you lose it so quickly. Knowing how to use an OCF, like Ali, in the evening light is an exciting possibility!
My favorite light is sunshine through a window… it’s just magical! My least favorite light – tungsten/fluorescent bulbs.(Or a hodgepodge of all kind of lights because someone didn’t use all the same kind, like I dealt with a couple of months ago.)
Favourite Light: Late afternoon, early evening with that golden glow to form perfect backlighting situation that I am still yet to perfect but I will keep practicing. Least Favourite Light: Harsh Australian midday light like today where they are predicting it to reach 40 degrees (C) not (F)!!! I will be staying inside to keep cool in the air conditioning!
My least favorite light is direct sunlight. Although you can make it work for some amazing lens flare.
My favorite light is about 2-3 three hours before sunlight. The light gets better as the sun goes down.
I can’t wait to start learning about off camera flash so that I can shoot a night. Oh I can’t wait!
My favorite light is light at dusk and light on overcast days. I don’t like indoor light with fluorescent bulbs.
My favorite props are hats and food.
Favorite light is natural window light… my least favorite light is sunset..only because it’s the most difficult for me to nail.
Fav: Sunset light. Hate: Fluorescent.
All light, especially the beautiful one from God, and my least is gymnasium light
My favorite light is early evening and it always seems that I am still wanting to shoot after the sun goes down so learning to use an OFC would be awesome! Least favorite is outdoors mid-day with no shade.
favorite light: late afternoon, least fav: high noon!
My most favorite light to shoot in is early morning, right after sunrise – so warm and creamy, like melted chocolate. Yum! I absolutely hate full noon sun in the summer. Too harsh and bad shadows. The only way to compensate is good color balance and a fill flash. Would really love to learn more ways to use off camera flash. Hope I win!
My favorite light is the early morning light or late afternoon. The least favorite is definetly the light right in the middle of the day and also the lack of light you get indoors when you don’t have the indirect sunlight from the windows.
Favorite….late afternoon. Least favorite is any high school gym! Would LOVE to learn how to use my off camera flash!!!
From my short experience being a natural light photographer…
My favorite light is the last hour and a half before sunset up to about 15 minutes after sunset. *happy sigh*
My least favorite light is fluorescent overhead lighting in a basement “home” with a 5×7 “window” that was supposed to fill the room with natural light.
Favorite light: evening light (though I am learning to love my OCF a little more.) Least favorite light: Flourescent indoor light–like some churches seem to have.
favorite: golden sunset
least favorite: high noon harsh shadowy light
Least favourite light is definitely at night time, closely followed by inside with little light – I am terrified of having to try and use my flash (-:
Least favourite light is definitely at night time, closely followed by inside with little light – I am terrified of having to try and use my flash (-: and favourite is mid to late afternoon!
My favorite light is overcast day. My least favorite light is harsh sun. Very nice images above with the ocf.
Late afternoon golden light is my favorite. Least favorite is between 10a-2p or where there is fluorescent light.
i just love overcast days , my least favorite bright sun and snow. LOL Canadian girl here !!!!!!!
Favorite light: early morning or late afternoon
Least favorite: no light and sometimes my speedlight (light)
This would be perfect to have so I can learn to love my speedlight!
My favorite light is overcast. It’s so easy, although I really love the lighting in pictures taken around sunset. They have an extra “oomph” to them that I just love!
My least favorite is full sun, and I am trying to get better at it! I have three young children and I don’t want them to think that the sun never shone throughout their entire childhood! 
Thanks for the contest! FUN!!
Favorite light: early morning and sunset
Least favorite: the harsh light at noontime
I’ve just found your blog and spent way too much time reading backwards… the OCF technique has always alluded me… I’d love to learn!
My favorite light to shoot in would probably be that gorgeous natural early morning light! Either outdoors or streaming in through a bunch of big windows!! Love it!!
For me I find the worst light situation to be areas with allot of dappled sunlight and harsh shadows!! It drives me nuts having such inconsistent lighting so either I use some sort of fill flash or I avoid it like the plague!! LOL
My favorite light is outside, early evening or inside my studio where I can control the light. My least favorite is mid day harsh sunlight. I’m so intrigued by this OCF…just may become my new fave!
Worst light is my 580 EX II speedlight – I canNOT figure out how to master this thing!!! I’ve had it for over a year and have never gotten good results from it. I would LOVE the chance to win this and finally get some use out of it!! My favorite light is bright overcast days by the beach and that golden 1/2 hour before sunset.
most: early morning (like 7:30)- hard to get people out of bed that early
least: full sun- stinks trying to find a shady spot!
Fav. light…. when you are lucky to find a great pocket of light. Least fav… high noon and fluorescent lights.
My favorite light would be almost sunset…natural light. Least favorite is flourescent lights and dark! But I can tell this book would change the dark one at least!
Favorite light is towards evening especially in the colder months, and least favorite is the “unusual” lighting I often run into in indoor settings like a gym or in a library.
My least favorite light is night time, inside my tiny house.
I get horrible “flashy” pictures and since i work full time, the only time I have to practice is at night, in my house.
Most favorite: the last hours before sunset. Heaven!
Least favorite: icky, green-y, yellow fluorescent lighting
My most favorite light is just before sunset (like most I’ve read here) and my least is dimly lit churches that won’t allow flash!
Most favorite light is the light the helps me get the color CORRECT IN CAMERA.
Least favorite light is the light that screws it up IN CAMERA!!!!!!!!!
Favorite light: Natural light early in the morning or late afternoon, least favorite light: Tugsten light inside churches.
Least favorite light is indoor…favorite is outdoor. Pretty simple.
Most Fav: cloudy mid-day; Least Fav: anyplace dark – inside or out!
Favorite: early evening! Least favorite: indoors at night.
thanks for sharing – Ali’s work is great!
my favourite light to photograph in is early evening – natural light, outdoors. my least favourite? definitely top of the day bright sunshine!
My most favorite light is just before sunset when the sun is not so harsh. My lease favorite is mid-day, I just don’t know how to shoot in the middle of the day.
My most favorite is evening and my least favorite is mid day or indoors
. OOOOH… I hope I am picked!! I would LOVE this book. Thank you so much for doing this. It is so great of both of you!
Most favorite: Late afternoon/evening and dusk
Least favorite: Mid-day
Oh Pick me!! I love Ali and her work!!
Ok most favorite……last 10 minutes before the sun stes and shooting the light back lit…..it’s a true recipe for yummy golden perfect light!
Worst light……dappled light from trees…..very hard to work with!
My most favorite light for some reason is my bathroom lighting. I want to take every picture in there. My least favorite lighting is…well, I can’t think of my least favorite. But if I have to give an answer, it would be harsh sun.
My favorite light is early morning!! My least favorite is indoor gymnasiums. My daughters are both in competitive gymnastics and the lighting at the competitions is horrible!!!
My most favourite light is just before sunset when the light is nice and soft. Worst light – would definitely be midday light and inside light with high iso.
My favorite light to shoot in is the warm evening light before sunset, and my least favorite light is bright mid-day sun.
My favourite light is outside in the sunshine. Grey days are so blah to me, I end up post processing the dickens out of my pics. My least favourite light is in a room with lights set up trying to take portrait shots, I have yet to have any success with that.
Favorite light; about an hour before sunset. least favorite; bright midday .
Favorite light: Overcast days, sunrise, sunset
Least favorite light: Harsh sunlight surrounded by anything highly reflective
Favorite light is afternoon.
Exciting to see such beautiful pictures with OCF. Favorite light: right before sunset, least favorite light: night time in the house.
Oh my, how I would love to learn more about OCF!!!
Most favorite light: Summer, pre-dusk sunlight
Least favorite light: harsh noon sun with no clouds
most favorite light: 1 hour before sunset.
least favorite light: tungsten or fluorescent lights
Most favorite light: near a window on a sunny day. Least favorite light: sun directly overhead.
most fave light: early in the morning. least fave light: low-light either indoors or outdoors
Favorite is soft evening light… least fav is high noon with no shade in sight! lol!
This OCF ebook looks very interesting!! Would love to have it!! hope! hope!
Hope this not post twice…
My fav is the soft evening light and least fav is bright sun with no shade in sight! Would love to have the OCF ebook… looks very interesting! Hope… Hope…
Most favorite light: Fall evening just before sunset
Least favorite light: flourescent lights
I would love to win this book. Thanks for giving us so many opportunities!
My fave light is just prior to sun setting. My least fave is theatre or gym lighting.
My favorite light to photograph in is early winter around 9am at the beach when its clear and sunny. My least favorite light is bright midday summer sun – hard to avoid crazy shadows. Can’t wait to check out this book!!!!
Fave light: Studio flashies! Most disliked lighting: late twilight (w/out flash) Love your work!
My most favorite light would be 10 minutes after the sun sets. I always seem to take some really great photo’s at that time. Especially by the beach. My least favorite would be inside in the evening hours. I always have problems with my lighting then.
Favorite light: right before sunset Least favorite: middle of the day
Favorite Light: My dining room in the early evening
And twilight just about anywhere.
Favorite light: right before sunset
Least favorite: Midday
This is rather late, I sometimes miss certain days and don’t get the great stuff till its too late. My least fav light to shoot in is full sun, beach with wet rocks and glare this is where all my families want to be photographed since we live in Maine the coast of maine. WOW why does everyone want the beach? PS is it too late to get the discount on the book?
favorite light is the light right before sunset. The last ten minutes until dusk. My least favorite is mid day light around noon with a bald blue sky.
most favorite: 1/2 hour before sunset least favorite: broad daylight, noon
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Least favorite light: Indoor ceiling…
Most Favorite: The hour before sunset…
My favorite light to shoot in is just before dusk
and least is noon day light
i love this off camera flash, it gives the photo a fresh look, than the average joe. The only thing that i dislike is, that takes time and practice to learn anything new.
favorite: just inside a front door or on a porch
least favorite: indoors with multiple light sources (tungsten and fluorescent, for example) – white balance is a nightmare!