We are pleased to announce that my first book “Nikon Speedlight Handbook” is now available for purchase. In this book I show you how to achieve outstanding results with Nikon Speedlights – from simple one-flash bounce techniques to complex set-ups with multiple flashes and modifiers. Sequential shots are paired with descriptive text and pull-back images...
Category Archives: zettl musings
Favorite Photography Books
Considering I have an ever growing collection of photography books, it was no surprise that I was asked to give some advice about what a fellow photographer might want as a gift. I have photography books about every thing from the technical to artist portfolios, from street photography to high fashion. As I was compiling...
Portraits I take for myself – my grandfather at age 92
I close my eyes and I can see it. The office walls were always covered with news clippings, photographs, sales reports and random cartoons or quotes. The desk was rarely neat and it was often stacked high with papers. This is how I always remember my grandfather’s office. Whenever the family went to Kansas City...
Why am I a photographer?
I had that conversation again today – that conversation that questions why I am a photographer. But this conversation was just a bit different. I still maintain that I will always be a photographer until the day I die. I will always have a camera in my hand. I will always be on a...
Zettl Photography featured by PocketWizard
Going to get all geeky about photography equipment for a moment… I love my new Pocket Wizard Flex system for Nikon. It gives me a great deal of flexability and reliability when working with the Nikon flash system (which in my opinion is second to none) I even had the opportunity to write about the...