Screen­shot from strobox.com

Just dis­cov­ered Strobox.com, a web­site linked from Life­Hacker this morning.

Fan­tas­tic!

I find the use of flash one of the most chal­leng­ing aspects of pho­tog­ra­phy, and I have said as much in the past. Strobox.com allows you, the bud­ding pho­tog­ra­pher, to browse or search for par­tic­u­lar light­ing setups and see how other do it. You can also upload your own creations.

A com­mu­nity writ­ten light­ing and flash pho­tog­ra­phy recipe book effectively.

They even have a free iPhone App to help you dia­gram your var­i­ous light­ing setups.

BTW: Exam­ple in the screen­shot above is an excel­lent Fam­ily por­trait from David Pinker­ton Pho­tog­ra­phy.