About the Author

David Hobby is a photographer and founder of the Strobist.com lighting blog.

David formerly worked as a photographer with The Baltimore Sun and is the author of the Strobist.com lighting blog, a site that promotes lighting techniques, such as off-camera flash, with an emphasis on practical knowledge and do-it-yourself techniques. Strobist.com was named one of the "25 Best Blogs of 2010" by Time magazine. A former staff photographer with The Baltimore Sun, Hobby studied photojournalism at the University of Florida.