What exactly does strobist mean?

Ha, that's all.

Well in the most basic sense it's a site started a guy where he shares great information about flash photography techniques.

However somewhere along the line the term strobist itself became a term for all sorts of on or off camera flash which to me is just the dumbing down of the practice by using silly catchphrases to represent something that's a really old concept.

http://www.strobist.co​m

In other words, flash photography.

a strobist is a photographer that uses strobe lights to create his/her work

just like a violinist is a musician that uses a violin to create his/her music

It's the excellent blog run (the link is in above post) by a Ex-Baltimore Sun shooter to help us less uninformed photographers learn to use our camera flashes in the same manner that big studio strobes are. Now it seems that anytime someone uses a strobe off camera it is the "Strobist Style", which I suppose it is, but the term is getting way over used, much the same as 'awesome'.

Jack

AB8ND wrote in post #6092382
It's the excellent blog run (the link is in above post) by a Ex-Baltimore Sun shooter to help us less uninformed photographers learn to use our camera flashes in the same manner that big studio strobes are. Now it seems that anytime someone uses a strobe off camera it is the "Strobist Style", which I suppose it is, but the term is getting way over used, much the same as 'awesome'.

Jack

Awesome explanation!

Aeth wrote in post #6090972
In other words, flash photography.

Specifically, with the flash not mounted on the camera.

stugotzo wrote in post #6094095
Awesome explanation!

I should say using the term "awesome" - like 'this photo is awesome' or 'this pie is awesome'. Sort using the terms "your know" or maybe "like". People in general (including me) with such small vocabularies the they get stuck on a word or phrase .

Jack