The second setup for the Strobist Sports Portrait shoot was a one light setup outside. I used the same White Lightning 1600 with the 7″ 20 degree grid outside in the beautiful clear day. It was bright out there! The plan for this shot was to “over power the sun”. That big ass White Lightning [...]
One of the goals that I had during the Pin Up shoot last weekend was to create a “Fantasy Moon Pin Up” image and I was able to complete that goal. Below is the final result. I’m pretty happy with the final image.
I experimented with the final processing in different colors and tones but [...]
Sorry that I’ve not been active posting for some time. I’ve got a huge project in the works and it’s been taking almost every free moment. I hope to make it public in the next month or so. So stay tuned, it’s gonna be good!
That said, sometimes you’ve just got to take time and [...]
I worked with Mike H. (MM# 1436925) to create some Sportrait (Sports Portrait) shots. The weather didn’t allow for outside shooting so we did a simple back drop and created some hard edge light shots using strip boxes with grids and a large umbrella fill. We used a fold out black backdrop and exploited the [...]
I had a great time hanging out with the people from the Northern KY Wedding and Portrait Photographers meet-up group on Sunday. The organizers setup a very cool meet-up where 7 photographers setup “advanced lighting” shots and then demoed them to a group of about 35 area photographers.
First, I’d like to thank Jason and [...]
Sometimes the obvious just dawns on you and that’s what happened to me. I realized that you can use a single RadioPopper JrX Studio to control two Alien Bees with one receiver. All you need is one phone splitter and one long phone wire. You can use the shot phone cord that comes with the [...]
I shot a horse today. Yep, a horse. It was fun. I brought out the big gun and fired away! Bam, Bam, Bam – 7 frames / second! You gotta shoot a hores in bursts like that because horses are FAST!
Actually I visited a friend who has a wonderful horse named Cooper that he [...]
Here’s a quick tip for us RadioPopper users. Consider using color to match your RadioPopper JrX Studio transmitters power adjustment knobs. Identifying color is much faster than looking at dip switches and numbers are too hard to see from any distance away. The label is just colored electrical tape. I matched the receiver to [...]
Just a little reminder for those of you that may have forgotten. One of the most basic and important things I’ve learned about photography is that when you’re using flash, ambient light is controlled by adjusting shutter speed. Flash exposure is controlled by adjusting aperture. Tweaking ISO lets you adjust the range of the Shutter [...]
Wow, we had a great time! I’m already looking forward to the 2010 get together at the lake. This year, like last year was filled with tubing, skiing, and eating. I’m still working that off! Besides spent lots of time on the water, we able to just making up for lost time. Oh, [...]
