about 11 months ago - No comments
Last week I had my first real band shoot… Read on to see the photos the story behind them… They are called Lagerloudz, it’s supposedly German for “loud drunken idiots”… Even if you don’t like the music, you gotta like the name The band plays what they affectionately call Glam Metal. Remember the eighties heavy
about 11 months ago - No comments
Why you don’t need mono-blocks… Related posts:Grammar Girl
about 1 year ago - No comments
The guys over at lightenupandshoot.com gives us yet another tutorial video on off camera flash portraits. Related posts:Dave Black shoots surfing with speedlights Lighten up and shoot dot com… the Backpackers studio Understanding studio lighting + update to the “free video tutorial” page How to use EOS Utility with Lightroom 2 to get your photos
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
I wrote a post recently regarding my use of this process and thought it would be prudent to give you guys a little write-up on to set up the software to get the job done… The main reason to do this is to get your photos on a large screen immediately. If you’re using Lightroom 3,
about 1 year ago - No comments
Had an idea pop into my head the other day which involved getting 5 people to sit still and look into the lens… not a problem…. yeah right… When I started doing this flash photography thing I had a lightstand, one shoot-through umbrella, a ttl cable and one flash.. You can do a lot with
about 1 year ago - No comments
Found this video on youtube.com… the images aren’t that great, but the idea for a cheap way to do some interesting photos has really inspired me.. Now I gotta go find a magic-arm somewhere… Anyone know where I can find one, maybe a knock-off version of some sort? Related posts:Behind the scenes video & flash
about 1 year ago - No comments
These guys have amassed quite the following online since their series of BTS videos (Behind The Scenes) where they show of their work, how to do it, and give us gadget freaks a run-down of the stuff in their bags. Working out of South America Andy & Mikey give us their take on the tricks
about 1 year ago - No comments
I like Dave Hill… you wanna know why I like him? read on to find out why… Dave Hill has a lot of videos out on Vimeo with behind the scenes, and I thought I’d show you one of them here: Here’s the end result Related posts:Getting that Dave Hill look to your photos using
about 1 year ago - No comments
Dave Black does it again, this time he shows us how its done when shooting Surfing from the peer… Ever since Mr. Black had his photos showcased on strobist.com there has been a flurry of slightly negative comments regarding how you could have done all this with a monoblock light source… In an attempt to find
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
Reading one of the many danish blogs, fotograftips.dk, I came upon a video starring Dave Black, a sports photographer specializing in strobed sports photography. It was featured on the site to showcase the RadioPopper system being able to convert the Nikon/Canon infrared system into radiosignals for bright daylight or longer distance shooting. Five days later
I rave about this guy all the time, but apart from his weird fixation with dinosaurs he really knows what he’s doing…