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- DINFOS Pt. 2: Flash in the Pan
Peer pressure can a dangerous thing.
Normally, I am a manual flash kind of guy. But you hang out long enough with McNally and a bunch of CLS'ing DINFOS shooters, you start to feel the itch to experiment a little...
So, here we were earlier this month in the woods learning all this lighting stuff from McNally. All of the DINFOS folks are firing away like Joe with their lights on full CLS auto, and I am sticking with my manual techniques.
The time seemed as good as any to experiment, so I grabbed one of the Combat Camera folks who was dressed for he occasion, and asked if I could do a shot while moving through the woods.
CLS takes a lot of the head-scratching out of this kind of shot and really makes it pretty easy. All you really need to remember is to choose your shutter speed based on the amount of pan you want while walking through the woods.
For this look, I chose 1/15th of a second simply because it looked best on the chimp screen after a few quick test shots. Set at ISO 200, that shutter speed gave me an aperture of f/16 for saturated color in the woods.
I set the on-camera flash (an SB-800) to act as a Master, and pointed it towards the remote flash. That flash would be moving along with Robert, my subject, as it was being held by a voice-activated light stand named Matt.
The flash's exposure worked fine on straight TTL, but it would also have been very easy to do on manual. You just choose a flash-to-subject distance, and dial in a power setting that gives you f/16 at ISO 200. As long as you do not vary that distance too much, you'll be fine.
The trick to positioning is to move that flash around a little past a straight profile shot -- slightly rim-lit. Looks a lot better that way. I have exaggerated the diagram a bit to make the point.
Everything moves together -- subject, photographer and light. You just follow along and shoot, with the strobe helping to add both light and a sharp anchor to your pan. I chose this one because a tree trunk was behind his head which made him pop even more. You do not even have to look through the camera with a wide-angle lens. Just zone focus, and aim from the hip. That way, you can keep yourself form running into a tree.
Here is a setup shot -- basically a one-light studio on wheels:
The cool thing this is is just how quick and easy it was to set up. We did just one trip down and one trip back. Just 30 yards or so each way. Soup to nuts, it was about two minutes -- and we had several good shots to choose from.
Honestly, it's so much easier than it might look at first that it is almost criminal. This is a technique I have been tumbling around in my mind for quite a while now. As you can see at left, there's no reason your VAL would have to actually hold a flash, either.
This way their concentration could lay elsewhere. Like not running into a tree.
You could even work up a two-light setup for road bikers or runners, too. If you were shooting manual, you'd just want to keep those distances relatively constant.
Using the added light helps to shape and define your subject in a moving situation. And as you can see, it will also make the critical parts of your pan shot are tack sharp.
Just remember your flash balancing basics: Shooting into the brightest part of the ambient helps to avoid ghosting, and gives the most control over your range of ambient-to-flash ratios.This is a full RSS feed post from Strobist.com, the off-camera flash blog. This month's feeds are sponsored by:
Переслать - Announcing: Shoot! The Day, New York Seminar and Strobist Stone Soup
Lotta stuff in this one, but it is all tied together. You'll especially wanna make the jump if you live near NYC. But there is also lots for the other folks, as well.
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Shoot! The Day and School of Stock
The PhotoShelter guys have been whipping up something really cool, and I am very happy to be involved with it.
Basically, they have spent the last several months researching what, exactly, photo buyers are looking for right now. Then they have distilled this info (and much more) down into an online resource called School of Stock.
If you are even remotely interested in shooting for stock (RF, RM or micro) this is fantastic stuff. There are tutorials both from the perspectives of buyers and successful shooters. I read through them all last night, and it's really good info.
Having identified under-served areas in the stock libraries ('cause, you know, that's where the money is) and created a how-to-shoot-better-stock school, they are orchestrating a mass, one-day shooting event. It's called Shoot! The Day, and it is happening on July 20th.
In S!TD, people from around the world will be shooting in teams to create exactly the types and genres of photos that thousands of buyers are looking for. No one has ever done anything like this before on such a scale. And for those of you looking to get into shooting stock there could not be a better opportunity.
Groups are forming up based in various cities around the world. All you have to do is register for the PhotoShelter Collection (free) and the Ning-powered forums (fora? - also free) where the groups are organizing. There will already be geographically-based groups signed up. If you see one form your area, join up. If not, start one.
There are prizes involved for the really kickin' groups, too. And I would suspect you guys will be well-represented.
If you are local to NYC, there are some cool events happening there, too. I will be teaching, along with several other photogs. You have to apply to be selected (by portfolio) to participate in one of the free classes, which are structured around various themes. I am teaching a still life class, likely because Grover has seen my craptastic follow-focusing skilz.
New York Strobist Lighting Seminar: Sat, July 19th
Seeing as I will be in NYC for the S!TD, time for another lighting seminar.
We'll be at ShootDigital on Saturday July 19th. It will be a similar format as the previous seminars (although hopefully not as hot as in Dubai).
Registration will open on this site at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Sunday, June 22nd. Please do not call Shoot Digital for more info - it will all be right here. This one will probably sell out pretty quickly, so I'd be on it ASAP if you want to attend. Dress is ridiculously casual.
School of Rock: Strobist Stone Soup
I am almost mad at myself that I did not think of this idea sooner. I am heading up to NYC on the 17th, in advance of the seminar and S!TD. Therefore, I have one free day in NYC. (Don't tell Missus Strobist, please...)
Stone Soup is a play on the old folk tale, wherein someone comes to town and facilitates something of value happening by cobbling together something from nothing.
I am looking to shoot something while in NYC on Friday, July 18th. And reading this post, I presume, are some people with some cool connections in NYC.
Hmm... what could we do?
Here is what I offer: A one-on-one shoot in which you assist, and we make some cool photos in an environment in which you have access. I provide the shoot, you provide the idea/access, and your contact/connection/etc., provides the subject matter.
Are you a firefighter? Are you in an acting troupe? Is your roommate a mime? Or have a pet albino tiger? I dunno -- you tell me.
Let see what comes in, and I will choose a shoot for Friday, July 18th - time is variable. Figure a couple of hours at the most appropriate time for all involved. We get to shoot and learn, and the subject gets use of the hi-res photos for whatever means they wish, except for third party commercial use.
Use it for the wall? Fine. Publicity? No prob. Website? Cool. Annual report? Yep. Give to Nike for an ad campaign? Um, have them call me on that one.
Who knows - we might get something interesting. Only way to tell is to try. And I hope that this will be a model for others doing this kind of thing, ad hoc, as a way to bring photographers and subjects together.
If it works, I will be doing a write-up on it and putting days aside for repeating this idea on future trips. If not, we'll just pretend it never happened. If you have an idea to throw out, do it here.
Let's see what comes in.
And please, don't stick the stone soup suggestions in the comments of this post. Using Flickr makes it open, and gives me a way to contact you. It is fast (and free) to sign up.This is a full RSS feed post from Strobist.com, the off-camera flash blog. This month's feeds are sponsored by:
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Переслать - Waterproof Digital Cameras for Paddling and Water Sports - A Shopping Guide
This is an update of the article originally posted in August 2007. What is the best camera for paddling? There is no simple answer to this question. With a proper care and protection you can use almost any photographic gear when paddling a kayak or canoe. However, as a casual paddling photographer I would like a digital camera which is
- compact, so it can be carried in a pocket of my life jacket and is easy accessible
- waterproof to survive splashes, rain, eskimo roll, but I am not going to dive
- capable to shoot video in addition to decent quality still pictures,
- relatively inexpensive, so I can deal with a risk of loosing or damaging it
I have assembled a shopping guide for available cameras which seems to fit into the above criteria:
- Pentax Optio "W" models
- Olympus Stylus "SW" models
- GoPro Digital Hero 3
- Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 camcorder
Of course, these are not only options available for a paddler. I have not covered here any point and shoot camera available with waterproof cases like many Canon
models. However, these cameras are typically more bulky and more expensive than Pentax Optio or Olympus Stylus discussed here.
It seems that all weather or splashproof cameras offered, e.g., by Olympus are less popular than waterproof models. There are also other video options including waterproof bullet cameras connected to a camcorder protected by a waterproof box or simpler devices like Oregon Scientific Action Cam
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How many photographers prepare an annual business plan. This is a great idea to measure your results over the year and the next 5 years. I am currently updating my annual plan and 5 year business plan. As photographers, like other business owners, we some times loose focus and move all over the map. Business [...]Переслать - Le roc II
Переслать - Sony slashes HLV-F36AM flash price by $100
I just noticed that Sony has sliced $100 off the list price of the HVL-F36AM flash unit over at Sony Style. The F36AM has carried a list price of $299, ever since Sony acquired Minolta’s assets and re-badged the Minolta 3600HS(D) as the Alpha HLV F36AM. Today, the Sony Style page has a line through [...]Переслать - Le roc
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Переслать - Family visits Naomi in rehab
When Naomi was in rehab a couple of weeks ago, my sister visited with her two beautiful, energetic daughters. We sat out the front for some fresh air, and the girls happily entertained themselves.Переслать - Marée basse II
Переслать - A Flash of Inspiration
It's spring, and that means "Athletes of the Year" photos for many newspaper sports shooters. We get that same assignment every year, and with it the challenge to make the photos look new and different.
Naples Daily News shooter Greg Kahn came up with a novel way to capture the movement of his subjects this year by using an inexpensive continuous light source that can be found at any Home Depot -- rope lights.
Check out his blog post on how he did it, and be sure to click to see to the paper's swett-lookin' final layout.
(Thanks to James for the heads-up in the comments!)
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