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New Party of 5 dates announced for the first quarter of 2009:
January 13th
February 10th
March 10th.
Details here. It's very possible that these will be the only Party of 5's I do in 2009 as I have a full summer of weddings and lots going on with the [ b ] School. I will not be doing any formal workshops in Vegas during WPPI... just fun social events (details soon). Sign up now for a crash course in kicking ass! |
I just got an email from my friend Marcus Bell who is seriously one of my favorite photographers of all time. Based in Australia, many consider him to be one of the top wedding photographers in the world. If you look along the right side of his blog, there are some free online seminars as well as other resources for photographers. Marcus is a Lightroom Guru and has plenty of good info to offer photographers and his work is downright inspiring.
BY THE WAY, Marcus has some D3x Sample Images on the his blog for you Nikon people to drool over! |
We had a great time out in Calico last week and finally got around to editing the video footage I shot. I had a One to One training on Final Cut Express this morning at the Apple store in Irvine, and this is the first video I shot and edited all by myself in Final Cut. Go easy on me! I'll get better with more practice!
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People have been sending in their photos, so I just wanted to post a few of my favorites. You can probably see more images inside of the SoCal Day Tripper's Club or on the respective photographers blogs.
Also, If any of your [ b ] Schoolers have a GTG, an photo field trip, or any kind of social gathering and there is photos and/or videos, please let us know and we'll give you some blog love!
Back Row (left to right): Jackie Wonders, Carly Taylor, Chris Diset, Shauna Couri, [ b ], Jenny Smith, Heidi Ryder, Brian Dreisbach,
Front Row: Paul Edward, Joe Photo, Hanssie Trainor, Matthew Saville, Kurt Hilmerson and Rafael Delgado |
My good friend Joe Photo, started a Day Trippin' Photo Field Trip Club inside of the [ b ] School and we are going on our first outing, this coming Tuesday, November 11th and we wanted to extend the invitation to any photographers in Southern California (or those willing to come to SoCal next week). The point is to go out and shoot for the love of photography, and not just because we get paid to shoot. Joe embodies that principle as well as anyone I can think of. I also love to social aspects of hanging out and chatting with other photographers for the day.
We are meeting in the parking lot at the Irvine Spectrum at 9am, out in front of Barnes and Noble then we are headed out to the Calico Ghost town in the desert. It's a $6 fee to enter (bring cash) and also bring a few buck to kick in for gas for those who end up driving. Pack a lunch, or bring lunch money, then we will most likely head back later in the afternoon and grab dinner somewhere at the Spectrum. Details on dinner will be posted via my Twitter.
You don't need to be a [ b ] School member to attend, but you might as well click the link below and sign up anyway! ;-) |
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I think a lot of people will agree that flash photography is the trickiest thing to master. While I don't claim to be a master, I have been getting very consistent results with my on camera flash photography (and available light reception photos).
I wanted to share and explain some of the images from my last wedding.
Just to give y'all a peak at the room, you can see it a clear top tent, so not a lot a lot to bounce off of. They did have some spot lights, some of which cast crazy patterns on the dance floor (and some of the dancers - I tried to avoid shooting people in that light).
Camera: Canon 1Ds Mark III
Lens: 24mm/1.4 and 50mm/1.2
Flash: 580 EX II with a big Flip-it
ISO 1000, 1/15 @ f/3.2 |
| I love this shot. ISO 1000, 1/8th of a second, f 2.8, flash bounced off the wall of the tent, 24mm/1.4 Canon lens: |
| 1/15th at 3.2, 24mm, flash bounced off of my Flip it, tilted slightly forward. |
| again with the Flip it, ISO 1000 1/40th at f3.2 |
| Available light, 1000 ISO, 1/60 f2.0: |
| available light, 1000 ISO, 1/40 @f/2 |
| flip it, 800 ISO, 1/25 @ f1.6 |
Any questions?
****UPDATED****
I figured I'd answer some of the questions from the comments here since not everyone reads the comments.
#1- I do not use a tripod or monopod. The images are sharp even at the slow speeds, because the flash duration is so short that it just freezes the action the split second that it goes off. There wasn't enough ambient light to blur the image.
#2- It says right in the post... I use the " big" flip it.
#3- There is no post processing as far as the noise goes... the 1Ds Mark III just handles the high ISO's pretty well.
#4- No flash exposure compensation. E-TTL
#5- Front curtain sync.
I hope that helps. |
Special thanks to Photoshop Guru Ray "Mr. Cool" Prevost for this weeks lesson. He'll be back next week with another episode.
In the mean time, you should really check out his site below if you are hungry for more no nonsense, in depth tutorials at a fair price. |
| I can't believe I never blogged this. Here's the quick answer for how I create my signature style relaxed portraits: |
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