Working Smarter: Light Weight Lights
Available Light
by Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University Photographer
Not long ago, carrying lights on location meant dragging large cases full of big studio strobes, heavy-duty light stands, modifiers, soft boxes, and hundreds of feet of extension cords. Most publications demanded transparency film, often in medium format, and that required a lot of light.
New technology has reduced [...]
Swimming At The Derby
Okay folks, here is my formula, my blueprint to dealing with rain. First, let’s start with me. I like wearing khakis instead of jeans because they’re lighter and quicker to dry when they get wet. I also like wearing polyester athletic-type shirts for the same reason. They dry quickly. Even with good rain gear, between [...]
Elevation
There is a distinct difference between angle and perspective. I think of angle as the direction in which I shoot a picture. The perspective is how I tweak the angle. For example, am I shooting down low, up high, or using something in the foreground or background to frame my subject with. Perspective can also [...]
Lighting A Server Room
I thought I would answer Wes Browne’s Listserv question about doing portraits in server room, by showing an example of my own. I did this photo back in the fall at Gray Construction in Lexington. This particular shot was actually a test shot that turned out to be an accident, because one of my lights [...]
Missed Call…Missed Moment
by Tim Webb
March 6, 2010
I’ve been covering the 11th Region Basketball Tournament for the Lexington Herald-Leader this week. For any sports photographer who loves to cover sports, the biggest shot you can ever make is the photograph that captures THE moment. The decisive moment. The game changer. That one moment in time that defines the [...]
Using Speed Lights Outside
By Tim Webb
March 3, 2010
Being an OCD Freak, I like having full control over my photos, even if it means packing more equipment, such as strobes. I’m slowly but surely moving away from my trusted White Lightnings and making the switch over to Speed Lights for my location shoots.
I shot my first complete wedding [...]
Son of a *&^%!!! Why won’t this thing woooork??!!
January 27, 2010
by Chris Radcliffe
Let me first say, the firmware updates and the strange little “ninja shield thingy” for the newish Pocket Wizard TT5’s have improved the range and reliability a great deal. But, when I was assigned to make a portrait inside a radio station studio… i was foiled again by those tricky little [...]
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