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Off-Camera Flash Overpowering Ambient Light
Over the weekend, I was on a shoot on the Brooklyn waterfront. It was very windy outside so I had Alice help secure the light stand so as not to be blown away. While we were changing things up, I thought I’d fire a quick shot of Alice adjacent to the umbrella and have it appear as if she was popping out of the blackness, even though there was plenty of daylight. I set the shutter speed to 1/2000 and wham-o! The ambient was killed and we got the shot. This was greatly facilitated with the aid of the Pocketwizard FlexTT5′s high speed sync capabilities, however there are other ways around this if your flash cannot sync past 1/250th. Just a fun quick shot and I hope you guys get out there and experiment with your speed lites too!
Quick Tip from the BEACH – Tips for taking photos on the beach
I just landed from my trip to Ft Lauderdale Florida where I got to spend some time on the beach. While I was out there sitting on the beach getting stressed out that I was just sitting around, I decided to make a video.
The Quick Tip I decided to focus on was taking pictures on the beach and a few do’s and dont’s. Now I know I only gave a few tips but I think they are tips that should be kept in your mind for when you may have to shoot on the beach.
The first tip has to do with when to shoot and when not to. There are times where the spray from the ocean is thick and is sticking to everything. This is not the best time to take your gear out as the misty wet sand will end up not only on your lenses but possibly in your camera. If you really need to shoot in this type of environment my suggestion would be to use one of those ThinkTank Photo Hydrophobias and to put a UV or CP filter on your lens.
The Hydrophobia will protect your camera from the fine sand particles and sticky mist that is flying around. The UV or CP filter will protect the front element of your lens and take the brunt of the sticky sand for you. The idea is to protect your camera and lenses at all costs on the beach.
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Weekend Update – New Weekend THEME is “RIDES”
I am in Florida visiting my grandfather this weekend but I still wanted to share with you the NEW WEEKEND THEME. As you see from the video above I have this pretty cool blue mustang rental for a few days while I am here. That gave me the idea of making the new theme “RIDES”.
Keep in mind this does not mean that you must shoot cars as there are plenty of things that fit the theme “RIDES”. You have mopeds, motor scooters, kids toys, amusement parks even a teeter-totter.
Lets see what you come up with for the weekend of May 5th and 6th. As always you can shoot your images Friday-Tuesday and in order to be part of the Top 5 contest to win a BlackRapid the images must be uploaded before Thursday 6pm.
Being that I am away this weekend last weekends theme of “Low Angle” will be uploaded at the end of this week along with the Top 5 form “RIDES”.
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Barry Yanowitz interview and photo chat
Download the audio podcast here to listen on the go!
I met Barry Yanowitz a few years ago thru Flickr and a local group of Brooklyn photographers. Barry’s work thru that time has always been inspirational to me thru his ode to the greatest city on earth, New York City, and the people that he seems to magically capture in his photos.
Barry exercises extreme patience. He scopes his locations and makes a point to return when the light is just right. He waits for those decisive moments where there’s just enough to add to his photograph that takes it from good to great. He understands composition and loves the interplay with lines, shapes, shadows, light and reflections. He’s also not afraid to shoot in the extreme cold or rain.
Edit This RAW File Week 74 – Piercing
This week we see this NEW RAW FILE 74 to edit as well as your RAW Edits of the week 73 Skee Ball.
What will you do with this weeks RAW file of the young lady with the interesting holes in her face? Will you go traditional or will you go totally extreme. Either way have fun with it and be sure to post it in the Fro Forum.
This week you will get to see both Adam and my RAW EDIT of the Skee Ball image just like old times. We sit down and discuss the differences between both of our edits.
CLICK the images below to access this weeks RAW File
