Traveling Lite
In preparation for my recent road trip to the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion and then Las Vegas, I toyed with the idea of bringing my studio lights. They weren’t that heavy right? How much would the airline overcharge me to bring them? Maybe I could ship them ahead of me via FedEx? Maybe I could rent them there? But after considering the effort, security of the places I would be staying and practicality I opted for my speedlites (4 x 580EX II) instead.
Profoto BatPac Issue
After testing it is our assumption that when the Acute 2R fires, the flash heads power draw is so great that the BatPac can not supply enough electrical charge which effectively turns off the Acute and the built in Pocket Wizard receiver. With the receiver memory now cleared, during re-charge the Acute pack has to re-learn the Pocket Wizard transmitters code again. FLASH, nothing, learning, nothing, learning, nothing, learned, FLASH, unlearn, nothing… You get the point. Perhaps this is a defective BatPac and Profoto USA is looking into that possibility but if not Houston we have a problem that will have to be addressed.
Christmas in July: Profotos are Enroute
I started my photography career as a natural light disciple. Waking at pre-dawn to take advantage of the best possible light, I would curse cloudless skies and midday sun. Soon I began manipulating mother nature with filters but was increasingly growing tired of the solitude of landscape work. But I am grateful as that period [...]
The iPhone for Photographers is COMING!
I love my iPhone. I have been without it only for about 30 hours in the past 3 years. On two occasions I left it home, said no problem I won’t be out long. Then said who am I kidding and turned around to get it. Once I left it but could not turn around [...]
CS5: QUANTUM Leap Forward
For the past 3 days I have been playing with the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 and it is BLOWING MY MIND. As a location photographer I am constantly challenged by my surroundings and making compromises. “What a beautiful scene if only for that light post, man, building, telephone wire, fence and on and on.” I [...]
My Day with Joe
Having signed up as soon as the class was announced, THREE MONTHS ago, I painfully waited as the days counted down to Joe McNally’s Location Lighting seminar. I have long admired Joe’s work in ESPN and National Geographic and have read the Momement It Clicks and The Hotshoe Diaries more than a dozen times constantly [...]
Hit & Run
In addition to my fashion and event photography I also work for a regional magazine called 110. I can honestly say that once you do editorial and journalistic work everything else seems like a piece of cake. When I first started I was given 3 editorials consisting of 2-4 images each. On my first assignment [...]
Canon EOS 7D vs EOS 5D Mark II
FROM CAMERATOWN: Side-by-Side ISO Comparison The introduction of the new Canon EOS 7D has created quite a stir in the photography world online. The new advanced features, such as 8fps continuous shooting, improved auto focus, wireless speedlight control, 18-megapixel resolution, 100% viewfinder coverage, electronic level, and the ability to select the video frame rate while [...]
Picasa 3.5
Picasa 3.5 is out with face recognition & geotagging? Apple & Google can do this but Adobe can’t??? Picasa 3.5, now with name tags and more Today, I’m happy to announce that we’re releasing Picasa 3.5, a new version of our free photo editing software. This version gives you the ability to add name tags [...]
