This weekend I was shooting a stills and video job and, after we finished the still pictures, the client was surprised that all I did for the video segments was change to the fluid head video tripod and break out the lighting and sound gear. He was surprised to find out that high-end Canon DSLRs [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Polaroid Fields New Dua Still/Video Light
Posted by chris on October 31st, 2011
Posted in Articles 
Tags: dua, external flash, polaroid, still photography, video lighting, video mode 
No Comments »Lighting For Wedding Photography
Posted by chris on October 28th, 2011
If you’ve ever seen a wedding photographer with a single flash mounted on the hot shoe of the camera, you can guess that lighting arrangement isn’t going to give them much latitude or a lot of creativity, regardless of how good the camera and flash combination may be. In some situations there is no alternative [...]
Take Better Halloween Pictures This Year
Posted by chris on October 26th, 2011
Halloween has to be my favorite time of year to take pictures. Colorful costumes worn by highly inebriated people with very few inhibitions. Sounds like a photographer’s paradise to me! Those of you with kids will also want to take lots of pictures of your little hell raiser. Here are my tips for getting better [...]
Posted in Articles Tags: creative lighting, external flash, ghoul lighting, halloween photos, hell raiser No Comments »Prints Still Rule In Digital Age
Posted by chris on October 24th, 2011
Even in the era of digital photography, prints still rule. It’s hard to made a photo album out of digital prints or frame them on your desk. For sure it can be done with digital picture frames, but those are expensive and prone to the same kind of failures as any other digital display device. [...]
Lytros Taking Pre-Orders For Light Field Cameras
Posted by chris on October 21st, 2011
Lytro, developers of the “light field” imaging sensor, have announced their first camera offering starting next year. Right now the only trick the light field technology can produce is shifting the point of focus in a picture after you take it. That’s a neat trick to be certain, but I’m hoping that light field technology [...]
Canon Announces Powerhouse 1D X
Posted by chris on October 19th, 2011
If you’re in the field of photography and you heard a loud bang yesterday, that was Canon’s announcement of the new 1D X, which landed in the photography world like a Texas-size meteorite from space. In an unusual move for Canon they announced the product before it was available in stores. Likely trying to head [...]
Four More Tips For Shooting Outdoor Events
Posted by chris on October 17th, 2011
I spent the day covering a musical event for a customer today and was reminded of some sanity tricks I have picked up over the years. Outdoor events with a stage pose unique problems, even if you have an access pass. Most of the time you’re going to be below the act, so most of [...]
Wireless Flash Triggers Explained
Posted by chris on October 14th, 2011
You see them in almost every photography video in a studio, the little transmitter on top the camera that fires the flash. Wireless transmitters are a modern convenience that are big improvements over the older infrared flash triggers which were line of sight. Now it’s possible to hide flash units out of sight behind the [...]
Top Tricks For Getting Great Poses
Posted by chris on October 10th, 2011
Part of getting good portraits is getting your subject to relax and show genuine emotion instead of merely striking a pose. There are many books on how to pose people, but not as many on how to get them to show emotion in an uncomfortable situation. I’ve put together some of my tips for getting [...]
iPhone 4S Offers Camera Upgrade
Posted by chris on October 7th, 2011
The Apple faithful were mildly disappointed that the long awaited iPhone announcement turned out to be the iPhone 4S instead of the much anticipated iPhone 5. While it wasn’t everything iPhone fans were hoping for, the model did have some interesting upgrades to the camera capabilities. The camera in the new iPhone 4S is one [...]
