Epa and the text-ing and facebook-ing Voice Activated Lightstand

Epa modelled for a photography outing held in Barebone Studio in Saujana Impian Malaysia recently. The session was cut short by a sudden drizzle

Lighting info:
Nikon SB-900 with umbrella as main, ‘bare headed’ Nikon SB-800 as hair/keylight, SU-4 mode.
The Nikon SB-900 triggered via a Pocket Wizard radio triggering thingies

The VALs can multitask like crazy, positioning the lights and text and facebook-ing at the same time whoah!

Behind the scenes video of a photoshoot with female model Amber.

This shows the use of one strobe and a large semi-bare light source. In this case, a White Lightning X3200 shot through a 48″ octabank with the front diffuser removed.

orbis™ ring flash episode 003 – kickbox shoot

The orbis™ ring flash, available at www.orbisflash.com, in action at a photo shoot of a kickboxer. Includes the advanced tip of using the orbis™ as a small softbox for directional lighting effects at close range.

Look out for episode 004 on orbis™ ring flash techniques, coming soon.

A while back I interviewed Italian fashion photographer Massimo Zanigni, after I’d spotted him posting some very polished, beautifully shadowless photography to the orbis™ ring flash flickr group. It turns out he’s a pro photographer who scored an assignment for a big Italian fashion label, Magilla, shooting none-other than gorgeous Italian celebrity Rafaella Fico. You can read the interview we did here.

The other day, excited to be using his new orbis™ arm, Massimo emailed me to let me know about three behind-the-scenes videos from the Magilla campaign. I thought you’d be interested to see them, so without further ado you’ll find them below. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to shoot a beautiful model in a stunning Venetial palace with an orbis™, you’ve come to the right place. Bravo Massimo !

(via http://www.blog.orbisflash.com/?p=301&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OrbisFlash+(orbis™+Ringflash+Blog)&utm_content=Google+Reader)

Photoshoot by Speedotron 1500 Explrorer portable Power

for myspace mugshot Series.

Here’s some Photosample by speedotron 1500 explorer :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/publish9/sets/72157611905882406/

check it out . and some video.

Behind the scene + Verymyspace Series 31, DEC, 2008 from kanghee, Lee on Vimeo.

Behind the scene + Verymyspace Series 31, DEC, 2008


June(SKEWARCH) shoot seaon

You can check more Photoshoot with Speedotron 1500 Explorer in this vimeo account :

http://vimeo.com/publish9/videos/page:4/sort:newest

This my  series called ‘myspace mugshot series

I think photographer in the picture is ‘Terry Richardson’

file name is “pirelli-2010-12-shooting-nude_sotong”

I’m curious about that photoshoot’s  output

ideal horizon studio Lighting setup .

(via http://commercialphotographystudiowales.co.uk/)

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“close your eyes” Project with Ringflash

Yay set-up shots!
Big thanks to andy for assisting
[Honolulu, Hawaii] {11/8/2009}

24mm f/2.8

Lighting infotet
you figure it out =P
Triggered with RadioPopper Jrx’s

www.jeremysnell.com

(via http://www.flickr.com/photos/jermfestphotography/4096989327/)

see this stunning Stop Motion Music Video Shot with Pro-8a Air Strobes

16,000 Still Photographs and Razor-Sharp Lighting Critical Success Factors

“We chose the Profoto Pro-8a Air generators because of their incredibly short recycle time, short flash duration, and consistent color temperature”

The old “Lights! Camera! Action!” verbiage took a different twist recently when New York-based Richard Patterson produced and directed a music video about Iranian rock band “Hypernova” using strobes instead of continuous lighting.

“Sinners” by Hypernova is a fluid stop-motion video created by Producer, Director and Director of Photography Richard Patterson. The video is unique in that it’s composed of 16,000 individual photographs. Scenes were lit with up to ten (10) state-of-the-art Profoto Pro-8a Air flash packs with Profoto Light Modifiers as principal light sources. The camera was a Canon 1D Mark III camera shooting at 10 FPS and a PRO Steadicam rig utilizing a RedRock Micro DSLR camera support system.

“We chose the Profoto Pro-8a Air generators because of their incredibly short recycle time, short flash duration, and consistent color temperature”

says Patterson, “and the fact that this strobe could keep up with the 1D Mark III at 10 fps for 45 seconds intervals. This extraordinary capability aided in creating the unique fluid motion of the video. The high output also illuminated the large factory that serves as the video’s principal location.”

Pro-8a Air lighting packs were used along with Profoto Light Modifiers (Strip Banks, Light Sticks, Zoom&Magnum Reflectors, ProGlobes, and an 11-foot Giant Reflector). The packs were synchronized using the new Profoto Air Remote. This allowed Patterson to adjust each light individually or all ten packs at once. One to two flash heads were connected to each pack. T stops (F stops) ranged from 2.8 – 4.5 to maintain shallow depth of field.

The Canon 1D Mark III was chosen because it’s the fastest Canon camera on the market that would take advantage of the speed of the Profoto Pro-8a. The file size compression was set to medium jpeg. This setting allowed for 45 seconds of continuous shooting before the buffer activated and provided a large enough file size to produce a 1940×1080 HD movie format. Lexar 300x 4 gig compact flash cards were used for their fast recording speed.

Audio playback was used on each take and a cinema slate was used to indicate the verse and time code. Mike Isler provided all digital wrangling and technical advice on location.

The RedRock Micro DSLR camera support system was used on top of a PRO Steadicam operated by Mike Fuchs. The Steadicam helped achieve the fluid cinematic look of the piece. The RedRock system provided stability to the camera setup and allowed for a Barteck follow-focus to be utilized.

Primary shooting took place at River Clark Studios in Hoboken, NJ over 18 hours in late May 2009. The secondary elements and inserts were captured later in Miami using the Canon 1Ds Mark II and Profoto Compact 600 WS lights. Marissa Adele provided the styling and aided in the creative direction of the visuals.

Postproduction was a massive undertaking and supervised by NYC editor Christina Burchard and guided by colorist / photographer Ryan Enn Hughes of Toronto, ON. The images were organized and divided into individual takes using Photo Mechanic. Final Cut Pro was used to edit the movie sequences. Because the Canon 1D Mark III shoots 10 FPS, a XDCAM 1940×1080p of 30 frames per second was selected, ensuring that the individual photographs played back with fluidity once in the timeline. Compositing and Flame FX work was added before the final edited piece was graded using Final Cut Color in Canada.

Equipment:

- Lighting: Profoto Pro-8a Air / Profoto Light Shaping Tools
- Camera: Canon 1D MarkIII, 1Ds Mark II&Canon 5D Mark II (BTS)
- RedRock Micro DSLR setup
- Lexar Compact Flash Cards
- PRO Steadicam rig
- Apple Mac Pro towers&Apple Cinema Displays
- Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Color

Crew and Cast

Band – HYPERNOVA: myspace.com/hypernova
Producer, Director, Director of Photography – Richard Patterson
Lighting Design Director – Cliff Hausner
Creative Director&Stylist – Marissa Adele
Editor – Christina Burchard
Steadicam Operator – Michael Fuchs
Tech Advisor – Mike Isler
Colorist – Ryan Enn Hughes
Flame Artist – Abdullah al Mamun
Compositor – Susan Cox
1st AC – Marcos Herrera
2nd AC – Peter Lau
BTS Camera A – Ab Sesay
BTS Camera B – Maria Gonzales
Location Manager – River Clark
PA – Nadiah Hamzah
PA – Sasha Hofmann

Video Sponsors

Profoto Lighting
RedRock Micro
Canon, USA
Livebooks, Inc

To view the original and behind-the-scenes video please visit www.Profoto.com For more info on the Pro-8a Air and Profoto product line visit www.Profoto.com.

original contents by http://www.profoto.com/pro-8a-video

Karli Black  Setup

Lighting Information:

For these pictures I was shooting Karli on a white seamless paper background illuminated with two Elinchrom D-lite 4 studio flash heads. I also had three SB-28’s, one hand held as a hair / rim light and two shooting though translucent umbrellas as a main and fill light, all triggered by PW’s. For some of the pictures we also used a room fan to get some movement in Karli’s hair and flowing skirt.

Picture here: Karli Black Dress Full Length Front Flowing Skirt

Learn how to light: strobist.com

UsedGear :

SB-28 fired through translucent umbrella by PW for fill.

Elinchrom D-lite 4 fired on full power by PW at background.

SB-28 fired through translucent umbrella by PW as main light.

human lightstand holding an SB-28 with a yellow filter for hair and rim light.

Talented Photographer Ted adnan’s Lighting workshop picture
from flickr

using beauty dish

Michael Quack Visual Pursuit Trash The Dress Duesseldorf Germany 2

Photoshoot video by  Hensel Porty 12

Documentation of a Trash The Dress wedding photo shooting with pro photographer Michael Quack from Visual Pursuit, based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Michael takes bride and groom to field and makes full use of the lighting power that Hensel Porty Lithium 6, 12 and Premium Plus deliver. He uses Hensel EH Pro Mini heads, beauty dish, ring flash and 9″ reflector type M. Canon 5D MkII, EF 4.0/17-40mmL. Note how the pale gray sky with little detail is enhanced by pure flash power and a polarizer. No postprocessing except for a little curves, Michael does as much as possible in camera and not in post.