Lighting Scenarios With D1: Using only the D1 for an Amazing, Old Fashioned Look

Lighting Scenarios With D1: Using only the D1 for an Amazing, Old Fashioned Look

• Watch Mark Wallace use two Profoto D1s to get an old fashioned look in portrait photography. He uses one D1 with a gobo to get this hazy, faded background while using another directly on the model; these two together separate the background from foreground for a distinct and crisp look.  
• If you would like to experience a full DVD-length education like this, check out Mark's Studio Lighting Essentials.

Photokina Booth Images Selection Three

JULY 30, 2012   FREDRIK FRANZÉN  NO COMMENTS YET

Photokina booth images, selection three: Tom Epperson & Tim Dalton

On May 22, we asked you to submit images that we can show in our booth at this year’s Photokina trade fair. The response was better than we ever could have hoped for. We got way more images than we can show and we consequently had to choose just a few. The final selection consists of images from previous blog participants as well as images from you, our readers.

We will present these images continuously here on our blog, right up until Photokina begins. Stay tuned. And to all those who shared their work with us – thank you! It is truly inspiring to see the stuff you create with the help of our gear.

These two images were shot by Filipino photographer Tom Epperson and American photographer Tim Dalton.

©Tom Epperson

Tom Epperson is a Manila-based photographer who shoots almost anything you can image. His portfolio includes everything from commercial jobs and fine art projects to intricate interior shoots and detailed food photography. Tom is simply put a man of many talents.

We interviewed Tom a while ago about a fashion shoot he did with the help of our Softlight Reflector – better known as the Beauty Dish. The interview was published as part of our ongoing series Light Shaping Tool of the Month, and the article is still available here.

Tom’s website is here.

©Tim Dalton

Tim Dalton lives in New York and dedicates most of his time and resources to commercial photography. When asked about the image he submitted, he replied:

“It is from a five page editorial I did for Lucire, a New Zealand fashion magazine. I had little time to prepare the shoot. All I knew was that the theme of the story was ‘gold’. Arriving at the set, I had no clear idea of what I wanted to do. I had to think of something fast and creative.

“Since there was no time to build a set and we had no props, I focused on the lighting. While the model was in makeup, I started to figure things out. I wanted the lights to shape the background, so I got a Profoto ZoomSpot to create shapes with a gradient effect. I carefully mapped out the shoot order, so the lighting worked throughout the story. Now, when you browse through the article, the lighting flows from one page to the next.”

What other products did you use?

“Beside the ZoomSpot, which I used to the create the effects on the background, I had a large Silver Umbrellaas my main light, which created a slightly broader range and sharper shadows and definition. I also had 2Softbox StripLights that I used for fill and to give the lighting on the model slightly more depth.”

Tim Dalton’s website is here.

Tim’s set up

PocketWizard Goes to the Olympics

Tags: Fabrizio Bensch, MultiMAX, Olympics, remote camera triggering, Reuters
Posted under news by Ron Egatz on July 25th, 2012. Leave a Comment »

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At the 2012 Olympic summer games, Reuters is trying something new: robots! Using a system they have been developing since 2009, Reuters will place eleven robotic cameras high in the rafters of the Olympic stadium, a point of view otherwise inaccessible to photographers.

The photographers will then be able to control the cameras remotely using a joystick and fire them via wireless transmitter. Pictures will be transmitted wirelessly into their editing system where they can then be sent out all over the world.

Click here to read the full article on Reuters’ site written by Fabrizio Bensch and see more photos of the robo-cam’s installation. In the shot below we’ve spotted a PocketWizard MultiMAX radio trigger helping to get the angles no one else will.

Nadav Kander on Portraiture

Settle in for an outstanding 13 mins on the philosophy of portraiture from one of the most interesting portraitists working today. (If you are not familiar with the work of Nadav Kander, you may want to take a look at his website [some NSFW] first.)

Produced by the National Portrait Gallery as a tie-in to the 2012 Olympics, this is by far the most detailed look I have yet seen into how Kander works. As a bonus, there are several still BTS shots showing his portrait sets.

Photokina Booth Images Selection Two

JULY 23, 2012   FREDRIK FRANZÉN  NO COMMENTS YET

Photokina booth images, selection two: Michael Muller & Michal Korta

On May 22, we asked you to submit images that we can show in our booth at this year’s Photokina trade fair. The response was better than we ever could have hoped for. We got way more images than we can show and we consequently had to choose just a few. The final selection consists of images from previous blog participants as well as images from you, our readers.

We will present these images continuously here on our blog, right up until Photokina begins. Stay tuned. And to all those who shared their work with us – thank you! It is truly inspiring to see the stuff you create with the help of our gear.

These two images were shot by American photographer Michael Muller and Polish photographer Michal Korta.

Nieuwe showroom!

Mamiya Studiopartners heeft een nieuwe showroom. Na zoveel jaar werd het weer eens tijd voor een frisse "look". In deze ruimte komt de apparatuur een stuk beter tot zijn recht en is er de mogelijkheid eens goed te kijken naar de verschillende  "lightshapers".

Zomertip! PocketWizard Plus III

Maak nu foto’s die u nog nooit gemaakt hebt, door middel van een remote camera setup. Verbind 1 PocketWizard Plus III met de camera via een speciale Pre-Trigger kabel, die op het afstandsbediening- contact wordt aangesloten. De 2e Plus III gaat op de andere camera of houdt u in de hand. Nu kunt u vanaf een veilige afstand, zonder verstoring, de dieren in hun natuurlijke omgeving vastleggen. Door een camera met groothoek dicht bij de paal te positioneren, ziet u het dier in zijn natuurlijke omgeving. Maar u kunt dezelfde situatie ook tegelijkertijd met een camera + telelens fotograferen, zodat het onderwerp “los” komt van de achtergrond.

Mola spotted

Mola spotted: Yu Tsai – Rose McGowan, Contributor Magazine

Spotted!

We spot a 33″ Mola Euro in this bts video by photographer Yu Tsai. Yu lenses actress Rose McGowan forContributor Magazine, and make it look a whole lot of fun.

and some of the stills below:

Art Streiber’s Paramount’s 100th Anniversary Photo

July 12, 2012  Ron Egatz   No Comments

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The old saying is “go big, or go home,” and Art Streiber seems to have taken that as his photographic motto. We’ve posted before about Streiber’s 57 strobe masterpiece shoots. Why should we have expected anything has changed?
Called in for Paramount Studios’ 100th Anniversary, Streiber went big to capture multiple generations of Hollywood royalty. Now get behind-the-scenes details with this new post by the talented guys at Fstoppers. In order to give 116 celebrities flattering, even lighting, Art needed 57 Profoto heads, 34 Magnum Reflectors, and a number of 7 inch grid reflectors and striplights. He fired everything with only five PocketWizard radio triggers!
As you can imagine, the planning for this shoot was incredibly extensive, but it was worth it. The shoot itself only took about 20 minutes. That’s what happens when pros are hired and they know how to go big. Happy birthday Paramount Studios, and congrats to Art Streiber, his team, and Fstoppers for their great article!
Read the entire behind the-scenes account and see more of Art’s work at his site.