Controlling light with Matthew Jordan Smith Celebrity/Fashion Photographer.

Matthew Jordan Smith takes a few minutes out of his busy day to talk to you about how he controls light. Learn some insider tips about lighting from a seasoned, talented pro. Matthew takes you in the studio and outdoors to talk about some lighting scenarios, metering ratios and how he chooses light shapers. Learn more about Matthew and his work at MatthewJordanSmith.com, on his Blog, Facebook and Twitter.

Vincent Laforet on Sekonic and Light Metering

Published by Sekonic

The award-winning photographer and HDSLR filmmaker talks about how controlling light through precise metering plays a crucial role in the production process on a motion picture set.

VIDEO: Sasha Leahovcenco Shoots with Profoto for Vater Percussion

AUGUST 10, 2012  RON EGATZ   NO COMMENTS

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The boys at Fstoppers have posted a story about this little gem.

At an abandoned sugar mill in Sacramento, California, Sasha Leahovcenco works with accomplished drummer Mike Johnston to shoot an ad for Vater Percussion. Making the most of the unusual location, Sasha creates two set-ups, one using natural light and another using Profoto Acute2’s and a BatPac.

For the Profoto setup, Sasha uses a beauty dish and a grid as the main light and a 5’ Octa as fill. Several othersoftboxes are placed in the background to act as rim lights. Sasha leans precariously over a 20-foot hole in the ground to get the shot. The result is worth it.

Watch the video above to get a behind the scenes look at the shoot and see more of Sasha’s work his site.

Behind the Scenes

The Pocketwizard site is also a great source for "Behind the Scenes" videos.

We liked them so have a look!

http://www.pocketwizard.com/videos/behind_the_scenes/

VIDEO: Jeremy Cowart and Kris Kristofferson

AUGUST 07, 2012  FREDRIK FRANZÉN   NO COMMENTS

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This is the fifth Master Series video featuring Jeremy Cowart. In the first video, Jeremy talked about his artistic portrait of singer/songwriter Imogen Heap, the second video focused on his humanitarian projects, the third video featured Jeremy talking about his favorite Light Shaping Tools, and the fourth video focused on the content of his trusty travel kit.

In this video, Jeremy takes us behind the scenes of his shoot with living legend Kris Kristofferson. This time Jeremy went for a classic portraiture look. He also decided to keep it quite simple, using only a Softbox 5′ Octa, a Snoot and Zoom Reflector with a grid. The result speaks for itself.

There are no big secrets involved here. All you need to do is to light it properly. Watch the video and learn how.

Light Shaping Tool of the Month: TeleZoom Reflector

AUGUST 01, 2012  FREDRIK FRANZÉN   NO COMMENTS

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Aveqia | ©David Bicho

Each month we take a closer look at a certain item in Profoto’s assortment of Light Shaping Tools. We have previously covered the Umbrella XL, the HR Lantern, the Softlight Reflector, the Softbox 3×4’ RF, the ProRing 2, the Zoom Reflector, the Giant Silver and the Softbox 5’ Octa. This time we will take a closer look at theTeleZoom Reflector.

The TeleZoom Reflector is hardly the most well-known Light Shaping Tool out there but it has its devotees nevertheless. Swedish photographer and lighting instructor David Bicho is one of them.

“When I show images like these to my students, the first question I get is usually: how did you light that? When I tell them I did it with flash only, the second question is: how did you do that? What do I need to create such depth in the light? Now, the reason that they ask is that many photographers would use a couple of softboxes and put the lights right next to the subjects. But if you look more closely at these images, you can see that the people in the foreground are lit exactly the same way as the people in the background. The light covers much more distance than a softbox ever could. This is more like sunlight, right?”

TeleZoom Reflector

Canon & Nikon Firmware Release

Great News! 

Our software engineers have been hard at work to bring you the latest ControlTL
firmware for Canon and Nikon camera systems. The new firmware updates are being released after several weeks of beta testing. Both Canon and Nikon firmware updates offer Compatibility with New D-SLR cameras, Added Support for the Sekonic RT-32CTL system, Optimized Rear Curtain Sync Utility Control and several other tweaks. These updates continue to improve and enhance the PocketWizard ControlTL system and add value to MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 shooters.


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