Comments on: workshop view: Denver, CO

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:17:13 +0000

I received some wonderful feedback via Frances Marron's blog. And it is even more of a compliment to receive such comments in the same breath as mention of the workshops and seminars by David Jay and Alt-F.
All three were really amazing in very different ways. The lighting workshop with Neil was technically so stimulating, it was ridiculous… It was like all the lighting classes I ever took at Brooks years ago rolled into one “way” that is like a magic ‘answer’ to some of the main lighting issues wedding photographers are almost always faced with. So, that is completely awesome! And night shooting?? Bring it on! Neil, thank you so much, you are a great teacher!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:14:04 +0000

Neil,

Thanks for everything. Your clear, concise presentation was a pleasure.
I came away with a working understanding that will enable me to grow
and develop.

All the best,

Eric

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:46:25 +0000

Thank you for allowing AAron and I to be a part of these workshops.
I had fun and learned a little bit about lighting. :)

If any of you need to use me as a model again, it would be my pleasure.
http://www.modelmayhem.com/AndreaFuller
http://www.modelmayhem.com/698230

Thank you.

Andrea

By: Damian Brown

Damian Brown — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:11:36 +0000

That book MUST be published, I expect it will be the DEFINITIVE word on flash photography, bold statement but it’s how I feel.

Keep up the hard work Neil!

By: AAron

AAron — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:08:51 +0000

hay Neil, had a lot of fun working with you for your denver workshop.. hope you had good trip home.

here are the links to my photography and modeling pages on MM..

http://www.modelmayhem.com/358460 photo

http://www.modelmayhem.com/359680 model

cheers,
AAron

By: Mark Mortensen

Mark Mortensen — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:42 +0000

Neil…

Incredible seminar/workshop! I enjoyed my time a lot and have walked away with a lot of worth while information. Thanks for opening up the second workshop or else I wouldn’t of been able to attend. I too have made a blog posting that you might enjoy. http://www.markmortensen.com/photoblog/?p=59

-mark

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:06:30 +0000

Scott …

It is true that setting a correct (or pleasing) WB isn’t critical with RAW, but it helps speed up my post-production workflow if the images are correct WB (or close to correct.)

If I don’t have to edit the image, that saves me time.

More importantly though, I want groups of images to have the same WB, even if not completely correct. This way I edit groups of images instead of individual images, which would’ve taken much longer.

So the decision to set WB to a specific setting, has more to do with the speed of workflow.

Neil vN

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:20:25 +0000

I am surprised that you speak about white balance settings when shooting in RAW because My understanding is that the setting makes no difference in RAW, only when shooting with jpegs when in camera processing is performed. Can youexplain?

I too am very intersted in your book.

By: Scott Roeben

Scott Roeben — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:09:16 +0000

Hello! Just discovered your great blog today! What an amazing resource. I’ve scoured the Web, but unfortunately there aren’t a lot of great sources of information about flash photography, which to me is the area of photography that presents the greatest challenges. I’ll be checking your blog daily for more insights, and I’ll be blabbing about your site to all my photographer friends. Great job, and keep up the wonderful work.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:02:12 +0000

Harry …

As mentioned in the posting … ;)

“Our models were lit by on-camera flash that was bounced off a shop wall.”

Neil vN.