October’s first number of workshops were two dates in Philadelphia and then a workshop in DC. As with the other workshops on flash photography, the focus was on getting the best results from (mainly) our on-camera speedlights in various scenarios, whether …
for a simple headshot, approximating short lighting such as we’d get in the studio, or …
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… finding interesting backdrops of the city at night, and figuring out ways to bounce flash off other surfaces.
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It is always interesting to find all kinds of lighting challenges in the various venues where the workshops are held. In this instance, an exercise in balancing bounced flash indoors, against a brighter outdoors scene .. while not getting your own or your flash’s reflection in the window.
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Here are some images from the afternoon session where we also worked with manual flash using softboxes. (Images courtesy of Russ Meseroll.)
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Thank you to everyone who attended and also our models.
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Hi Neil,
Lovely models and very excellent images. Forgive my ignorance but what power supply are you using for your stobes? As usual, thanks for sharing. I only wish I can attend your classes. Regards and all the best to you.
Comment by Dennis — October 20, 2008 @ 7:58 am
Comment by Neil — October 20, 2008 @ 11:49 am
Thanks again Neil…great workshop and learned a ton!
Comment by Craig Single — October 20, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
This was the most informative workshop I have attended. What an Awesome Learning Experience. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your personal time helping me. :)
Comment by Kimberly Cressman — October 26, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
Just wanted to drop another note of thanks for the workshop last month. I had my first wedding since your workshop and put a couple things into practice and the results were great. The main thing I was using was bouncing the flash into the reflector…worked brilliantly for several formal images as the sky grew dark very quick and the light sucked. Also use the black foam a lot more and bounced it like crazy with the “where would I put the softbox” mentality.
Comment by Craig Single — November 3, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Dennis ..
These are the power-packs I use with my speedlights (and Q-flashes)
Neil vN
Comment by Neil — November 15, 2008 @ 1:48 am
Hi Neil,
You’re site incredibly informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Just curious, what setup do you have there for the monopod+softbox combo. I’m very interested in setting something similar with my 580s.
Comment by Ronnell — December 18, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Comment by Neil — December 18, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Neil this was one of the best and informative workshops I have attended ever – this opened up a whole new world of flash photography for me – thanks for sharing and great web!
- Russ Meseroll
Comment by Russ Meseroll — March 8, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
What is that you’re holding in your hand?! Is that a meter? But you shoot digital, why do you need that?!?!
Just kidding. I have one too. It’s fantastic!
Comment by Marc W. — May 22, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
Comment by Neil — May 24, 2009 @ 10:16 pm