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Neil sleeps with his speedlights ..

November 21, 2009

I want to share this hilarious clip, created by David Getson, a member on the Digital Wedding Forum where this was first posted. David has started to create animated clips about forum members that apparently are .. *cough* *cough* .. superstars. Thank you David – I had tears in my eyes from laughter. And I only wish I were half as good as this made me out to be.

(btw, the DWF is the forum to be on if you are serious about wedding photography.)

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14 Comments »

LOL. This made my night! Hilarious..

Comment by Brian — November 21, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
OMG just LMAO! And just what do you do with those speedlights under the covers? :-) ;-)

Comment by Libby — November 22, 2009 @ 2:12 am
This is priceless, I love the whole Tupperware guy thing LOL. Someone sure does like you Neil :)

Comment by Rene Skrodzki — November 22, 2009 @ 3:00 am
Is Neil the new Chuck Norris? :-)

Comment by Stephen — November 22, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
Oops, I hit Submit too soon. How much is an annual membership to DWF? The DWF website allows you a free trial, but it does not seem to show the cost. I don’t wish to sign up for a trial to find out. I guess that if I have to ask about the price, it probably costs too much.

Comment by Stephen — November 22, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
Hi Stephen,
An annual DWF membership is $129.00 a year and comes with some pretty sweet discounts that practically pay for the membership. There is also a 6 month membership for $69.00 and a monthly auto renew rate of $12.95. It really is a great resource for wedding and portrait photographers. Hope that helps.

Comment by Stephanie Zettl — November 22, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
Thanks for the kind words, Neil. I’m sorry to say that since I actually haven’t met you yet, this is my actual belief as to how you look and sound.

He’s right in that DWF is the place to be. It’s worth every penny. Great people and a great place to learn.

Comment by David Getson — November 23, 2009 @ 10:54 am
Many times – it seems to me – there is not a suitable surface to bounce off of. It is either a weird color or too far away. So in those situations the device does not work so well. Do others have a different experience?

Comment by Mickey Howell — November 23, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
Mickey .. I’ll be the first one every time to tell you that this device isn’t practical under every situation. It works very well when shooting inside with bounceable surfaces. I’d even go so far to say that when you are shooting indoors (even in fairly large rooms), that this black flag is the best thing to use with your on-camera speedlight.

But there are limitations. Obvious limitations. Such as being in an area where there simply aren’t any bounceable surfaces, whether in size, distance or color. Then you have to make other plans – whether direct flash with a plastic diffuser, or by using off-camera flash or such.

That said, it might surprise you just what things you can bounce your flash off outdoors, to improve a situation.

Neil vN

Comment by Neil — November 23, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
I love the part of it also serves as a “Shitty version of the sham-wow” Its early in the morning for me and I havent yet gone to piss, so this nearly sent me over the edge.

Neil gets very famous over black foamie thing.

Comment by David Amberson — November 23, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
Stephanie,
Thanks for letting me know about the cost of membership. Much appreciated!

Comment by Stephen — November 23, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
Neill can kick Chuck Norris’ *ss.

Comment by Rean Kriel — November 25, 2009 @ 1:37 am
Thanks for making my morning. I had the best laugh.

Comment by Sandra Ortiz — November 25, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
This just cracks me up. Thanks to the creator.

Neil, I just found your site, and am devouring it. It’s exactly what I want to learn. Many thanks for your clickable cross references. Very easy to find what I need to know.

Comment by Corinne — November 28, 2009 @ 11:26 am