Photo session – Modern Gypsies – Silver Birds
Photo session - Modern Gypsies - Silver Birds
Regular followers of Tangents, and everyone who has a copy of my book, off-camera flash, should be familiar with the Modern Gypsies. They are a performance group in Brooklyn and I count myself fortunate that I sometimes get to collaborate with them on promotional photos for them. It's always exciting to work with inspiringly creative people. At the start of the month, we got together for another series of photo shoots, of which this is the first of the four. I'll post the other sections in follow-up articles. The theme here - Silver Read more inside...Bounce flash with and without the black foamie thing
Bounce flash comparison: With & without the black foamie thing
One of the presentations that I gave at the After Dark event in St Louis, was (perhaps inevitably by now), about bounce flash photography. Part of this was a sequence explaining how the direction that you bounce your flash into, will define the light pattern on your subject. The black foamie thing helps in directing the light from your flash, especially if you want short lighting on your subject. And here is the comparison - with the black foamie thing, and without. Without flagging the flash, there is direct Read more inside...Digital B&W infrared photography
Digital B&W infrared photography
The ghostly beautiful infrared B&W landscapes have always drawn me. Something ethereal and other-wordly about them. So I'm not sure why it took me this long to pull the trigger on getting an infrared converted digital camera. But I end up buying a used Canon 5D mark II that had been converted to infrared. The conversion was been done by Life Pixel, adding a Deep B&W infrared (830nm) filter. They also adjusted the camera for 'universal lens calibration' to help with the focusing accuracy of the infrared light. Today was the first time I Read more inside...Off-camera flash vs. available light
Off-camera flash vs. available light
With this background, I liked the way the dots were repeated in Olena's dress in reverse - white dots on black, instead of black dots / holds on silver. I liked the repetition, and decided to work with the composition of this photograph a bit. For the final sequence of images - of which the image at the top is one - I asked Olena to really exaggerate the curve of her body to create an S-shaped, which in turn contrasted boldly with the rigid pattern of the background. This article's original title was going to be: Off-camera flash vs the Read more inside...Using off-camera flash on a photo shoot
Using off-camera flash on a photo shoot
Someone emailed me to ask a few technical details about this family photo session. How did you expose for the family photos? Was a soft-box used? Or did you expose for the shadows and use fill flash? For those who regularly follow the Tangents blog, the thought-process here should be familiar. Let's take a walk through the process. As described in the article, controlling bright daylight w/ direct off-camera flash, when trying to over-power the sun with flash, the best algorithm is usually: - maximum flash sync speed, - lowest ISO, - Read more inside...How do you meter for TTL flash & ambient light?
How do you meter for TTL flash & ambient light?
In taking these kinds of candid images, I set the camera so that there is enough light recorded on the test shots without flash. No real metering technique, but I judge by the LCD to see that there will be enough detail in the background. It is kinda the dragging the shutter technique, but not as specific perhaps. I just want some ambient light to register. Then I simply use TTL flash to expose correctly for any subject which is turned away from the main source of ambient light - the window. Without flash, these kids' features Read more inside...Studio photography – Creating sun-flare images
Studio photography - Creating sun-flare images
One of the sequences I photographed of Anelisa for the video clip of a photo session in the studio, was to create this kind of sun-drenched flared image. I wanted it to look bright and airy and summery. There was a studio flash behind her to (partially) create the flare. I had to keep adjusting my movement just so that the flash-head wouldn't be entirely hidden, or entirely revealed. There was a total of four flashes used, and the pull-back shot shows their positioning. Read more inside...Models with advice for photographers
Advice for photographers from models - how to work with models
An article by UK model, Jen Brook, caught my eye. She wrote a long piece where she gives advice on how models would like to be treated during a photo shoot - Dear Photographer - kindest regards, Model. xxx You'd think that this advice is just common sense, but from my own experience, I have realized that some photographers just lack people skills ... or disregard models and don't realize that a photo shoot really is a collaborative process. This also reminds me of something that Ulorin Vex said about how a Read more inside...Photographing the wedding processional with extreme bounce flash
Photographing the wedding processional with extreme bounce flash
As mentioned in the article on photographing the wedding processional, in my opinion, the wedding processional in the church is likely the most challenging part of the day in terms of our technique. People are moving towards you - admittedly at slow pace, unless the bridesmaids are nervous. Then they can easily just zip right up to the front! The light levels are low, and the light is most likely uneven. Adding flash to this is a reliable way to get clean open light on your subjects, but bounce flash can be a bit of a Read more inside...- « Previous Page
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