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exposure metering – shifting exposure settings

September 26, 2010 Neil vN 16 Comments

exposure metering - shifting your exposure settings by counting the clicks

When shooting in consistent light, and I have a specific exposure setting that is correct - then changing settings to a an equivalent exposure  is as easy as counting the clicks. These clicks on your digital camera - whether aperture, or shutter speed or ISO - change the exposure by 1/3rd of a stop. You can then simply count these up and down to get to an equivalent exposure with a different combination of settings.  Read more inside...

pin-up photography

September 23, 2010 Neil vN 21 Comments

pin-up photography - white on white

I had the great pleasure last night of attending a meeting by the Hudson Valley Click - a lighting and photography group in the Hudson Valley area of NY. The motive behind their meetings and photo shoots is to bring photographers, models, makeup artists, hairstylists and fashion designers together on monthly themed events. All designed for learning and portfolio building. My friend Peter Salo invited me to the 50's style pin-up photography session that was held last night in Sandy O'Shea's studio.  (Sandy, thanks for allowing us to create  Read more inside...

pin-up style photo session – Jessica – a hot day

September 22, 2010 Neil vN 16 Comments

pin-up style photo session - a hot day

Continuing on with the pin-up series with Jessica, we decided on the concept for this session as 'A Hot Day'. Skimpy summer holiday clothing; ice cream; a fan (with the blades made whirly in Photoshop) .. and incongruously, one of my cats walking through the set, looking for attention ...  Read more inside...

Wedding day portraits – Simplifying composition for effect

September 19, 2010 Neil vN 23 Comments

Wedding day portraits - Simplifying composition for effect

With this article I want to reinforce the idea from a few recent posts about being very specific about your composition. By simplifying the image, we have greater impact. We include only what we need to include in the frame to enhance it.  Just as important, is what we exclude:  Read more inside...

recap: photography workshop – Jersey City & NYC (2010)

September 14, 2010 Neil vN 8 Comments

recap: photography workshop - Jersey City & NYC (2010)

The final workshop for 2010 took place this week - the first day again located in Jersey City, with a spectacular view of Manhattan.  The second day had a smaller group of photographers practicing on-location lighting techniques in Manhattan. This striking image of Catherine, our model at the Monday workshop, was taken as a storm was slowly sweeping in.  The background was intentionally under-exposed like this to give a dramatic quality to the final image.  The light on her was from a softbox, placed to the camera right,  Read more inside...

review: Litepanels MicroPro LED Video Light

September 13, 2010 Neil vN 31 Comments

review: Litepanels MicroPro LED On-Camera Light

I've been using the Lowel ID-Light whenever I wanted the specific effect that a video light gives when used for stills photography.  The not-so-gradual fall-off in the light's spread gives a dramatic quality to images. However, the Lowel ID-light can feel clumsy with the handle and battery pack that needs to be attached via the thick power cable. So I've been looking at various options to replace it ... or at least use at times that I need something compact and simple. Enter the Litepanels MicroPro LED video light (B&H) ...  Read more inside...

photo session – Modern Gypsies – something about a violin

September 12, 2010 Neil vN 13 Comments

For the last in the series of photo sessions with the Modern Gypsies on this day, we ended up here ... launching two girls in costume, onto the East River inside a giant ball. It really did make sense. And you may ask yourself, how did we get here?  Letting the days go by ... No, really, how did we get here?  Read more inside...

photo session – Modern Gypsies – PinkMan

September 10, 2010 Neil vN 6 Comments

Pinkman!  More from the recent extended photo session with the Modern Gypsies.  After the photo session with Martin on stilts, we moved to one of the many colorful areas in Brooklyn where we started with Dread Eye. Working in the same spot, Michael Saab fitted his character, PinkMan! out with jumping stilts. Absolute lunacy! Working in such bright light, I thought the best approach would be to cross-light the sunlight with off-camera flash ...  Read more inside...

Photoshop contest – another great version

September 9, 2010 Neil vN 5 Comments

Two fantastic entries to the recent Photoshop contest came from Marcia Gold, who runs a post-processing and retouching service. She said she entered just for fun, and didn't want to be eligible for the prize. I am taking the liberty of showing her two images here anyway, since they are outstanding takes of the original image ...  Read more inside...

Photoshop contest winner

September 9, 2010 Neil vN 12 Comments

I'm happy to announce the winner of the Photoshop contest from last week.  The winning entry was submitted by Hanssel Galeano, and he will receive the $50 B&H voucher for this effort. Before I let Hanssel explain his process in editing the image, here is the original again for comparison ...  Read more inside...

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