{"id":46065,"date":"2018-09-13T21:57:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T01:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=46065"},"modified":"2023-07-11T23:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T03:29:35","slug":"profoto-b10-flash-creativity-unleashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/profoto-b10-flash-creativity-unleashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Profoto B10 flash &#8211; Creativity Unleashed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/profoto\/B10\/challenge\/unleashed.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"1143\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Profoto B10 flash &#8211; Creativity Unleashed<\/h1>\n<p>Forty photographers, picked by the Profoto USA team, attended the USA launch event in Alyeska resort (near Anchorage, Alaska), of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-b10-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profoto B10 flash<\/a> \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-b10-flash-bh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>B&amp;H<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-b10-flash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazon<\/em><\/a>). \u00a0(For more details about the Profoto B10 flash, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-profoto-b10-flash\/\">review: Profoto B10 flash<\/a>.) As part of the final segment of the launch event, the attendees were divided into 8 groups of 5 people, and given a challenge. Armed with sets of Profoto B10 flashes, and a few light modifiers and some random props, they were given 2.5 hours to interpret the the theme, \u201cCreativity Unleashed on the Last Frontier\u201d in a single image.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Instagram accounts of the group of talented photographers that I was with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexandriaslens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandria<\/a>\u00a0 (who edited, and appeared in the final image above)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dannydong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Dong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vanessajoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vanessa Joy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elizabethblank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Blank<\/a><\/li>\n<li>and myself of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/neilvn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil vN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The photo above was our group&#8217;s entry, beating the deadline.\u00a0Our intent was to bring a magical element to the photograph, and also include the flash unit itself. Here is what it looked like behind the scenes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/profoto\/B10\/challenge\/NV901590.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For speed and efficiency, I just hand-held the flash with the Profoto Small Deep umbrella.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/profoto\/B10\/challenge\/NV901595.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This photo strongly reminds me of of a Baroque era painting, with how we are (inadvertently) positioned in this composition. But our valiant effort wasn&#8217;t rewarded &#8211; we didn&#8217;t place in the top 3 images created right then.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the links to the other photographers&#8217; work to see more of their incredible portfolios.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">#profotoUSA \u00a0#profotoglobal \u00a0#unleashedinAlaska \u00a0#profotoB10 \u00a0#powerofsmall<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Related articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-profoto-b10-flash\/\">video review: Profoto B10 flash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-profoto-b10-flash-first-look\/\">review: Profoto B10 flash \u2013 a first look<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/profoto-b10-review-comparing-power-of-profoto-b10\/\">Profoto B10 review: Comparing the power of the Profoto B10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profoto B10 flash &#8211; Creativity Unleashed Forty photographers, picked by the Profoto USA team, attended the USA launch event in Alyeska resort (near Anchorage, Alaska), of the new Profoto B10 flash \u00a0(B&amp;H\u00a0\/ Amazon). \u00a0(For more details about the Profoto B10 flash, check out the review: Profoto B10 flash.) 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