by Paul | Mar 26, 2017 | Location Kits, Location Shoot, Tips and Tricks, Unintended Uses
These images should be pretty self explanatory. A Pelican 1060 Micro case and AA battery holders from LightwareDirect.com. (they are in the Cool Tools section). This battery kit lives with my speed light flashes. It’s always there. The nifty thing about using this is that battery will insert either way. So if I insert the battery and the little silver top is showing in the hole ( at the top) it tells me its charged and ready. If the battery is inserted up side down and its showing the flat side (-) it tells me it needs recharging. Simple but effective. They stay organized and makes traveling easier.
by Paul | May 8, 2014 | FourSquare, Location Shoot, Photo Shoot, Studio Shoot, Tips and Tricks
Join us next weekend for three days packed full of information on lighting. It should be a great time keeping your head a buzzing with all the information. It will be held here at my studio with all my toys and FourSquares to play with. Come join us! To register and get more information go to:
www.photographyatthesummit.com
by Paul | Mar 7, 2014 | Location Kits, Location Shoot, Photo Shoot, Tips and Tricks
Image from Amazon.com
I ran into these cool flashlights from a student in the Mentor Series Workshop in New York City. We used them to allow the camera to auto focus in a dimly lit restaurant. Later we also use a pair of them to give a champagne bottle a nice backlit glow in anther shoot. The have now found a place in my location kit that I take on every job.
You can find them here on Amazon
by Paul | Oct 7, 2013 | Location Kits, Location Shoot, New Product, Photo Shoot, Studio Shoot, Tips and Tricks
Lightware Direct just got a new addition to the Cool Tools line in the store. Yeah I know, you say I just wrap some regular gaf tape around a pencil and keep some in all of my bags. Yeah I did to until I found these. I like having the different colors so if we are doing video I can mark (spike?) spots on the floor or carpet where the models are to be when they walk into the frame. I don’t have to buy huge rolls of the colors they already come the right size. Also useful for marking a set here in the studio if we have to take it down for some reason and then reset. We do a little map and then also write on the tape what light went on that spot. Personally I like the bright colors for my work along with the universal black.
by Paul | Oct 1, 2013 | Blog Post, Location Kits, Location Shoot, Tips and Tricks, Unintended Uses
I sometimes like working with my Lumedyne in concert with speed lights. In fact all my location work is now Speed Lights, Lumedyne, and a first release of the Elinchrom Ranger. This mounting idea came about when I was wanting a specular highlight right in the center of a FourSquare box that was a point source, with no diffusion on the box
After some tinkering, this is what I came up with. I am showing you that either of the two styles of Lumedyne heads can be mounted the same way, just a little different on how I drilled out the bar. A single head in a FourSquare is a great light when you need more than what a speed light can deliver. Let me know if this helps you out and we could make some up for you.
by Paul | Aug 15, 2013 | David Tejada, Location Shoot, Photo Shoot, Tips and Tricks, Video Tutorials
David Tejada brings us this fantastic tip that is all about optimizing your camera settings for shooting with the built-in flash as a commander for your speedlights. Changing these setting used to be completely impractical due to the time it used to take. Now with this simple switch of controls, the menu to adjust your power settings from the back of the camera is a single button press away, making it a true convenience as opposed to a bell or whistle.
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