I started this conversation on Facebook but I didn’t want it to disappear once off the facebook wall. I wrote;
I see alot of slideshows on the web that photographers have created for themselves especially of weddings that use commercial music. I’m curious about how many of the slideshows have permission to use the tracks on this way.
I learnt a hard lesson about managing files on a shoot recently.
My workflow is usually very good with structures for separating shot files, downloading, backing up and double checking all files are accounted for.
I was on a shoot that we ended up shooting about 1500 frames on the D3x. I use the backup feature on my Nikons where each file is copied to 2 compact flash cards.
Ever since I started using speedlights for almost all of my work, I have used the Nikon CLS infrared system which for most purposes worked very well. The main limitations were when the infrared failed becuase of bright light like daylight and distance.
Most of my current equipment geared towards efficient location work. It all needs to unpack and pack quickly and efficiently. For corporate portraits I often provide different variations and one is often a plain white paper background.
I grew up in Canberra, and the school Narrabudah College, where I went to for years 11 & 12 was pivotal in me choosing my career as a photographer. This was mainly due to the inspiring photography teacher I had, Les Kovacs.
My parents and sister live there and I wanted to visit home, so I recently organized talks in Canberra for the ACMP at the Canberra Institute of Technology. I presented a talk on Photography Pricing as well as my Speedlight Talk & Demonstration.
When I first started shooting with Nikon speedlights, one of the challenges was finding a professional looking way to rig up the speedlights to shoot through softboxes.
I eventually asked a question on the dpreview forums and within 30minutes, someone had replied about a guy in Sydney called Elvis who makes these beautifully constructed brackets.
This particular job I was working on had a very pressing deadline with local and interstate shoots needed to be done within 5 days while working around already booked jobs. I ended up shooting one of the trucks from Midnight to 5am 2 hours drive out of Brisbane, and having the owner of a major trucking company meet me at 5am to drive the truck along the local freeway.
I have worked with the Victorian Institute of Sport for over 10 years, outlasting 3 marketing teams. One of their events I shoot is the annual Awards of Excellence where they announce the Athlete of the Year. This year we decided to get individual shots of as many athletes as possible on their way into the event. Possibly 300+ athletes in about 45minutes. The client was happy with flash on camera but I though it was a perfect opportunity for a fast Strobist setup.
The iPhone is a great device that is offers excellent support for the working pro.
Amongst the 150,000+ apllications that are available through iTunes, I thought I would write a little about 3 applications that are proving very useful and 1 that possibly will make one of our more tedious tasks incredible simple.
One of my favourite clients is Box Hill Institute. I have worked closely with them for years to get the best value out of my time it is not uncommon to shoot 3000+ frames over a day. They have a great presence in the global market of education and have an insatiable need for imagery [...]