Studio test shoots 2012
by Mark on Feb.12, 2012, under Creative, Fashion
Got one of these cards and wondering about the test shoots I spoke of? Chances are I’ve bumped into you in town, it may have been your face, hair, make-up, fashion style or everything combined that caught my attention.
Don’t eat the prop :) Fun cinema themed shoot with Sophie
by Mark on May.03, 2012, under Creative
When my daughter was younger being in front of the camera was never an issue, she’d pose for shots and I’ve many many wonderful images in my archives. Then as her school life and my work life got more demanding the images tailed off. When she said a few days ago that she wanted to be part of the lighting setup test shoots and do images that “would count” I was delighted!
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Thanks to Sky1′s Touch I reexamine the rule of thirds and Phi
by Mark on May.02, 2012, under Creative
Thanks to the program’s fictitious Amelia Sequence, the number 3185296328795229751188 that links all things together, I did a bit of Google searching and found myself coming back to my favourite topics art, design and photography.
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Share images, find local UK creatives on Purpleport.com
by Mark on Apr.19, 2012, under Kit Bag
Sometimes launching a service well after others makes it hard to get a share of the market. However if you’ve got the right resources it can be a good strategy as it allows you to fully understand what the market is after and step in with a better product. Strobox and Sylight being a good example. Here’s another…
New app Sylight gives Strobox something to think about
by Mark on Apr.10, 2012, under Kit Bag
Last night I discovered an app by Olivier Lance, Pierre-Jean Quilleré and Mathieu Jouhet called Sylights. It enables lighting setups to be drawn on an iPhone or iPad. As the sylights.com title says it’s “Lighting Diagrams made easy”.
Users of Strobox will be familiar with this sort of tool and be interested for a number of reasons..
Have a DONT list and get out there and do it!
by Mark on Apr.05, 2012, under Portraits, Street Photography
I watched the tail end of a live Scott Kelby video tonight, his closing words were about people that complain that they don’t get the shots they’d like, partly because they don’t go out at the right time of day to get the best light [or bring it], or don’t find the interesting or photogenic subjects to shoot. It reminded me of the evening I did a quick Street Photography shot of the lady you see here.
It had been a regular day in the city and I was moments from home. Standing with my camera bag strapped to my back I was gazing out through the windows to the buildings on our side of the road.
“CALL MY AGENT” it said. A tip for going manual with a reflector in sunny conditions.
by Mark on Mar.25, 2012, under Fashion, Kit Bag, Tips n Tricks
I’d just finished taking some head shots in the studio and was heading to the car when I spotted this lady with her partner, CALL MY AGENT splashed across her sweat top dress. I love fashion and this simple top with its message printed so big across the front made me laugh inside, smile and think “So who is your agent?”.
Loaded up with gear it took me a moment to catch up with the couple. After a bit of conferring in a language I didn’t understand I got a yes.
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The hair that launched a shoot idea
by Mark on Mar.25, 2012, under Creative, Portraits
In the play The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus the abduction of Helen of Troy by Paris causes the launch of a thousand ships, starting the Trojan Wars.
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Lightroom on the move with Windows 7, a USB stick and Visual-Subst
by Mark on Mar.23, 2012, under Kit Bag, Tips n Tricks
If like me you’re running Lightroom on a Windows laptop quite often you might find where your images are located an issue. I have my RAID server image archive mapped to P: on the laptop. I’ll move folders in the Lightroom catalogue that I’m no longer working on to the server and off the local hard drive. Now and then I find myself wanting to edit some of those images. (read the rest of the post…)
Photographer, ‘Tog/GWC or Happy Snapper? And could a man please step forward!
by Mark on Mar.22, 2012, under Photogs
A few things got me writing this post: Brighton Beauty photographer John Farrar’s Facebook status “I’m a photographer not a tog!“, a “I’m not a photographer, I just love my dSLR” comment from my last street photography subject, a statement on composition from Frederick Van Johnson of Shut up and Shoot and my wife commenting on the people that have helped with lighting test shoots these past months.
Bump to baby and family photography
by Mark on Mar.18, 2012, under Portraits
I’m looking for couples about to become a family or give their current child a new sibling to help build my online portfolio at my other site Lifebookphotography.com. I’d been waiting for my Enhanced CRB check paperwork to come through before saying anything about it…
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