SpeedLinks - My Flicker Faves

Here is a short list of some of my Flickr Favorites.

Rob Hammer Photography

James Rubio

Joel Grimes

Kelly Lambert

Michael Hawkins

Andrew Kung

I have a lot more, and just wanted to list a handfull.

Enjoy!

Speedlights + Iphone = Easy

Usually I just wing it when it comes to shooting with my speedlights. Power up, scoot 'em back, adjust my aperture a tad......Hold on one more shot. I can get pretty close in around 3-5 shots.

But sometimes you want to nail it. you don't want to dork around with all that. This is where most will say, "get a flippin light meter!" I know, there is just other gear I would rather have.

Anyway, Emmet Photography did some great research where he tested the actuall guide numbers for the Canon 580ex, and 430 ex seperate and firing together and made handy little charts with guide numbers for different flash zooms and powers.

Days Later.......

I find the neat little Iphone app called PhotoCalc.

So I plugged in a few numbers, Aperture, ISO, distance to subject, and the guide number for the appropriate zoom on my speedlight and it spit out Flash power = 1/16.

I shot a variety of test shots from different distances up to 20 feet and different subjects, and they all came out perfectly exposed. I even used a shoot thru, and a stofen, and used the numbers from his deductions page and they were perfect.

Good Luck!

Senior Session

Just wrapped up a Senior session with a "couple" of Seniors from Green Mountain HS.

Though photographing multiple seniors is quite a challenge, when your all done, it's very rewarding. It helps when your clients are as easy going as these two!

I have a Senior session next week, and will be photographing one subject. :)

Three Seniors - One Session

Just recently I booked a Senior session. The catch is, all three boys wanted to do it at the same time. YIKES! I usually allow 2 -3 hours for one Senior, so this was way out of my comfort zone. The day went great, and after this experience, I would probably book 2-3 seniors again if the client wanted me to.

I would have to say that the biggest challenge of the day was going from one one personality to the next. Having to change the way I interacted with each individual just seconds after working with the last was mentally exhausting. But by the second half of the session the transition was much smoother.

This session took place in a barn on one of the sujects property and at the Sol Terra Community.

Below are a couple others from the day.