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LiteBlog Archive - July 2012

 

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Jay P Morgan: Urban Skateboarder Portrait, Part 2

Posted by Ben Clay • 1 Comment

This is the second in a two-part lesson that explores shooting action in a dark alleyway. Click here to see the first part. Adding Light to the Skateboarder's Face The next step was to brighten up the face of the skateboarder slightly. I added a StarFlash 300w with a 20˚ grid attached to focus light onto his face. Positioned at eye level, this strobe would project a beam of light and brighten just his face, nothing else. I didn't want the trashcan or his clothing to be any brighter than how much the umbrella light was already providing, but...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Tim Snow: LOL! Lighting On Location

Posted by Ben Clay • 2 Comments

I blame McNally. Arias too. Throw Hobby in with the bunch. They make this stuff look easy. Them and hundreds of others. They have pushed me in my photography, in my lighting. They don’t know it, we have never met, but maybe one day we will over a tea and I will gush like a little kid. They are in the trenches and they get dirty to make their pictures. Their photographs resonate, they bleed soul. They are honest. Real. I stare at their photographs in awe, hoping that one day I may be on the same level. ...

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Friday, July 13, 2012

Jay P Morgan: Urban Skateboarder Portrait, Part I

Posted by Ben Clay • 0 Comments

In coming up for concept for this lesson, I was excited to shoot an action skateboard shot with a skater jumping a trashcan. I had shot a group of skaters for stock the week prior, but had not loved the location. It was cool and all, but I wanted something a bit more intense. During the time I was thinking about the location, I saw the movie "Max Payne". I felt that the sets and "film noir" look-and-feel of the film were much stronger than the actual film. I loved the alleys that they shot in and decided to shoot...

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Friday, July 06, 2012

Ian Spanier: Limited Equipment, Group Shots and Dinosaur Mosquitoes

Posted by Ben Clay • 0 Comments

This past May, I got the call from MTV to go to St. Thomas to photograph the cast of season 27 (amazing it’s been on that long huh?!?) of the original reality series, MTV’s The Real World. Head to St. Thomas in May? AWESOME! What a way to get the summer started right? Not so fast… Challenge Numero Uno Since we’d be traveling out of the country, we’d of course be facing airline limitations and baggage fees, coupled with the fact that this season’s house was located not on St....

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