Now that I’ve actually put the Orlit Rovelight RT610 and its companion transmitter TR611 on at least 2 on-location shoots, I feel I can objectively say what I like and dislike about it.
I originally purchased it through Amazon but due to poor quality control, blame either Adorama or the manufacturer, I received a unit that was DOA (dead on arrival). Continue reading Review: Orlit Rovelight RT610 with transmitter TR611C
It’s been more than 6 months since my last post.
If there is a valid excuse, well, I was working full time teaching at a high school.
I’m back everyone
Not too much has changed.
I’m happy that ugly election is over. Now it’s time to get over the mindset, “if you’re not with us, you’re against us.”
I haven’t been posting a lot of work on Facebook because there’s good reason.
I’ve been posting more of my work on Instagram, so if you’re using Instagram follow me there and I’ll follow back.
The 6-month teaching stint was a great experience.
Though I didn’t enjoy the inherent problems of teaching at a high school like discipline, it gave me an even bigger appreciation of what teachers do day in and day out.
Parents are the primary teacher in life. They are the ones who set the standard of what is acceptable behavior. When they defer that responsibility to the teacher in school, I’m afraid that child is lost.
Because at the high school level, there can be no teaching happening in class when there is no discipline.
Recently I had the honor of speaking to the Inland Empire Photo Club in the city of Temecula.
I had plenty of time to prepare.
What I grappled with most was how much of my ‘old’ work to include against what I’ve done since leaving the newspaper. Continue reading My visit to Inland Empire Photo Club, Temecula
As photographers, our goal is to simplify.
Boil down what we see in any scene inside our viewfinder to highlight and emphasize our most important element, our subject.
Backgrounds are often the most overlooked element in pictures.
Even seasoned photographers forget this especially when rushed.
My recent visit to a graffiti-filled abandoned building to photograph Cassie is a good example to illustrate this.
Graffiti is extremely distracting because humans are conditioned to want to read whatever is written often to the point, the graffiti will overshadows our models, no matter how gorgeous they may be. 😉
Upon our arrival, around 4 pm, the sun was still high.
I opted to ‘warm up’ indoors so we started inside the building.
The interior of the building is quite dark despite there being several windows and doorways.
I set up my Softlighter umbrella but without the diffusion fabric because I needed more power output to conserve battery power since we were on location.
The 72″ umbrella is unyielding outdoors because a slight sudden gust of wind and my whole light stand assembly would wind up on the ground.
I had help with me so I felt comfortable using it.
The Softlighter umbrella has a silvered interior and I attached it to my White Lightning XL800 strobe which I powered with Paul C Buff’s Minibattery.
If this location seems familiar, I’ve photographed Stephanie at this abandoned building before.
Next: Moving outdoors
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