The Secrets of Digital Imaging

Show: SDI – StudioLightingOne – 024
The file for the studio lighting podcast was somehow corrupted. All is well now (fingers crossed). See the same entry below.
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Dennis Hays

I start by answering a question from a listener (Jon) regarding the use of model releases for street photography. Jon also wanted to know how to use a flash meter to set the exposure.
Lastly, I set up the next series of discussions by speaking about the four main types of studio lighting.
Link: Studio Lighting Techniques

I discuss a part of photography I’ve neglected over the past few years; the model release. This is a subject that is sometimes (maybe often?) neglected and overlooked by photographers. I talk about why you need to have a signed model release, what it’s meant to do and how it can protect you from costly [...]

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Further progress of my excursion into portraiture and “portable” studio equipment. I discuss the latest lighting setup, light ratios, direction and equipment needed. At the end of the podcast I talk about minimum needed equipment for your portrait kit.

The art and science of getting a good portrait is more important than controlling your [...]

I’m running a little late because and have yet to “develop” the latest portraits I took last week (I cornered my kids to use as subjects).
The latest images were shot with a two light setup on the black background and I think I captured more of what I wanted. I’m not there yet, but getting [...]

We start with a brief discussion (very brief) of where I am in my photography and why I couldn’t do a session this back week (hint: my daughter abandoned me!).
The main part of this edition of the Secrets of Digital Imaging is discussing the philosophy of using hot-shoe flashes away from the camera:

Flash on the [...]

After collecting most of what I think I need, in the way of gear, I set up the “studio” and began my quest to study portraiture. Here are my first results, warts and all. Yes, I made some mistakes and had one equipment failure, but, after all, this is just the beginning of my quest [...]

All is moving quite well; the final bits of equipment are in and next week, I’ll start doing portraits. Along with this, my old favorite, the Metz 54 MZ-3 flash came back from repair – $83.00 and well worth it! Also, the Elinchrom Skyport arrived and it’s smaller than I expected. That’s good as it [...]

After clearing some personal problems (dead car and visiting mother), I’m back building the equipment base and learning portraiture.
First up is some samples from the new Canon EOS XTi dSLR. The image immediately below, of the New York Capitol building (in Albany, New York USA) was taken with the Canon 28mm-90mm lens f/4-5.6 III [...]

Finally got the Canon XTi body in and a 28-90mm f/4-5.6 (which may have been a mistake – listen in to see why I think so). I also acquired two lenses from my old film kit (35-70mm EF f/3.5-4.5 and a 100-200mm EF f/4.5AF). My purchase from ebay of a wireless slave may have been [...]