So the season finale of The Flash was tonight. Steph watched it with me. Now she hasn’t really watched the rest of the season, and she’s not a fan of the comics, so she doesn’t really know what’s going on. I’m mentioning this because Steph hates when I misquote her, so fair warning: this is somewhat edited…
To paraphrase the Man, “Whether you like it, or you hate it, learn to love it, ‘cuz it’s the best thing going today.” I really didn’t see myself doing another comic book post so soon after the last one. I was intending to write my thoughts on why I think the FCC really needs to completely…
I remember a few years ago when Tobey Maguire Spider-man movies were coming out and Marvel had just started Phase 1 of their Avengers film series, Howard Stern made a comment that ALL movies and TV shows should have superheroes in them. He said it didn’t matter what it was… you’ve got a police procedural going…
Day 1249 of 365 4 lyf. 1000 days ago I fiinshed converting the original master bedroom in our house into my new studio. It seems like so long ago now. Now I’ve spent like a gazillion dollars on additional lights and equipment and I need a new studio again. Blah, why I can’t I be…
Day 1184 of 365 4 lyf. Another day with no ideas. That means a prime opportunity to test my new light. One of the few things that you can do wtih strobes that you can’t do well with hot lights is frozen motion, so I figured I’d give that a shot. Well, it’s something different…
Day 1183 of 365 4 lyf. Welcome to the dark side. The well lit dark side, but the dark side nonetheless. Steph got me an Alien Bees B800 strobe for our anniversary, but it didn’t get here til today. I still much prefer hot lights, but even I have to admit, it’s nice to have…
Day 790 of 365 Again. Really, I’m still bogged down with everything, but I just didn’t feel like taking another boring shot in front of the black backdrop. So I thought to myself, "Self, how can you take an interesting shot in front of the black backdrop?" I couldn’t come up with anything, and it…
Day 775 of 365 Again. I still hate strobes, but like I said last week they definitely have their uses. Most importantly, portability. I’m going to be doing some traveling for photoshoots soon and taking my big lights is kind of a pain in the ass. Same would true of studio class strobes actually, but…
Day 767 of 365 Again. I’ve always hated flash photography. In truth, I still do. I have this little Canon Speedlite 430EX that I use in emergencies, but in general I’d much rather use my hot lights or the good old fashioned sun. The warmness of the light just suits me so much better. But…
Day 559 of 365 More. I hate flash photograohy. I think I’ve mentioned that before. I know I’ve said it on the podcast. 9,999,999 out of 10,000,000, I’d rather use my good old fashioned hot lights. The problem is , it’s really hard to take my entire studio with me wherever I go, so I…
Day 502 of 365 More. One of the things I always wanted to use 365 for was experimenting. Sometimes I come up with little camera tricks that I don’t really want to bother with fiddling with during an actual shoot, so why not try them on myself. Only I haven’t been doing them much lately,…