Happy Birthday Miranda!

Print of the week - Watcher in the Woods

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Think Tanks modular system “20% Off”

Think Tanks modular system “20% Off” blow-out sale continues. And they’re ramping it up.

They’ve added to the free items you can select from when you’re checking out.

In addition to the Pixel Pocket Rocket, Cable Management 10, and Security tag, you now can also select a LARGE Lens Drop In, RU Thirsty, Whip it Out, Skin 50, Skin 75 Pop Down, Skin Double Wide, Skin Strobe, or a Skin Chimp Cage.

Here is the link you can follow to Think Tanks page and check this sale out at.

Ray Flash - First impressions

I received a Ray Flash unit today and after shooting with it around the house for a bit I am more than impressed with it.

At first I thought that it might be a bit top heavy, but once I had it mounted it was just fine. The feel of this unit on camera is far more balanced that the Orbis ring flash.

I am not going to get into the Ray Flash vs. the Orbis until I write my full review

I will be writing a more comprehensive review of the Rayflash, but I wanted to get my first impression out there.

Is the frio the greatest thing since sliced bread?

If the frio cold shoe mount is not the greatest thing since sliced bread it is pretty damn close! Even to Dave's Killer Bread.

Sometimes it is the tiny little simple things that can make a great difference. When I first heard of these little guys I did not think that they would be that big of deal. As soon as I started using them - boy howdy was I wrong!

After I put the frio onto my travel stand I felt a level of security that I did not have with the generic cold shoe mounts that I had been using. On two occasions those same generic mounts failed to hold my Nikon SB900 in place and it fell right off if the stand.

At this point I no longer worry about any of my frio mounted flashes going anywhere. They have a metal 1/4 - 20 female thread on the underside for a stand mount. On the top there is a locking clip that holds the flash unit in place and that clip has to be pushed down in order to remove the mounted flash.

One other fantastic detail is a hole for a Nikon locking pin. These details keep your flash units where they need to be without any worry so you can concentrate on getting the shot.

Check out more information on the frio here at www.friocoldshoe.com

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Setting up the shot - Geek in the City

Camera - Nikon D300
Lens - Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Exposure - 1/125 @ f/8
Focal Length - 50mm

Lighting - Nikon SB900
Light Modifier(s) - 28" Westcott Apollo
Trigger - Cactus V4


This shot was an outtake from an awards poster of Aaron Duran and Scott Dally for Geek in the City Radio.

We took this shot in one of the production rooms at CBS radio before they sold the company into unpleasantness.

I used an Alienbees strobe shooting into a Westcott 28" Apollo. I placed the light to camera left and slightly behind Aaron, so I could feather the light onto his face, and keep most of the shadow on the opposite side.

Print of the week - At Rest

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