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Amazon Patents Studio Photography on Seamless White Background

May 5, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Amazon Patent Seamless White Background copy

Amazon has had some pretty revolutionary ideas over the years. The Kindle is awesome. Prime is a great service. And drone delivery may be on the horizon. However, Amazon has gone a bit too far with one of its latest “inventions.”

Amazon Technologies, Inc. (a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.) has legitimately patented studio the common studio photography method of photographing subjects on a seamless white background using a cyclorama and the USPTO actually granted the patent. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Legal, Lighting Tagged With: amazon, Lighting, patent, studio

 

Video: Lighting Modifier Comparison Test from Karl Taylor

January 26, 2014 By Eric Reagan

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Check out this informative video from photographer Karl Taylor as he compares various light modifiers with a single subject in his studio. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn, Lighting Tagged With: beauty dish, Learn, light modifier, Lighting, Parabolic Umbrella, softbox, strobes, studio

Flashpoint DG600 300w/s Monolight Review

February 21, 2013 By Eric Reagan

Flashpoint DG600

The Flashpoint DG600 300w/s monolight is an Adorama exclusive from its in-house Flashpoint brand. Priced at $199.95, the light resides in the budget lighting category; however, it has one key feature that really sets it apart from other budget monolights – an LED modeling lamp. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lighting, Reviews Tagged With: adorama, DG600, Flashpoint, led, Lighting, monolight, strobe, studio

How To Take The Perfect Headshot – Peter Hurley at Google+ Photographer’s Conference

June 20, 2012 By Eric Reagan

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In the above video, Peter Hurley talks about the art of the headshot at the Google+ Photographer’s Conference.  It’s an hour-long video packed with good info for anyone who shoots people.

[via FStoppers]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: google, headshots, Peter Hurley, studio

Introduction to Studio Lighting Video

November 20, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Intro to Studio Lighting

The below video is a solid introductory video to studio lighting put on at B&H Photo.

The presenter Joey Quintero is instrumental in developing and marketing B&H’s in-house Impact brand of lights and modifiers.  I own and still regularly use a pair of very affordable Impact EX100 monolights, which I previously reviewed here.

[via fstoppers]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: Learn, Lighting, photography, portrait, studio

Paul C. Buff Vagabond Mini Lithium

September 12, 2010 By Eric Reagan

The Vagabond Mini Lithium looks downright tasty for those who use AC monolights on a regular basis.  This new AC converter uses a lithium battery to power your monolights for several hundred shots in the field.

While the Vagabond Mini Lithium was designed with Alienbees monolights in mind, it is also compatible with third party monolights.  There are plenty of other tech specs to read up on, but the best news of all is the price.

The Vagabond Mini Lithium is set to ship with a battery, charger, shoulder strap and light stand mounting clamp for $239.95.  Additional batteries will cost $89.95.

More details at AlienBees.com.

Filed Under: Lighting Tagged With: ac converter, alienbees, digital camera, dslr, Lighting, monolight, on location, photography, studio

Zack Arias Light Modifier Run Down

June 17, 2010 By Eric Reagan

If you happened to catch the Zack Arias session on creativeLIVE last weekend, you saw that one of the things he did was shoot a live comparison of a number of light modifiers, ranging from a 7′ Octabank down to 10-degree grid.

Zack has posted all of those images over on his blog at zarias.com for everyone to check out.  He’s even put them all together in a .zip file for you to download if you want to look at them on your own screen and compare different modifiers side-by-side.

If you want to learn off-camera lighting, Zack’s creativeLIVE session is a great way to jump in to it.  It’s three days packed full of lighting knowledge with Zack’s practical approach.  While it was free to watch the 3-day session live, you can download all three days for $129 and put them on your PC, iPhone, iPad, or whatever.  I didn’t have the ability to sit through all three days of the sessions non-stop, so I stole it for $79 before the session ended (Lord knows I could use some help with my off-camera lighting).  At $129, this is still an absurd bargain.

You can order Zack’s creativeLIVE session here.

And, again, the light modifier images are on Zack’s blog here.

And just so you know, I’m not pimping this class because I get anything out of it.  I get nothing, and neither Zack, nor anyone else from creativeLIVE asked me to say anything about it. I just want to make sure that anyone who reads Photography Bay and struggles with off-camera lighting is aware of this.

Filed Under: Lighting Tagged With: digital cameras, light modifiers, Lighting, off-camera lighting, photography, studio, zack arias

Impact EX100A Monolight Kit Review

January 24, 2010 By Eric Reagan

Impact EX100A Monolight

The Impact EX100A is a basic 100 watt monolight that’s available from B&H Photo.  The EX100A is also available in a 2 monolight kit with 24″ softboxes, an umbrella, light stands and a carry case.

The EX100A 2-light kit was my first experience with using monolights, and for the $200 I spent on it, I have been pretty pleased.  Sure, it’s not AlienBees, Elinchrom or anything fancy, but not everyone needs (or can afford) those brands. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lighting Tagged With: digital camera, ex100a, impact, Lighting, monolight, photography, review, studio

General Mills Expands Photography Studios

December 8, 2009 By Eric Reagan

General Mills Photography Studios

General Mills has renovated its photography studios, and it sounds like a killer setup for the photographers who work there.  If you’ve never really given much thought about the work that goes into the photos on all those labels and packages I see at the grocery store, you should check out the press release below, which contains the details of the revamped studio, and then head over to General Mills’ studio portfolio when you’re done. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: food photography, general mills, photography, studio

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