Scouting

Some of the most important things that go into making a shoot successful happen long before you pick up your camera.  I was doing one of them tonight, scouting.

What's inside?

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Cheating, a bit...

Because, I'm re-posting something I wrote for another blog a while ago.  It was written for a guest blog that I did for the News Photographers Association of Canada.  If you are a  photojournalism student or working photojournalist based in Canada, I highly recommend that you join.  There are forums on a wide range of topics, including information about job postings and internships in Canada.  For $50 a year, you can't beat it.

So, here you go, in an effort to be environmentally friendly, my recycled post:

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Pocket Wizards

I have been using Pocket Wizards for more than fifteen years.  They are, IMHO, the most reliable way of wirelessly synching strobes.  Translation; most reliable means, best, and wireless means convenient.  To explain, we need to get into the way back machine, all the way back to 1993.  Here's the situation; Canadian federal election, Liberal leader Jean Chretien's home riding of Shawinigan, on assignment for Time Magazine.  I needed to shoot pictures of Chretien as he gave his victory speech.  Everyone was pretty sure it was going to be a victory speech, as he was running against Prime Minister Kim Campbell, whose poll ratings were dismally low.  I was shooting transparencies, some of you may be old enough to remember that stuff you loaded into a camera, and then waited for someone else to magically turn it into slides.  Trannies required lots of good light to look their best.  My film of choice was Fuji Provia 100 ASA.  Beautiful film, but daylight balanced.  Since the stage was lit for TV, it was tungsten balanced, my only choice for available light would have have been Kodak Tungsten 320 ASA, sub-optimal at best.  

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Upcoming Workshops

I have a few workshops and seminars coming up, and a couple of them are free.

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Back Next Week...

I'll be back in the swing of things next week.