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Lighting Demo at Buena Park Camera Show

Apr29
2012 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

If you are looking for good deals on photography equipment, you should check out Bargain Camera Shows which take place in Pasadena, Buena Park, and San Diego. Today we were in Buena Park with my Blackbelt Lighting Products and had models from VIP Model Events.

For these shots we had a super simple setup with just a 44″ softbox umbrella with a Blackbelt Lighting BB560 speedlite in it set to 1/2 power. With the camera set to 1/250th, ISO 100, f/5.6 we were able to pull really nice light. The softbox umbrella was mounted on a lightweight boom arm so that the umbrella was positioned about 2′ above the model and about a 45 degree angle up from their face.

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Wonderland Studio Shoot with Westcott Products

Apr22
2012 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

My friend and fellow photographer Devin Workman often does some really interesting photo shoots and I have wanted to collaborate with him on some projects for quite a while and this weekend the stars aligned and we hooked up to do a fun shoot at Wonderland Studios in Anaheim, Ca.

Part of the goal of this shoot was to try out some new modifiers from one of my favorite companies FJ Westcott. The two main products that we were working with were the 7′ White Reflective Umbrella and the 43″ Orb Softbox.

After using these two products for a day of shooting they are my new favorite modifiers. The light quality from these large modifiers is super smooth while still being controllable.

Here is a setup shot showing just the 43″ Orb being used to light the model. Because of the Orb’s large size, we only needed this single modifier. In this case we were using an Alien Bees AB1600 on only about 1/32 power with the camera on ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250th second. This gave us super fast recycle times with enough power to still use a very low ISO setting and avoid any digital noise in the image.

I will be doing a complete review of these products on Camera Dojo soon so stayed tuned for more information. To see more of the images from this shoot, visit my SMUGMUG site at http://kgarrison.smugmug.com.

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LA ShootThis! Group Shoot Event March 25th

Mar26
2012 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

I talk a lot about working with other photographers to improve your skills, learn new tricks, and collaborate on projects together so I often attend group shoots whenever I can. This weekend we had a shoot planned with the LA ShootThis! group and as we were getting started, the rain started coming down. The sky was gray and ugly so I took a tip from my friend Chris Diset and set the camera’s white balance to tungsten and gelled the flash with a 1/2 CTO gel. This got the skin tones really nice but turned the dull gray sky into something a little more interesting.

We finally relocated into a dry parking structure for some more shooting and I chose a spot with almost no ambient lighting so that I could have total control over the lighting.

In this shot, I used a single 24″ softbox from BlackbeltLighting.com and had Amanda turned directly facing the light. This harsh angle provided a nice soft light on her face while illuminating the back wall at the same time.

In this next shot, I had pulled the softbox about 15′ away from the wall so that it wouldn’t light up the wall and then used a second flash with the same 1/2 CTO gel as before pointed at the side of his head to create the hair light.

With Kelsey, I didn’t want the lighting to be quite as dramatic so I placed a third light to camera right with an ExpoImaging Rouge Flashbender as a basic fill light. I still had the 24″ softbox and gelled hair light in the same position as the shot of JK above.

Moving the gelled light from the side to directly behind Kelsey’s head. we got a completely different look with a dramatic rim light effect.

To see more pictures from the event, check out my SmugMug Gallery.

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SMUGMUG Riverside Meeting

Mar20
2011 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

I was quite thrilled to be asked to be an instructor at today’s SMUGMUG Lighting & Posing Event. This was the second opportunity I have had recently to shoot at Shutter Stories Studio. We had a great set of models and photographers that all came together to haver a great time shooting and learning. I set up a really simple lighting setup to show people how to get started with basic lighting tools and still be able to get creative lighting. Here are a few of my favorites even though I didn’t really shoot much as I was making sure the photographers got to take as many as possible.

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Scott Robert Lim Mentoring Workshop

May15
2010 2 Comments Written by KerryG

Recently I was asked to be a group leader at Scott Robert Lim’s Mentoring Workshop in Los Angeles so I jumped at the chance to help Scott out with his workshop. The crowd was great, the models were awesome, and Scott gave several real magic bullets that are sure to help the students to really improve their images. With a couple of lighting tips and a couple of posing tips that are absolute go-to’s for getting really solid images, the crowd really got their money’s worth out of this workshop. Even your’s truely here picked up some new tips and tricks that I will be using in upcoming shoots.

Below are some of the images from today’s hands-on portion.

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Lauren Elizabeth Portrait Session

Jan14
2010 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

Lauren was a blast to work with, young and energetic. Lauren is working with me for some examples I needed for my upcoming workshops so I took a handful for her to use and these are just a few of my favorites. You can check out more of Lauren’s work on her Model Mayhem profile.

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Stephen Headshots

Jan11
2010 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

I needed to get some new examples for the upcoming workshops this month and Stephen needed some new headshots, so the timing was perfect and we had a blast shooting away for an hour or so. Stephen is awesome to work with and has a super good personality. If you ever need a male model for anything hook up with Stephen on Model Mayhem.  Here are some shots from this shoot.

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Mya Lyn Photoshoot

Aug23
2009 3 Comments Written by KerryG

Yesterday morning Mya came over to help me get some shots I need for an upcoming article on Camera Dojo and she needed some new shots for her portfolio. After I got the shots I needed for the article we went to work on getting her some images. Mya was just excellent to work with, she moved well, took direction great, and looked amazing. Mya will be one of the featured models in one of my upcoming lighting workshops as well. Here are some of my favorite shots.

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Equipment Used

Indoors

Canon 50D w/50mm f/1.8 and 17-40 f/4 L
Photobasics StrobeLite Plus w/36″ white shoot-through umbrellas
Photobasic Strobelite w/ 16″x22″ softbox
Westcott 36″ 6-in-1 Illuminator Reflector

Outdoors

Canon 50D w/50mm f/1.8 and 17-40 f/4 L
Westcott 36″ 6-in-1 Illuminator Reflector

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Photo shoot with Marvell

Jul11
2008 Leave a Comment Written by KerryG

It has been complete chaos here with people streaming through for headshots and portfolio shots and one that has stood out recently was Marvell. Marvell has a look that can switch easily from street hood gang shooter to business professional. He was very comfortable in front of the camera and the final results was a nice collection of different looks. Good luck with your career Marvell and I hope to shoot with you again sometime.

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