Wow!!
I see that it has been over 6 months now since I last did an update to this blog of mine.... So what has changed then / happened it the last six months then ?
Well lets see, to start with then I did manage to break my Nikon D90 via working with it in heavy torrential rain as a journalist. Which did then see Nikon point out to me when I contacted them, that it is not a manufatures fault but instead it is an "Operators" fault not only that but Nikon also pointed out to me that the do not advise any Photographers to take any Nikon branded products near any water / liquids whatsoever. Also I just have to add that my Nikon SB900 also has developed a fault too as it's "CLS Flash's" are not working and it's no surprise that it was the SB900 speelight that I was using that day with my Nikon D90 when I broke the D90. But it's not all doom and gloom people cause I still have my trusty old Nikon D40, yes it may be a 6 mega pixel camera but O'boy that DSLR sure knows how to help the photographer create an image even if they are limited to their creativity by it.
So what else has changed then with me in the last 6 months ? Perhaps the biggest change that has happened to me in the last 6 months and perhaps is the main reason why I don't Blog as much here on Blogger is that I have developed a strong passion for making Videos now, so I'm always Vlogging on YouTube instead of Blogging here on Blogger. Don't get me wrong my passion for Photography is still there, but I just find that with Photography that it's just so frustrating for me to know that I'm an "Off Camera Flash Photographer" (NB: hence my alias Strober) in addition to being a "People Photographer"... but the main point is, is that Models / People don't want to get up off their butts in order to help me make mind blowing "creative lighting images".... I think it's that would "work" that the don't like doing here and instead they would just rather "walk around pretending that they are that next upcoming Model", instead of "living the dream, and being that Model in real life...
Any way as I say my passion for Photography is still there, but I know when I have to move on..... So it's Videography that is filling this gap here.... Why Videography you may ask? Well my answer is if people just don't want to do anything other than just sit on there butts all day and do nothing other than watch Television then I might as well go out and do something more productive and creative whilst releating / aiming it at the television / social media industry.
Not only that but Videography is offering me new challenges that Photography has not been offering me of late... for example in Videography you kinda get to work the same way as a photographer but this time you also have to concentrate on getting your "sound / audio" correct too, which is for sure not easy. In photography the first thing you learn is
1) ISO
2) Aperture
3) Shutter Speed
Well in in the video game it works like this
1) Gain
2) Exposure
3) Shutter Speed
You see... Videography is offering these new challenges that again Photography at the minute is just not offering me. Not only that but i'm finding that with my stuff, that people are more interested in watching my videos than my looking at my photographs. Well if you think about it every body watches T.V. don't they ? Now I opened my YouTube account on the 22nd July 2011 and since that time I have had 59,406 hits on my videos. Yes, people it may not be a massive amount of hits compared to other YouTube account holders, but I do feel that, this is a humble little success for me.
So what else has happened then ? Well I've recently meet a Rally Team called DRB Rally Sport and I am currently working on a media project with them. I've been playing around with "Action Cameras" in their Rally Cars whilst at the same time shooting external shots with my Sony A1E Camcorder. It was only the other day that I went around to talk to these guys about where it is that we are at with regards to our project ? I had my trusty 6 mega pixel Nikon D40 with me with a Prime lens of F1.8 and I just decided to shoot a few stills of the lads as they worked on their cars around the work shop. And that was when it hit me people, my love / passion for the "Art" of Photography hit me like a thug hitting me around the face with a baseball bat..... The work shop was filled with both Florescent and Tungsten Lighting, now everyone knows under them circumstances then flash is just not needed. That is if you happen to have a Nikon D40 with a F1.8 lens.
Below is an example of some of the shots that it is that I was getting....
Moving on I caught up with the boys with regards to the video side of things, then it was suggested that we could do some Photography shots too..... I agreed, that night and I went home and packed my kit for the very next mornings photo shoot and video shoot. But just for the purpose of this blog then the photography kit that I did pack was
1) 1 x Pixel Bishop TX with / 4 x Pixel Bishop RX: Radio Triggers
2) 4 x SB600 Speedlites
3) 3 x Light Stands
4) 1 X Nikon D40
5) 1 x Tactical Vest (NB: Has magazine pouch's which SB600's fit into very well :)
When I meet the guys, first thing that morning, they then asked where should the location be for the the photographs ? I proposed a place to them that I do know which I have wanted to do an "off camera flash" shoot at for ages... as a matter of fact people if the truth be known then I have had "dreams" about this location with regards to making images there. The lads just said "Let's Go", ....... within about 20 mins we arrived on location and I put on my tactical vest on and started to set up the light stands, and went to work with putting all the radio triggers and speedlites into their correct places. Now to finish this blog with people... Below is the finished photographs from that mornings shoot.
I enjoyed that shoot just as much as I've enjoyed writing this blog after my six months of absence from it.
Happy Shooting People and Merry Christmas if I don't see you all before it.
Gaz aka Strober
PS: The very last photograph is of a "Proud Photographer" standing in one of his "own images"
I see that it has been over 6 months now since I last did an update to this blog of mine.... So what has changed then / happened it the last six months then ?
Well lets see, to start with then I did manage to break my Nikon D90 via working with it in heavy torrential rain as a journalist. Which did then see Nikon point out to me when I contacted them, that it is not a manufatures fault but instead it is an "Operators" fault not only that but Nikon also pointed out to me that the do not advise any Photographers to take any Nikon branded products near any water / liquids whatsoever. Also I just have to add that my Nikon SB900 also has developed a fault too as it's "CLS Flash's" are not working and it's no surprise that it was the SB900 speelight that I was using that day with my Nikon D90 when I broke the D90. But it's not all doom and gloom people cause I still have my trusty old Nikon D40, yes it may be a 6 mega pixel camera but O'boy that DSLR sure knows how to help the photographer create an image even if they are limited to their creativity by it.
So what else has changed then with me in the last 6 months ? Perhaps the biggest change that has happened to me in the last 6 months and perhaps is the main reason why I don't Blog as much here on Blogger is that I have developed a strong passion for making Videos now, so I'm always Vlogging on YouTube instead of Blogging here on Blogger. Don't get me wrong my passion for Photography is still there, but I just find that with Photography that it's just so frustrating for me to know that I'm an "Off Camera Flash Photographer" (NB: hence my alias Strober) in addition to being a "People Photographer"... but the main point is, is that Models / People don't want to get up off their butts in order to help me make mind blowing "creative lighting images".... I think it's that would "work" that the don't like doing here and instead they would just rather "walk around pretending that they are that next upcoming Model", instead of "living the dream, and being that Model in real life...
Any way as I say my passion for Photography is still there, but I know when I have to move on..... So it's Videography that is filling this gap here.... Why Videography you may ask? Well my answer is if people just don't want to do anything other than just sit on there butts all day and do nothing other than watch Television then I might as well go out and do something more productive and creative whilst releating / aiming it at the television / social media industry.
Not only that but Videography is offering me new challenges that Photography has not been offering me of late... for example in Videography you kinda get to work the same way as a photographer but this time you also have to concentrate on getting your "sound / audio" correct too, which is for sure not easy. In photography the first thing you learn is
1) ISO
2) Aperture
3) Shutter Speed
Well in in the video game it works like this
1) Gain
2) Exposure
3) Shutter Speed
You see... Videography is offering these new challenges that again Photography at the minute is just not offering me. Not only that but i'm finding that with my stuff, that people are more interested in watching my videos than my looking at my photographs. Well if you think about it every body watches T.V. don't they ? Now I opened my YouTube account on the 22nd July 2011 and since that time I have had 59,406 hits on my videos. Yes, people it may not be a massive amount of hits compared to other YouTube account holders, but I do feel that, this is a humble little success for me.
So what else has happened then ? Well I've recently meet a Rally Team called DRB Rally Sport and I am currently working on a media project with them. I've been playing around with "Action Cameras" in their Rally Cars whilst at the same time shooting external shots with my Sony A1E Camcorder. It was only the other day that I went around to talk to these guys about where it is that we are at with regards to our project ? I had my trusty 6 mega pixel Nikon D40 with me with a Prime lens of F1.8 and I just decided to shoot a few stills of the lads as they worked on their cars around the work shop. And that was when it hit me people, my love / passion for the "Art" of Photography hit me like a thug hitting me around the face with a baseball bat..... The work shop was filled with both Florescent and Tungsten Lighting, now everyone knows under them circumstances then flash is just not needed. That is if you happen to have a Nikon D40 with a F1.8 lens.
Below is an example of some of the shots that it is that I was getting....
Moving on I caught up with the boys with regards to the video side of things, then it was suggested that we could do some Photography shots too..... I agreed, that night and I went home and packed my kit for the very next mornings photo shoot and video shoot. But just for the purpose of this blog then the photography kit that I did pack was
1) 1 x Pixel Bishop TX with / 4 x Pixel Bishop RX: Radio Triggers
2) 4 x SB600 Speedlites
3) 3 x Light Stands
4) 1 X Nikon D40
5) 1 x Tactical Vest (NB: Has magazine pouch's which SB600's fit into very well :)
When I meet the guys, first thing that morning, they then asked where should the location be for the the photographs ? I proposed a place to them that I do know which I have wanted to do an "off camera flash" shoot at for ages... as a matter of fact people if the truth be known then I have had "dreams" about this location with regards to making images there. The lads just said "Let's Go", ....... within about 20 mins we arrived on location and I put on my tactical vest on and started to set up the light stands, and went to work with putting all the radio triggers and speedlites into their correct places. Now to finish this blog with people... Below is the finished photographs from that mornings shoot.
I enjoyed that shoot just as much as I've enjoyed writing this blog after my six months of absence from it.
Happy Shooting People and Merry Christmas if I don't see you all before it.
Gaz aka Strober
PS: The very last photograph is of a "Proud Photographer" standing in one of his "own images"
