I just got off the phone with Reid Callanan, Director of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. We were discussing my up coming Small Strobes, Big Results workshop in Santa Fe March 29 - April 4, 2009.
This one week workshop is going to be fantastic, plans are being put in motion to guarantee a fabulous week for all who attend! I might also add that there are only 3 or 4 spots left. If you have been sitting on the fence about attending, now is the time to act.
The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops is an inspirational resource for all photographers. They offer over 150 educational programs a year! I have personally attended several workshops there as a participant and I can tell you that it is an experience that you will not forget. Reid has put together some of the finest group of instructors available to inspire your creativity and imagination. For more information about The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops click on this LINK.
I'm currently working on a fun project for an old client of mine. My client is a global leader in the mining industry and has recently contracted with a traffic design firm to produce some new branding for them.
The design firm was contracted to produce a new global branding which will illustrate that my client conducts their business around the world. Rather than using a world map or showing a globe to illustrate my clients worldwide business interests, the design firm came up with the concept of using cultural patterns to illustrate their global interests.
I was asked to photography various pieces of artwork from those areas of the world my client conduct business in. I had several artifacts to photograph, portions of paintings, pottery, textiles and even a wood mask. The mask I had to photograph reminded me of the Jim Cary move "The Mask".
The design firm will be using only slices of the photographs as design elements on collateral material. Perhaps only showing an image an inch tall and perhaps 8 1/2" wide. This project is going to be an on going on as my client continues to collect more art.
Here are a few samples of the type of images I've been shooting.
Just a quick note to let you know I have only 4 spots left for the Philadelphia Small Strobes, Big Results Workshop being held at Eastern State Penitentiary on March 20th. If your interested in attending you will need to let me know soon.
I have two other up coming workshops in April you might be interested in. The first being San Francisco April 13th and the other Orange County, CA April 16th.
Lawrence Atienza, the creator of the blog "Memoirs of a Weekend Photographer" has just posted a recent interview I did with him on his site. Lawrence is a sharp young guy with fresh ideas and a blog with some nice information.
You can find the interview I did with Lawrence HERE. I hope you enjoy it.
Yesterday was the 7th Small Strobes, Big Results workshop, yesterdays was held here in Denver. We had a full house of shooters all had a great time. I'll be posting about the workshop later this week. I had an opportunity to use The Orbis™ Ring Flash during the workshop and I'll photos to show you when I post about the workshop.
I recently received my Orbis™ Ring Flash from Jame Madelin, the developer of the Orbis™ Ring Flash. This is an extremely useful flash accessory for all of us speedlight shooters.
This first thing that struck me was how well made this product is. A lot of thought went into manufacturing the Orbis™ and I believe James has a winner here. The Orbis™ was designed to handle many of the popular flashes on the market, a list of those can be found here.
The light is very evenly projected around the face of the ring flash as shown here in this photo.
I just love the fact that the Orbis™ is not mounted to the camera, some might think this as handy cap. The Orbis™ comes with a convenient strap which I really like. I'm able to sling the ring flash over my neck and shoulder which allows me to easily make camera adjustments with both hands.
I use a ring flash primarily as a fill light and if I want try a few exposures without it , I appreciate having the ability to hang the ring flash to my side with the provide strap.
If you prefer to mount the Orbis™ to a stand you'll have no trouble doing so with a standard umbrella bracket as shown here. I have had no trouble firing the flash using the Nikon CLS system thus avoiding any sort of cord attachment connecting the flash to the camera.
Let's take a look at some sample images shot using the Orbis™ ring flash later. I'll be using it at the Small Strobes, Big Results workshop in Denver this weekend.