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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Fish-eye Fun at the Dali Museum

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© Rick Sammon
I had some fish-eye fun today at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. I used my Canon 15mm lens on my Canon 5D Mark II.

When I got back to my hotel, I had some HDR fun with Nik HDR Efex Pro. Click here to save on Nik and some of the other plug-ins I use.

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© Rick Sammon
If you're in the area, don't miss the Dali.

Explore the light,
Rick
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Labels: Dali, Dali Museum

Sammon's Speedlite Sessions in Oldsmar, Florida

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© Rick Sammon. Canon 5D Mark II. Two Canon 580 EX II Speedlites. Honl grids and gels
Day II one of my workshop at the Dave Cross Studio in Oldsmar, Florida was a blast! I had eight students learning the benefits of shooting with speedlites - which I teach on all my workshops.


I illustrated how to created dramatic lighting with speedlites. Above is one end-result photograph; below is a behind the scenes shot of the same scene.


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© Kathy Porupski
Above: For my shot, I used two Canon 580 EX speedlites. 

Right speedlite: a Honl grid was placed over the flash head to create direct lighting - and a cool shadow.


Left speedlite: a Honl grid and Honl grid was placed over the flash head to direct and to add color to the light. A small piece of cardboard with cut-out slits was held in front of the flash head to create the dramatic lines of light.


Click on the Honl image on the right side my blog to get a discount on Honl speedlite accessories. See my gear page to read about my gear.


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© Rick Sammon. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105mm IS lens. Canon 580 EX II. Honl gel.
Above: I also illustrated the impact of a silhouette.

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Above: One speedlite placed directly behind the subject and aimed at the white background was used to create the dramatic silhouette.

Below: While I was demonstrating a posting technique, workshop participant Tom Spatig snapped the shot. Thank you Tom for the fun shot.

I hope to see you on one of my workshops - having fun in #1.


For now, if you'd like to learn more about lighting, and photography in general, check out my apps.

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© Tom Spatig

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Labels: speedlites

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Day One At Dave's: One Light Wonders

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© Rick Sammon
Day one of my workshop at the Dave Cross Studio in Oldsmar, Florida was a blast! I had eight students learning the benefits of shooting with one light source: speedlite in a Westcott Apollo softbox.

The image was taken with my Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 25-105mm IS lens. I had my Canon 580EX II placed in the Westoctt soft box. Click here to see all my gear.

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Above:  Kathy Porupski was our voice activated light stand for the shoot. Kathy also helped with the model. Thanks Kathy!

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Above: Your full-service instructor at work. Thanks Jason Ludwig for the nice behind-the-scenes image.

To the students: You all did a great job!

Stay tuned for more images from the workshop.

Explore the light,
Rick

P.S. For more lighting tips, see my apps.
Posted by Rick Sammon at 6:08 PM
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