Tuesday, September 14, 2010

A Good Reflection...

We had a "Walk In The Park" for members of my photographers group last Sunday.

Great turnout and great sunny weather.

Had not been to Azalea Park in Summerville before and it was awesome.

The theme was portraiture and included young models, studio flash equipment and even a simple white card to reflect light into shadows.

Quite a learning experience.

The black umbrella in the set up on the left is a "strobe" electronic light that fires into a white surface and bounces back onto the model with a soft effect.

The camera sends a signal to the light so it is synchronized with the shutter.
In the old days, a cord would have gone between the two to make this off-the-camera light happen.

The photographer in the foreground is using her flash on camera as a "fill" light.

My role was to step back and show what was going on. Many of the portrait results are posted on our group site.

There was even a second album created so take a peek at both.


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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Ready For My Close Up....


Actually, my job in the 1970s was to promote Universal Studios.

Well, the Tour portion of the studio.

It was decided to allow people inside the gates to peek behind the scenes and my job was to publicize the fact that tours were fun and showed "how movies were made."

Publicity is tricky.

The Los Angeles Times was a serious publication and I needed a reason for it to help me promote the tour.

I suggested the European streets on the Back Lot as a place for a Fashion Shoot. The paper agreed.

The LAT photographer was on time and I was there as escort. The model was late. Very late.

I was asked to slip on a fancy cable knit sweater, brush my hair and strike a pose in "Italy."

Wish we had pushed the fake lamp post electric plug out of sight.

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