Upcoming Workshops

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Actor headshots, Berger Brothers Camera, Bowens, Bowens Softbox, CT Headshot Photographer, Headshot Photographer, Headshot workshops, headshots, Model, Model Headshots, Nikon, OCF, off camera flash, Rogue Flashbender, Sony, Speedights

Hi Everyone,

I have not been blogging lately and will make an effort to get back to it!

The rescheduled Berger Headshot workshop is this Saturday, November 5 at Berger Brothers Camera in Huntington, Long Island.  If you want to learn how to shoot multiple headshot looks with just 1-3 speed lights, then don’t miss this one.

You must register with Berger Brothers: Berger Brothers Headshot Workshop

Samples of looks from previous Headshot Workshops:

I may try to run one more workshop this year but can’t promise, so the Berger event may be the last workshop for 2016.

I am currently teaching at the Milford Adult Ed and have been asked to run another semester for Spring 2017.

If you are interested, I’ll be offering:

Advanced Lighting I

Tuesday nights, 7-9

7 week course, $40 tech fee, 4 models, constant, strobe, speedlight

Advanced Lighting II

Thursday nights, 7-9

7 week course, $40 tech fee, 4 models, all multiple light setups from 1-4 lights with speed lights and strobe lights

These classes are a great deal of fun and a wonderful learning environment to shoot with a model using different light sources.

All classes held at Foran HS, Milford, CT.  You can Google Milford Adult Ed after January 1 to register.

Thanks and see you soon!

Bob

Proofs from Saturday’s Workshop at Unique Photo, NJ

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40's Hollywood Glamour, Actor headshot, Bowens Softbox, Corporate Headshot, CT Headshot Photographer, Headshot, Headshot Photographer, Model Headshot, Nikon, NJ, NYC, NYC Headshot Photographer, Phottix, Sony

Hi and welcome back.

For today, I’m uploading a bunch of proof images from my Headshot Workshop at Unique Photo last Saturday.

I’ll post Photoshop Friday, which I missed last week, later today or tomorrow.  I won’t forget!

All the images below were shot with speed lights and are right out of my camera, raw to jpeg conversions.

If you like what you see, join me in Boston on May 21 at Theia Studios for another Headshot Workshop, where I teach corporate, actor, model, and creative light for the headshot.

Here is the link: Theia Studio Headshot Workshop

Proofs all done with location lighting techniques:

That’s it for now.  Till next time, happy shooting!

The CT Headshot Workshop, Saturday, February 6

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Bowens, CT Actor Headshot Photographer, CT Corporate Headshot Photographer, CT Headshot Photographer, CT headshot workshops, CT Model Headshot Photographer, CT OCF Workshops, Godox, Headshot Photographer, Nikon, Photoflex, Phottix, Sony

Hi  Everyone,

As per request at the last BH Event Space presentation, I’ll be running a Headshot Workshop in CT this weekend.

I’m opening this workshop up to 15 attendees so book early!

Come and join me as I teach how to accomplish multiple looks with just small flashes and simple gear.

We’ll work for 3 hours at Roger Salls Studio, 80 Ferry Blvd, Stratford, CT

I’ll cover: corporate, actor, model, beauty, creative lighting, inside and outside weather dependent.

Details:

Date:Saturday, February 6, 2016

Location: Roger Salls Studio

Time: 11-2

Attendees: 15

Price: $100.00, please use Paypal link above to register and pay

Gear:

Up to 3 small flashes

Bowens Softbox

Phottix Luna Beauty Dish

Umbrella

Rogue Flashbenders

Godox S-Mount Bracket

Learn how to set up, pose, and shoot these headshot looks with simple gear.

Model TBD.

Shooting Corporate on Location

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Bowens, CT Actor Photographer, CT Corporate Headshot Photographer, CT Headshot Phtographer, Godox, Headshot Photographer, Nikon, Phottix, Sony

Hi and welcome back.

Shooting corporate on location always provides challenges to you lighting setups.  You normally don’t get a big conference room or office to work in, you normally get the overcrowded conference room, small office, or even a hallway in which to work.  This provides you with some challenges to overcome to light effectively.

Yesterday I was shooting on location in Bridgeport, CT.  My client wanted white backgrounds.  So I brought along a white seamless and a background stand.  Once I got into my room, that plan went out the window.  But, as a quick alternative, I used the white wall instead of my seamless paper.

The conference room was small and filled with chairs.  Even after I moved all the chairs, it was still a small, cramped space.

Here is a proof from my shoot:

Here is how I shot it.

You can see my overall setup:

Key: SB910, Godox S-Mount bracket, Bowens 20×30 softbox

Fill: California Sunbounce Micro Mini, Silver Side

Back: 2 SB800’s, each with a large Rogue Flashbender as flags.  The light on the left is A-Clamped to the bookcase as there was not enough room for my lightstand.

These are the challenges you need to be prepared for when on location.  Fortunately, I had everything I needed in my bag, including extra A-Clamps.

There you have how I overcame some obstacles while shooting on location.

Saturday’s workshop in Stratford, CT is a go.  If you are interested in attending, just use the Paypal link on the top of the page.  I’ll post all the details tomorrow.  We’ll be shooting beauty and a bit of glamour creatively with speed lights and a beauty dish, the softbox above, and just grids.

Don’t hesitate to join in the fun, just join in!

Till then, happy problem solving!

Matt’s Actor Headshot

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CT Actor Headshot Photographer, CT Fashion Photographer, CT Photographer, Headshot Photographer, NJ Photographer, NYC Actor Headshot Photographer, NYC Photographer, RI Photographer

Hi and welcome back.

Tuesday Matt came in for his actor headshots.

I’m gearing up for the Spring season and Matt came on an unusually warm February day, so what did we do?  We started the session outside as I’m dying to shoot outside!

Matt chose the 2 hour sitting, so we did a lot of looks in the time.

Here are proofs from his sitting.

We started outside in natural light:

Then we headed in and did high key.  I offer high key because I think it is making a comeback.  It was popular 5-6 years ago, fell out of fashion, but I think it is coming back in popularity:

Then we went to a mid-key look with a dark shirt:

And then mid-key with a lighter toned shirt:

Ending finally with a traditional three light key, hair, and background lighting setup:

All-in-all we did a lot of work in just 2 hours.

The hard part now is choosing his final image!

If you are in need of headshots for any reason: Actor, Model, Corporate, etc., don’t hesitate to contact me for a sitting.

Till next time, happy shooting!

 

The One Light 101 Workshop

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Actor Headshot Photographer, CT Actor Headshot Photographer, CT Beauty Headshot Photographer, D3, Headshot Photographer, Nikon, NYC Actor Headshot Photographer, OCF, off camera flash, Off camera flash workshop, Studio Workshop

Hi and welcome back.

I’m attaching one proof image from each lighting look we did last Saturday.  The day was a success not only due to the lighting but due to Ely, our model!

So I taught how to use one light in a multitude of different ways.

Here is my gear list:

Nikon Sb910, with Nikon SD9 battery pack

Phottix Ares Triggers

Small Rogue Flashbender

Photoflex 45″ Convertible Umbrella

Lastolite Tri Grip silver/white reflector

Westcott Omega reflector

And that is it!

We got great results with just this gear, take a look:

Direct hard light:

Speed light from behind into the Westcott Omega:

Simple bounce flash with a small Rogue Flashbender:

Reflective umbrella:

Reflective umbrella from the side:

Collapsed Umbrella:

Shoot through umbrella direct with a reflector below:

Over and under beauty:

Traditional Key and Fill:

And finally, full body with a shoot through umbrella:

That is all the looks we did with the amazing Ely and one light source and a reflector.

Keep an eye out for upcoming workshops soon as my travel schedule is getting set now.

Thanks and till next time, happy shooting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Megan

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CT Headshot Photographer, CT Model, CT Model Photographer, DIY Fluorescent Light, Headshot Photographer, Kino Flo, NYC Headshot Photographer, off camera flash

Hi and welcome back.

My shoot with Megan on Tuesday went swimmingly!

We worked in several different styles to give her the beginnings of her model portfolio.

Here are a few shots from our sitting:

High Key Beauty.  I’ve been working on several different ways to shoot this look and have really fallen in love with this simple one light setup.  I place my subject right against a white wall, I set my strobe light high and above but behind me for frontal flat light, and then I set a silver reflector right about chest height.  The look is clean, high key, and the light is perfect:

Phottix Indra, 36″ Silver-Lined Beauty Dish with diffusion, Lastolite Tri Grip silver side up:

 

For another look, I broke out my fluorescent lights.

I built these lights from an online tutorial I found here:

Joe Edelman

Please note, the only drawback to the DIY System is that the T8 bulbs are not perfectly color balanced.  So each bulb is not the same temperature across the board. Even with a custom White Balance, I have to adjust the WB in Post to get it accurate.

Two years ago I built these units, but I have since found these at HTG Supply.  These units are complete and, I believe, have better color balance.  I have not tried them, but their value is excellent and I’m considering getting a set:

HTG Supply

For now, I’m using the Joe Edelman DIY version.  I love the light and it costs about $300.00 for two lights compared to $1,200.00 for one 4′ Kino Flo.

Here are two proofs.  You can see the cateye catchlights in her eyes and how I have the lights set vertically for beautiful, smooth, flat light:

I forgot to take a BTS shot, but here is one from stock:

That’s it for today.

I took out my fluorescents for the first time in a long time and have fallen back in love with them.  Look for upcoming posts on using them professionally and maybe even the lights from HTG Supply.

Also, I’m super busy putting together my Spring workshop schedule.  I’m keeping close this year and holding back on a lot of far travel, so I’ll be sticking mostly to the East Coast.

Look for workshops here:

Photopia, Miami

Pitman Photo, Miami

Cameras ETC, Delaware

10two5 Studio, Philadelphia

TF Camera, NJ

Summit Camera, NJ

and of course in NYC and CT

That’s it for now, till next time, happy shooting!

 

 

Natural Light

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Actor Headshot Photographer, CT Glamour Headshot Photographer, CT Headshot Photographer, Glamour Photography, Headshot Photographer, High School Senior Headshots

Hi and welcome back.

Whenever I shoot in the studio, I also try and get outside and take advantage of natural light.  Truth-be-told, a great many of my clients prefer the natural light shots.

When we finished in the studio, I took Ely and my California Sunbounce Micro Mini outside for some fun natural light shots.

The reflector is the basic tool of any photographer and I use it all the time.  I set it high or low depending on the light I need to get on the face and then shoot, shoot, shoot!

I shoot all my natural light shots with a Nikon D3 and 105 f/2 lens.  I use Aperture priority set to F/4 and then adjust the ISO to get a fast shutter speed.

Here are a few finished files from our day:

If you look into her eyes, you can see the light bouncing around and wrapping Ely.  I just reflected some of it back into her face with the Micro Mini and voila!

All shots in Aperture priority, F/4, ISO adjusted for shutter speed, WB adjusted in post.

That’s it for now, happy natural lighting!

Congratulations Alexis!

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Actor headshot, CT Actor Headshot Photographer, CT Headshot Photographer, Headshot Photographer, Headshots CT

Hi and welcome back.

Congratulations goes out to Alexis for landing a part on a new movie entitled, “Wishin’ and Hopin'” based on the book by Wally Lamb with my headshot!

Way to go Alexis.

BH Photo Event Space

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BH Event Space, Editorial Photographer, Headshot Photographer, Herald Square, NYC, NYC Headshot Photographer, NYC workshops, Off Camera flash workshops

Hi and welcome back.

Yesterday I ran a location lighting workshop with BH Photo Event Space in Herald Square.

BH Event Space

For the first time ever, the BH Photo video team of Matthew and Zee followed us around Herald Square shooting video of the event.  I’ll post a link when it is up in about 2 weeks.

Despite the chilly weather, I had a great and enthusiastic crowd.  We shot two models, Anelisa and Ricky, in an editorial style with:

Phottix Luna Beauty Dish

Rogue Flashbender XL Pro

Rogue Grid

Here are a few shots from the day.  Many thanks to Expoimaging for sponsoring me, which allows me to run these events successfully.

Till next time, happy shooting!