Most people know Vincent Laforet as the guy that got his hands on the 5DM2 before it was released to shoot that amazing promo video. Well he is a full time photographer but in the video below he got to be the DP for a Famous Footwear commercial. The BTS is below and the final commercial is in the full post. Usually I like the BTS more than the actual commercial but in this case, I like the finished product more. It’s stunning.
Have you ever wanted to shoot aerial photos or video but thought that the cost would be too high? Well Tom Guilmette just did something that Patrick and I were considering doing in one of our upcoming Fstoppers originals. I’m glad he did it first though because now I realize our plan wouldn’t work. For some reason I thought a single helium balloon would be enough to lift a GoPro… I would have been about 29 balloons short.
Part of me thinks that Walmart helium is only about 10% helium and 90% air though.
Yes, this is an ad for Cinevate’s Pegasus Carbon but this is worth watching. If you are into video, this ad gives some fantastic information about getting moving shots. The Pegasus isn’t cheap at $900 but it is one of the best sliders money can buy for a DSLR.
2010 is coming to a close and we are all starting to tally up our expenses for the year. It’s always a shock to me how much I have spent on my photography business. Whether you are a pro or not, how much do you think you spend each year on photo or video equipment? This includes computers and software too as long as you have purchased them for image or video production.
Here is an interesting photoshoot where Marie-Louise Cadosch lights her model inside an old bus. Instead of trying to fit the lights inside, they decide to light through the glass and the results speak for themselves.Check out the final images and more info from this Fashion Breakdown shoot here and more on the toning of these images here.
Melissa Rodwell is back with Fashion Photography Blog shooting a Harper’s Bazaar Cover. I’ll let the video and pictures speak for themselves but I do have to say that I am huge fan of this simple single hard light. Easy setup, great results!
Update: Woops, I just realized that Strobist posted yesterday. Just wanted to give David credit as well.
I’ve taken small strobes out into the ocean to shoot kiteboarders in the past and it wasn’t a huge success. My assistants were getting bashed by waves and the small strobes just aren’t powerful enough to really show up in the day.
Robert Snow had a much better plan though. He decided to go to a wave pool where the waves always break in the same spot and set up beefy studio lighting on the land.
Are you planning to build your own studio one day? If not, this video probably won’t interested you. But, if you do dream of having a studio (like most photographers do) then this video will get you one step closer. The incredibly talented Sam Robles takes you through the step by step process of building a cyc wall from scratch.
Have you ever seen “How To” photography videos from the 80′s and 90′s? Most of these videos are so cheesy that it’s hard to take anything of value away from them. In the video below Dean Collins teaches a workshop on the properties of light and instead of focusing on current trends, he sticks to the fundamentals. This video was shot in 91 but it is still completely relevant today.
I just ran across this quick BTS of a Land Rover photoshoot. The video itself isn’t that impressive but the photography sure is. It’s really interesting to see how Tim Wallace determined his lighting. First he focused on the ambient light for the background and then after he had that locked in he added 3 strobes to fill in the car but keep the sky dark.
This video was just sent over to us by a reader and I am so glad it was because I am now a huge fan of Alexia Sinclair. In this video Sinclair was hired to shoot the campaign imagery for the New Zealand Opera’s performance of “Macbeth”. The production value of the shoot alone is amazing and her retouching is amazing to watch as well.
When I see videos like the one below on TV I usually pay no attention. My initial thought is that some guy on a computer made it. It isn’t until I see the BTS that I really appreciate what goes into these creative works of art. View the full post to see the BTS.
If you like detail in your images then this video is for you. Check out this quick video of 2.3 gigapixel image being played with in photoshop. You can view the full file here and you can easily create images of this size yourself with a Giga Pan EPIC Pro.
It’s really interesting working on a site like FS because you never really know who your readers are. If you just looked at our comments you might guess that we only have a couple hundred readers a day. If you check our analytics however, you will find that there are about 60,000 unique visitors to FS every month. So that got me wondering… Are these the same 60,000 people or are they totally new each month? Well, only YOU can help answer this question. How often do you visit Fstoppers?
