Comments on: David Hobby Deconstructs A Portrait

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:39:10 +0000

@Simon Goodson- The D3 he uses has two shutter buttons, one for portrait and one for landscape. He’s using the shutter button typically used in landscape mode because if he doesn’t the sync cord will be on the other side of the camera and be in his way. I’ve been lucky enough to assist David on a few shoots, trust me, he knows how to manipulate that camera.

By: Guess the Lighting

Guess the Lighting — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:53:24 +0000

It's always nice to see behind-the-scenes footage on shoots. It's great help for people to learn more about lighting and shooting, in general. There's another site that shows how famous photographers light their images, you should check GuessTheLighting.com. Keep up the great work.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:49:43 +0000

@ Simon Goodson – Who cares how you hold the camera, as long as it gets the camera in the right position for the shot? I’ve held on by grips, straps, even duck taped a camera into place to get a shot once. Bravo to David Hobby for some really cool shots!

By: Donnie Bell Design

Donnie Bell Design — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:00:34 +0000

Good to see other photographers out in the world taking pictures instead of just a studio. Also, I love how he talks to him and takes pics instead of just telling him to pose.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:44:48 +0000

@Frank – David didn’t take the video or even realize I was filming. I edited it and posted it the next day, before he had his shots up on Flickr. If you want to see the final results check out his blog or his Flickr photos. Additionally, you can view my Vimeo page and get a brief description of what I wanted to highlight with the vid.

Thanks to fstoppers for posting this. Hopefully everyone gets something out of it.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:22:09 +0000

final pics can be found on David’s flickr amongst a great deal of other useful stuff..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidhobby/4700238412/

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:58:25 +0000

David, it would really be great if you could end the video with a few of the finished photos so we could see the fruits of our labor.

By: Levy Moroshan

Levy Moroshan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:55:40 +0000

What I love about this stuff is that it just goes to show you that you don’t need some huge fancy studio to get great images! I couldn’t hurt either I guess. :)

By: Simon Goodson

Simon Goodson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:56:13 +0000

Always great to see David Hobby working. What I find most interesting about this video is that he doesn’t know how to hold a camera properly in the vertical position ha. The photo rocks though!