Comments on: Ken Hermann Shoots Pro Skaters for Hasselblad Masters 2012

By: Will Bremridge-willbphoto

Will Bremridge-willbphoto — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:10:00 +0000

very true. its just a more reliable source of power rather than an increased amount of light. God i love these shots!

By: Lukas Prochazka

Lukas Prochazka — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:03:00 +0000

It is photoshoped for example the last one …in the video 1:46…you can see the light there….1:53…picture 8+ you can see on the concrete when the light was because it is from one point the light just appear and spread…it gives to pictures unique look…

By: Ett Venter

Ett Venter — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:31:00 +0000

Why should he “bother to bring battery packs”? He wanted to light the shot, and he did exactly that. Bringing battery packs would have made as much impact on the photos as using a generator – nothing. So who cares? :)

By: Björn Lubetzki

Björn Lubetzki — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:46:00 +0000

I really can’t figure out the lighting. Don’t think it’s shoped.
My brain is telling me “he used two lights and let one shadow “simply” disappear out of frame or in the shadow area in the background” but that doesn’t make it any easier to figure out how he did it.

By: Björn Lubetzki

Björn Lubetzki — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:28:00 +0000

The lighting is impressive but it borders on overkill…..He didn’t even bother to bring battery packs. He brought a generator……

By: Carlos Zaya

Carlos Zaya — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:23:00 +0000

That is some serious awesomeness! And a big dose of inspiration & motivation!

/ ww.zayaphotography.com

By: Nède

Nède — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:38:00 +0000

As he uses a tripod for his camera, it’s pretty easy to remove lightstands

By: yamaha83

yamaha83 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:48:00 +0000

awesome lighting!!

By: Ett Venter

Ett Venter — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:37:00 +0000

John’s right. His shadow suggests a rear left backlight, but the dark shadows on his right arm are inconsistent with that…

By: Björn Lubetzki

Björn Lubetzki — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:02:00 +0000

A Hasselblad has a X-SYNC of 1/800sec. It’s not like Canon or Nikon can’t go into that territory but they have a hack of a problem up there. Over the normal sync speed of 1/200sec (Mark III), or 1/250th sec (most Nikon) the cameras only work in Highspeed Sync. This way you loose A LOT of power whereas the Hasselblad can Sync up to 1/800 sec without loosing flash power.
BUT!! Hasselblad cameras are fantastic, don’t get me wrong but the autofocus isn’t build for sports. And that’s where you run into problems with a Hasselblad….
A Nikon 1DX with 61 af-points or a D4 with 51 is still better than the Hasselblad system.
If you pre focus on a certain point though…..Then you only need to find the money laying around on the street to buy a Blad and a lens and you are in business…..

P.S. On a side note: It has to be noted, that the max shutter speed of some (if not all) Hasselblad is also 1/800 sec. So you can sync a flash all the way to the max shutter speed but the max isn’t nearly as high as the “better” Nikon or Canon cameras with 1/8000 sec. So if you want to shoot fast moving objects there’s a good possibility that you need a full flash setup to get tack sharp images. That way you can freeze the action in flight.