tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17534827.post3963021775319563..comments2024-03-27T22:02:52.479-04:00Comments on Digital ProTalk: Good Morning Monday: A New Contest, The Strobist, Gerry Ghionis, The Canon5d Mark II, and RAW Directly To JPEGDavid Ziserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02674227631785266632noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17534827.post-25697102301287627962008-11-03T20:56:00.000-05:002008-11-03T20:56:00.000-05:00Well, I have recently become a convert to the Zise...Well, I have recently become a convert to the Ziser lighting techniques and my second shooter and I watched all the lighting videos on Kelby Training..what I learned was that it's bringing my studio knowledge to my weddings and creating some pretty pictures.<BR/><BR/>So, it's the second wedding we are shooting with this new lighting setup..and I exit the reception to go see the bride/groom/bridal party getting ready. Now the reception ahll was the darkest I had ever seen and it was all a mustard yellow. OK..not great. But we would have to deal.<BR/><BR/>I go outside and the entire bridal party got out glow sticks..what. what. glow sticks. what was this. i had never ever seen anything like it (of course the bride/groom got from the beautiful mansion where they were married to the reception hall on the back of his truck on chairs). <BR/><BR/>what is this. well, the reception hall was so small ( a 8x8 space for dancing) that we had to think quick as there was no room for a light. so, we used the bounce in a big 42 inch reflector that one of us was holding while standing flat against a wall to minimize on the space we would take up.<BR/><BR/>come on. glow sticks. seriously i was throw for a loop.<BR/><BR/>but we got some really cool images from this new lighting setup.<BR/><BR/>so thanks to David and Kelby training..you literally saved us from an awful situation. <BR/><BR/>glow sticks???Holsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141738594611894965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17534827.post-59971381394926127222008-10-29T13:00:00.000-04:002008-10-29T13:00:00.000-04:00Before a wedding on a very hot August day I notice...Before a wedding on a very hot August day I noticed the cake was sweating and tilting as the table was set below a window with the hot afternoon sun blazing in. The caterer said that cakes were always placed here and they never had a problem before. I advise the bride and her and I moved the cake to the backside of the table out of the direct sunlight. She knows my photoshop skils and just said "you can fix this right?". In otherwords "Don't sweat the small stuff!"<BR/>Bree Robertson<BR/>Central IndianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17534827.post-52027808578761234832008-10-27T20:31:00.000-04:002008-10-27T20:31:00.000-04:00Story-While photographing a wedding we learn that ...Story-<BR/><BR/>While photographing a wedding we learn that the minister is drunk and his wife is sitting in the house drawing 'angel cards' for everyone who enters. During the reception some of the groom's family gets up to leave and proceeds to take containers of meats, breads, and desserts from the tables while people are still fixing their plates. This would not be bad - if they had brought the food - but the wedding was being catered. . . .Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463481856941526520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17534827.post-77639879840041063082008-10-27T17:41:00.000-04:002008-10-27T17:41:00.000-04:00Story-I was assisting a wedding earlier this summe...Story-<BR/>I was assisting a wedding earlier this summer at a local golf course/resort hotel. The wedding was out doors, at a gazebo located on the edge of the 8th hole. There was a nice row of evergreens providing shade and a line break from the view of the rest of the course, and gave a good general backdrop.<BR/><BR/>After the cermimony, we started taking altar formals, and as we finished, we heard a thump on the roof of the gazebo. We see a golf ball roll down, look out and see a couple golfers down the way. We yell to stop, and they do and pass on. We move from the gazebo to about 20 feet further away from the line of trees (away from the course) and another ball whizzes by behind us a moment later. We decide to finish as fast as we can. In the middle of shooting the last couple frames of the bride and groom, a ball comes and nails a bridesmaid. She's stunned, we're all scrambling, and get her out of there, and grab our gear to walk out. As we are packing, in rush two golf carts of drunk players, who rush the bride and groom and start yelling to get their picture taken. We grab 2 frames, say thank you, and rush the bride and groom out.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the night was very tame, the bridesmaid didn't have a concussion and a very small bump on the side of her head. Since then the course has added a sign for that hole while weddings and parties are going on to skip the hole.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937011379513270650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17534827.post-59151014287555241252008-10-27T16:19:00.000-04:002008-10-27T16:19:00.000-04:00Your going to love that Raw utility.. It now works...Your going to love that Raw utility.. It now works with Sraw files from the 40D..Iggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497626138407508090noreply@blogger.com