Todays Tech Tuesday is all about lighting. Let me start by saying that there are some travel photographers that won’t go near artificial lighting – I am not one of those. I’m not discriminating between those who use artificial light and those who don’t. I don’t really draw a strong distinction between the two, other…
Hotshoe Flashes
Last weekend I got the chance to shoot a Malaysian wedding w/ Matt (see his shots here). It was quite an experience full of customs that frankly I was somewhat ignorant about other than my desperate night before wikipedia cram. A Malaysian muslim wedding is an extremely colorful thing which made it a lot of…
I spent the last 7 days hoping between meetings, countries, and shoots. Last Tuesday I had a meeting in Hong Kong to research possibilities for a future lighting/fashion/city-based workshop there with some awesome instructor(s). Was an amazing trip filled with good food, some new friends, and just a whole lot of doing what I love…
On Thursday I threw up a post about scouting out our local Tibetan market. I was excited to find that these markets have these old plexiglass roofs that have changes to all sorts of interesting colors. I wanted to shoot the modernizing Tibetan culture in a place surrounded by the ancient. Things rarely, if ever, go the…
So I love portraits. Since I’ve moved into a new complex and the locals are getting used to us, the culturally relevant and respectful portrait opps have been sparse. So what do you do when there is no one to shoot and your creative juices are flowing? In my case, the self portrait. I love…