Lets get real though. Photography is a dangerous business. It all started with getting new lighting equipment, and ended up with me gimping back home. In between I might have learned not to walk around with the camera glued to my face. Just because your entire body turns left, doesn't mean your foot will follow. Just sayin'.
The new toys are great though! Enough wireless equipment to light a small stadium. In all honesty, off camera lighting (and particularly 'strobist' work) is a whole sub-genre in portrait photography. Though addicting, it has it's place. In my case, there are situations where it's just impossible to create the kind of dramatic effect I need aside from doing this. I'll offer up a rather charming quotation from a fellow forum member, Raoul Isidro...
"But after a while of producing flat photography, you would be tempted to acquire a more powerful speedlight to attach to it. Then, after much confidence and creativity using the speedlight, you will drool and lust after powerful strobes and flashes with complimentary umbrellas and parasols that are propped up by handsome looking stilts and structures. You would then want more control and freedom and add wireless transceivers, more slaves and more servants. After countless blinding flashes that burn your retinas prematurely, at a silent lonely moment... you will discover... the beauty and pure joy... of available light photography"
Given a preference, I'll always be a natural light photographer at heart.
So what else is new? Well, new glass for a start! I finally managed to get a copy of the legendary 21mm Ltd prime I've lusted after for so long. If I could eat it I would. The lens cap is lined with velvet for cryin' out loud! So here's a quick snap from a walk around doing a lens test...
So what's coming up? Well, June is super busy, and it starts in May (?). This weekend, I'm working on an awesome project for a business, Studio VIA in Brookfield WI, which I'm preeetty excited for. You know me, I'm all about dance. Look for update on that once it's all done and dusted early next week!
Like any good party, we'll end this with a song. New-to-Me artist I just fell for this week, hailing from Oxfordshire in the UK by the name of Stornoway. Remind me of B&S and moreso The Stone Roses. Either way they're kick a$$...here's their Myspace and for those needing gratification requiring less than 2 mouse clicks, here's a video to inspire that second click...
take care folks!
