Something I’ve wanted to shoot for a while now is Maartial Arts.
I love the speed, energy and discipline of this sport and although I’m not fit enough or young enough now to give it a try I’d love the opportunity to shoot it.
The biggest challenge for this type of image is getting access to an authentic setting. If anyone is willing to work with me on something like this and knows where we can shoot it, please let me know.
I met Adam Duckworth back in April 2009 when I took his course on Advanced Lighting Techniques, courtesy of theFlashCentre.
To be brutally honest, I was really nervous when I booked myself on the course, having virtually no studio lighting experience to speak of other than a day’s studio macro course and fiddling with my own studio lights. I have to say though that Adam was really great to spend the day with. I learned so much from that single event. Much, much more than I could have hoped for. I can certainly see why he has been awarded Editorial Photographer of the Year.
It wasn’t just Adam either.
We had a great model for the day, the lovely Leah, and I learned nearly as much from her as I did from Adam himself. Between then they made a great team. The whole day was very relaxed and informal and totally charged with positive energy. I think I floated all the way home down the M6.
Adam and Leah between them were very instrumental in me deciding upon a career change and indeed the birth of this very blog.
Yet another inspirational photographer is David Hobby, made famous by his amazing use of speedlights for off camera flash. David isn’t just a great photographer he’s also started a huge following, me included. I love the concept of taking my 580ex and setting it up on a light stand for a shoot. This has given me an ultra-lightweight lighting setup that is quick and easy to use on location.
Something I’ve been meaning to shoot for a while is a water slash. The trick is all in the setup and if you get it right, it is extremely easy to do.
I stumbled across the work of David Ziser by listening to the Camera Dojo podcast. Aside from being a fantastic photographer, he is also a champion blogger too. In fact his website is a veritable gold mine of really useful hints, tips, stories and how tos. Well worth checking out but be warned that you’ll need several hours to spare, such is the depth and wealth of information it contains.
Hi, I'm Gavin the photographer.
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