VAL's Voice Activated Lights

(VALs) can go a long way. a great video from the BYU shooting team shows some great lighting techniques and VALing with a monoblok Video

Webinar...

I am participating in a Webinar for Bogan Imaging. This a fist time they have offered a free online class.

This session is about: Overcoming 5 common problems when shooting outdoors. Click on the link to view the slides in the presentation. Jump here

The next free webinar Selecting the Right Tripod & Head, will be on June 27, 2008. To registar for the session jump here.

Wondering How Too Choose the Perfect Tripod and Head?
Learn how at Bogen Imaging's FREE Webinar!
Our speakers will discuss common techniques & tips on:
Selecting the Right Tripod and Head, to Get the Most out of Your Rig!
Where: Online (Internet Connection & Phone Required)
Date: June 27, 2008 Time: 2pm - 3pm EDT

Steady as she goes…

Last week the sales force in my office had a full day of meetings. When the meetings had concluded they loaded onto a bus and headed down the road to blow off some steam.

The group ended up at Malibu Grand Prix. Fortunately I was invited to attend, and as I was forewarned, I took along my camera to do a little fun shooting. I also took the opportunity to play around with Panning.

Panning is a termed used in photography and video. Panning is described as the horizontal movement or rotation of a film or video camera, or the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device.

In photography, the panning technique is used to suggest fast motion, and bring out foreground from background. In photographic pictures it is usually noted by a foreground subject in action appearing still (i.e. a runner frozen in mid-stride) while the background is streaked and/or skewed in the apparently opposite direction of the subject's travel.


Here is one of my attempts to shoot a pan-action image of one of the cars passing at high speed (35 mph). OK not really high speed, but fast enough.


If you would like to learn more about Panning, dPS (digital Photography School) has a great article online. MiSInG LiNk::


Plus Wikipedia has a nice article on the subject as well. mIsSiNg LiNk::