Free IT advise
I come from a technical IT background and so I thought that I may have something of value to share on both my current set-up and best practise methods which may be of some value to someone (anyone?
) out there on the interwebOver a few blog entries I’ll hopefully share with you some IT best practises that will make your computer happy which in turn will make it perform quicker and in turn improve your workflow so you can be less interrupted through your day and log-off quicker to go do something more interesting.
This isn’t necessarily just photographers – this covers anyone that uses a PC/MAC for work purposes, but I’ll lean towards the visual industry as they have higher performance requirements than the average computer user.
More to come ….Fashion shots with Katie Green
I’m just back from attending a workshop today from fashion photographer Jon Grey which was hosted by the BIPP.
In the afternoon we had three basic lighting set-ups and pro model Katie Green with us. I tend not to lighting everything when doing beauty portraits and usually choose a shallower depth of field (f/2.8 to f/11 max). So this was a different experience for me photographing someone at f/20 with strobes at every angle.
Below are a couple of shots from the day.
The Bowens Gemini gear we were using was proving to be fairly problematic which is unusual for a brand leader.
Interestingly my favourite is the first image below in which when the main light failed to trigger, but the rear screen and reflectors did the job.
The end result was the emotive style I would choose to do when doing a fashion shot thather than nuking the subject….. unless it was a product shot ;o)Less is more and all that 😉
Katie is the face for Ultimo’s D-G Range and was a superstar.
She did her own makeup and was very professional from start to finish. She kept going even when the temperature soared with all the strobes firing all afternoon.
Her website and link to her agent is here: https://www.katiegreenofficial.com/My picture of RAF Museum, Cosford is in Schmap
I was contacted recently by the Schmap team when they requested use of a picture I took of RAF Cosford to be included in their online mapping system
Schmap are a mapping service like Google maps, only Google maps focus more on their road mapping technology with the occasional user supplied picture.
Schmap on the other hand are more of a classic mapping service like Streetmap, only they actively seek decent photographs of surrounding areas so people can see what’s nearby in every location possible.With that, I was contacted by them for one of my pictures to be added into their 9th edition.
The picture I took was from my recent trip to Cosford for the BIPP annual conference. I was a bit surprised they used the picture they did as I had some other ones that I thought were much better/more interesting, but the client often has their own preference.
If you get the chance to visit the RAF museum in Cosford then it is worth the trip. Lots of memorabilia housed in it’s
Here’s a direct link to Schmap so you can see it’s features: https://www.schmap.com/
To see my image on an iPhone in schmap, click here:
To visit the series of images I took at RAF Cosford, click here: CallumW BlogPageLong time no blog …..
It’s been a 6 weeks since I’ve posted a blog, mainly due to too much happening and when I do think about it I’m usually travelling and unable to scribe my mental gibberish into a defenceless nearby PC.
One of my changes are to this blog itself. No longer Google Blogger driven, but now I host and maintain the blog myself for faster publishing, increased functionality and it should be easier to read too.
I’m still facelifting the blog as well as working on a couple of other sites in the background which will (I hope) be big news in early 2010.
Meanwhile ….. I’ll put down some retrospective posts here (backdated) to follow a better timeline
P.S. It’s my birthday in the next 7 days … if anyone feels inclined to get me this then feel free
