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Review: Yongnuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Triggers

As you may know, I’m a big fan of Nikon’s “Creative Lighting System” of wireless flash (CLS) for my portrait work. And with wireless TTL control of up to three remote flash groups without any additional hardware beyond your Nikon speedlights, there’s a lot to love. However, there are lighting situations and setups where IR [...]

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Portraits: Deluka – Test Shoot

Sometimes before a full-fledged shoot, I’ll do a test shoot with a band as an introduction and to develop a rapport with the client. Such was the case when I met up with the British band Deluka on their new turf in Brooklyn earlier this month.

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Portraits: Band Of Skulls

While they were out on tour with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, I met up with Band of Skulls for a quick portrait session. Even fresh from SXSW, the three-piece was lovely to photograph. High speed sync, a few fast prime lenses, my DIY beauty dish, and a sunset later: here are the results.

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Portraits: The Devil Wears Prada

Before their performance at the Pageant supporting Killswitch Engage, Alternative Press’ 2009 band of the year, The Devil Wears Prada, got a taste of the bright lights.

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The Upright Animals

Performing at Pageant in a benefit concert for Haiti earthquake victims, the Upright Animals delivered an intense 40-minute set that was a lot of fun to photograph. The Upright Animals are a band I’ve worked with a good deal in the past and it was a pleasure to photograph them again. Knowing that lighting treatments [...]

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DIY Beauty Dish Examples: Portraits

You may have seen a tweet or two over the last month about a little project I’ve been working on: building a DIY beauty dish. The full details and how-to on my design are ready to go, but first, here’s a look at a few examples shot with the homebrew light modifier for speedlights.

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Catchflash

A guitar solo at the edge of the stage is just the sort of act that encourages fans to put down their beers and raise up their cameras. No frontlighting? No problem. You’ve probably seen the effect – a serendipitous contribution of flash in one of your photos from some kind stranger who happened to [...]

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The Dillinger Escape Plan: Portaits

I caught up with the guys of The Dillinger Escape Plan on their 2009 tour for a quick portrait shoot. With my newly built DIY beauty dish and two trusty assistants, we banged it out Strobist-style.

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Promos: August Burns Red

Fresh from conquering Vans Warped Tour 2009, Chris and I met up with metalcore sluggers August Burns Red. Naturally, we did it up with wireless flash CLS style for a series of on-location band portraits. All the shooting notes after the jump.

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Preview: Warped Tour Portraits

Hey guys, just a preview of some of the portraits that I did with my brother Chris at Warped Tour. TAT here was one of our favorite groups to work with during the day – the three-piece brought a lot of enthusiasm and energy to the shoots, and we all had a blast.

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Preview: Incubus

July 24, 2009 – One image of Brandon Boyd of Incubus. If you think this shot looks like flash, you’re right – Brandon here is lit almost entirely by flash. But it wasn’t mine.

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Semi Precious Weapons

March 27, 2009 – Fresh from conquering Austin and SXSW, NYC’s own Semi Precious Weapons brought it home for a headlining concert under the big, beautiful lights of Blender Theater at Gramercy.

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Band Promos: Options for Location Lighting

It’s hard to find good help these days. Speedlights? Monolights? Powerpack setups? So many ways to go strobes, so little time. Let’s talk about options for flash photography on-location shooting band promos.

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Family Force 5

April 15, 2009 – Headlining the AP Tour 2009, Atlanat’s crunkcore kings Family Force 5 brought a raucous dose of crushing riffs, danceable beats, and charged chorus lines that had the pit heaving.

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Portraits: 3OH!3

April 15, 2009 – I met up with Sean and Nat of 3OH!3 on the AP Tour 2009, and the guys were more than happy to throw up a few 3-0-3s for the camera and show you how it’s done.

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Preview: Family Force 5

April 15, 2009 – Derek Mount, a.k.a. Chap Stique, of AP Tour headliners Family Force 5.

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Concert Photography & Red Lights

Seeing red? The red wash may just be the most dreaded treatment to ever grace the stage in the eyes of the concert photographer. Here are some suggestions for dealing with excessive red lighting for gig photography.

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Bring Me The Horizon @ Taste of Chaos

March 11, 2009 – There’s one band to go, but from the way the floor is heaving and the front row is screaming, you’d never know it. As the UK’s Bring Me The Horizon lays down the brutality of breakdowns, death growls, and chugging riffs, the thought occurs that they might not know either.

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