Its ramping up ya’ll! Bout to put a lot of stuff into this teaching! Stay tuned for lighting diagrams and workshop schedules!

Just sending a shot out. I recently had a quick random session with Jennifer Colli (of my previous post). Guess what? SUCCESS! I use the new silver Alienbees PLM 42″ directly above, the Alienbee ABR-800 ringlight with the 30″ Moonunit attached and 2 el’cheapo Britek Flashes behind on each side at an angle to add some edginess to the image.

Success or not? Chime in!!!

Fire!

Dont worrie, you can find me teaching at the October 14th lighting class so be there!!

PEOPLE I’M BACK TEACHING AGAIN! THE PRINCE IS BACK! Wednesday Sept. 30th, October 14th & 28th! I’m holding some killer workouts (classes)! They’re only $20 each and will be covering lighting with hotshoe flashes a-la-strobist as well as studio lighting. One class will even be all about the primary features of your camera.

Here we GO! My workout schedule!

Jason "GQ" Soaris

I got a question in yesterday asking how I created the photo of Jason Soaris… They wanted more clarity for how I created it.

“The image was just crisp, stunning and a subtle sexy. The lighting was soft and just ohh soo pro… How do I light like that?” – J. Serra, Los Angeles

Here’s the answer J. Serra (who’s full name will be kept low of course): You start with a large soft light-source overhead. I used a 48″ octabox from eBay in a 440 watt Britek HS-2000 flash. Then I placed a second flash for the solid gray background next too it (on an overhead boom) aimed at the BG (background) using only a 7″ reflector. I finished it off with 2 4×8ft foamcore boards in front on both sides of the subject. (You can see the twin rectangles in the catch-lights of the subjects eyes as proof.)

Sony Alpha A900, David Griffin, Diagram, Jason Soaris

LIGHTING
(440 ws) Britek HS-2000
(400 ws) SL-400
(4ft x 8ft) Foamboard

CAMERA:
Sony Alpha A900
Minolta 85mm F1.4 Lens
Elinchrom Skyport System
F11, 1/200th, ISO100

By the way, I shoot with Jason from time to time. He commissioned me to create some images for him and his cousin that resembled GQ magazine (see previous post). Viola!!!