AUGUST NEWS & FEATURES
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Hello all! I hope this finds you well and feeling creative. I haven't updated the journal for a while so thought I'd touch base and post a few features at the same time.
Life as a photographer's assistant in Melbourne is going well however unreliable freelance work might be. Being a freelancer involves registering as an official business which feels like another small step in the right direction - even if it's just so the government can rob you for taxes.
I've been busy lately working with a couple of advertising guys, one of whom just wrapped up 7 days of stop motion animation for an upcoming Slurpee ad. At 30 frames per second it can be a long day but loads of fun regardless and despite a tight storyboard we get to inject little nuances into the 'action'. The animated webisodes go online in Oct. so I'll post a link and some behind the scenes stuff around that time.
In other news.... I had a go at food photography a couple of weeks back for a well know St Kilda restaurant which gave me a chance to hire a bunch of expensive gear and play around with fancy food for a couple of days. The chef worked with Gordon Ramsey a few years back and knows his stuff.
It's the kind of job that normally requires a photographer, an assistant and food stylist but, despite the warnings, I had a go at it alone and am pretty happy with the results. The photos will be used for Amello's new and updated website in the coming months. They're certainly not going to win me any awards but seeing how I hadn't laid a finger on professional lighting equipment up until a year ago I'm pretty happy with how they turned out and I learnt a ton of stuff along the way.
Just goes to show, instead of listing reasons for not doing something find the reasons to do it instead and just have a go. Let me know what you think...
Equipment: Canon 400D/xTi, Canon 70-200mm 2.8, Bowens Gemini 2 head kit, Sekonic Flash Meter, Powerbook G4 & Photoshop Lightroom.
Thanks again for all your feedback and support! I'm off to Thailand at the end of the month for 10 days and then home to Belfast for the first time in 18 months. Can't wait for both! Looking forward to seeing everyone again. And hopefully some good photo opportunities along the way.
Until then, be good and keep shooting. ~ Gary
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The only problem is, I'm quite frightened that I will be a total failure at using lighting equipment and producing some quality shots. I don't even own a flash right now, and the one time I borrowed one (an SB-600 for my Nikon, so not some low-grade flash), I was pretty poor with it. On that same hand, I can't really afford any lighting equipment, but if I started doing some commercial stuff like this (or even just portraits), I would have an excuse.
Anyway, the point to my message is: how did you get started with lighting? Did you buy everything and then just experiment, experiment, experiment? Or maybe look at some tutorials or books?
I'd really like to get the D300 so I can feel comfortable shooting in low-light, but I'm sure with my current D50 I can get some quality shots with even basic lighting equipment...
I would be very grateful for any advice
PS: Those are some very nice food shots. If I had a restaurant, I would love to put those into my menus/ads/website/etc.
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I always felt the same way about flash photography. I was never happy with camera mounted flashes - probably because the ones I used were cheap and didn't offer much control - you know, that deer-in-a-headlights look that we all love
I started working as a photographer's assistant about 18 months back and started picking up the basics. It's such a different world of photography. Whereas we roam the streets and landscapes in search of that unique moment or magical light, these studio guys start with an empty white room and 'build' the same magic.
It's only recently that I started playing around with this stuff - in fact, this was my first stab at going it alone. Although the gear can be expensive these 'soft boxes' give out a nice gentle light if used properly. Plus, just being able to move them around gives you much more control than a camera mounted flash.
Here in Melbourne there are plenty of camera stores that hire this gear out for the day. And a wealth of information online about how to use it. I tend to borrow it for a day anytime a paid job comes along or I need some practice.
Let me know how it goes if you ever have a go at it. Or if any other questions come up.
All the best! ~ Gary
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