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Jul,07


 
 

Mobile Lighting for Travel Photography

Light, durable, and inexpensive mobile lighting setups for travel photographers


Todays Tech Tuesday is all about lighting.

Let me start by saying that there are some travel photographers that won’t go near artificial lighting – I am not one of those.  I’m not discriminating between those who use artificial light and those who don’t.  I don’t really draw a strong distinction between the two, other than to say I love natural light just as much as I love lighting setups in many ways – it just happens to be the lighting setups that get my blood rushing and make me excited about being a photographer.  If you are one of the strictly natural light guys, no worries – unfortunately you might not get much out of this post other than maybe some information you can store away for when you do pick up a strobe,.

Moving on…

Over the last month I’ve been asked several times about what lighting setups I use while I’m on the field.

Here is my typical field setup.

Just a quick list of what you see above

  1. 2x Westcott 43″ convertible umbrellas (here)
  2. 2x multiclamps w/ shoe mounts (here)
  3. 2x Nikon sb-24’s (here)
  4. 2x Manfrotto Nano Portable light stands (here)
  5. 1x Paul C. Buff CyberSync Trigger Controller (here)
  6. 2x Paul C. Buff CyberSync Trigger Receiver (here)
  7. 1/8th gridspot (here)
  8. Lightsphere, rechargeable batteries, red bungie things, tape

The real beauty of this setup is in the fact that it takes up very little space in my bag and it was super cheap compared to most setups.  I’ve taken this exact setup all over SE Asia without thinking twice.  If you’re setup is too big or you have the mental conversation about “should I take it or not” , you probably wont take it, and in my opinion, the setup is too big for you to easily get out, set up, and capture a killer shot if the situation arises.  Food for thought:  It took me less than 3 minutes to get this shot from having nothing setup – here’s what I got. The setup can be seen here.

A closer look after the break…

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Jun,16


 
 

Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk

Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk in Historic Tibet


I’m excited to announce that I will be leading a Kelby Worldwide Photowalk this summer.  It should be an exciting time to be in Qing hai and an even better time to check out Kumbum monastery.  Remember to sign up here:  http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/xining-qinghai-china-kumbum-front-gate/

Take a look at some of the information below about the walk after the break

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Jun,11


 
 

CHINA, HONG KONG, AND MALAYSIA (2 OF 3)

Meetings, shoots, 3 countries, and lots of me being behind a camera - Part 2


Part 2 – Downtown Penang + Batik Factory

So after my meetings and shoot(s) in Hong Kong, I headed down to Penang for a bit of business and pleasure w/ our good ol’ Digital Trekker.  I have to admit, I went to Penang not knowing much about it other than it’s really really hot there and what I read on Wikipedia.  One of the beautiful things about living in Asia, is that airfare is silly cheap here.  I’m really glad I got to pay Penang a visit.

The morning of my first full day in Penang, I was told about a kind of clothing design they do in this part of the world known as Batik.  The friend that I was with told me about how it was made, and I was absolutely blown away.  Batik is made by applying wax to cloth, dying it, and then boiling off the wax – negative space design at it’s best.  Certan types of Batik are made usings copper stamps w/ wax rather than applying it by hand.  Nonetheless, I was impressed enough to spend about 3 hours at local Batik shop marveling at how cool this stuff is.  Check out some of the designs below – hand made!

That afternoon we spent the afternoon in downtown Penang.  Downtown Penang is truly a melting pot of South East Asian culture.  I visited Chinese clan houses, two mosques, and ate lunch at the best Indian restaurant in Penang.  I couldn’t have asked for much more.

Coming tomorrow – Shots from my first Malaysian Wedding.

 
Jun,09


 
 

China, Hong Kong, and Malaysia (1 of 3)

Meetings, shoots, 3 countries, and lots of me being behind a camera


I spent the last 7 days hoping between meetings, countries, and shoots.

Last Tuesday I had a meeting in Hong Kong to research possibilities for a future lighting/fashion/city-based workshop there with some awesome instructor(s).  Was an amazing trip filled with good food, some new friends, and just a whole lot of doing what I love – spending time behind a camera.  That being said I had 5 meetings in 7 days discussing some exciting things going photographically in Asia as well as the opportunity to do a quick scouting shoot in Hong Kong for this future workshop that we will help run later this year (stay tuned!)

Some shots from my 3 days in HK last week with Penang Clan Houses and Mosques coming tomorrow!

 
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