Recent content by Gypsy_Biker

I just don't get fill flash in bright sunlight, in theory it makes perfect sense to me - but then my camera exposes for the light that huge ball of flame in the sky produces.... and funny enough I have to use a shutter speed that is well faster than 1/200. So then I can't use flash. How do...

This sums the problem up - "I'm doing 70 therefore I can stay in the middle lane, why are all those idiots flashing me??"

Vinyl doesn't crease to buggery like cloth does.

Thanks chaps, advice taken! These will only be shown to people at mine, so I'll get produced without branding.

I planning on getting some samples printed to show examples of the differant products I offer (and show how great photos can look in print rather than on a screen!). I'm thinking canvas, acrylic, framed etc. I like the idea of my branding on the samples, but equally don't what people to...

I just wanted to report back and say thanks again to Mike and Paul. The event went well with no disasters! It was pretty full on with no time to catch my breath all night! I've posted some samples in the portrait section, you can see them here...

Thanks Mike - good advice too! Wish me luck tonight, I'm bricking it!!

Thanks Garry - you're right, I'm looking to increase my number of studio lights from 1!! I'm loving my EP300 BTW! The only thing that helps be out with speed lights is the great ISO performance I get from the D600, it really takes the pressure off the little guys - both in power and re-charge...

2m wide grey paper, just to the floor - so no full length shots.

I'm pretty happy with my portrait work, and like the depth and character my lighting gives these. Typically I'd use 120cm octabox and 300w studio strobe for key, 2 x speed lights and brolley for fill and hair light, and 1 x speedlight and snoot on the background (2m grey paper) I'm doing my...

Thanks both!

A recently sold my first framed prints to a client through my zenfolio website; the lab I'm partnered with is One Vision Imaging. One of the prints is quite large (16" x 16"), and typically it is of a shot that I had to crop. The PPI will be 205; now most labs say that 300 PPI is optimum, has...

Thanks for taking the time to reply with your set-up. Much appreciated. What would we do without soft toys??!!!!

Thanks Shane, that's a really interesting comment you make. And one that formed the basis of a eurika moment for me last week! Let me know if I've got this right. I started off exactly as you discribe, I'd read that I needed 1 stop of differance between the background and subject to get a...