Recent content by nikthegeek

Cheers guys i'm going for 2 of the things, got myself a 40% grant Nik

come on someone must have an opinion? nik

Hi guys i notice that ips monitors seem to be the thing for photographers anyone know anything about this one its about £180, i was thinking about buying 2, any thoughts? http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/monitors/LG-led-monitor-IPS231P-BN.jsp Nik

Is that the photograph the CIA have released he looks alive to me.

BXRI's have been an absolute nightmare they are supposed to be mobile yet twice they have arrived with broken parts, once they didn't work after about 50 fires well 3 out of 4 and fianlly on sunday they started smokin. Nik

Hi there Guys, i have posted before about these BXRI's i am soooo unhappy i bought them i should have stuck to bowens, i just liked the skyport system. So far after buying them and not using for 6 months i decided to use them on a shoot, 3 out of 4 heads broke down.It made a complete prat...

Hi Guys, i think the colours on Garys pictures are spot on, venture have done well with this sort of highly saturated overexposed type of picture its their hallmark and people like them looking bright and happy even if they are not realistic. Nik

HI guys, the vinyl flooring that i mention is different from the stuff in the UK its new (there is a link earlier in the post check it out) it guarantees whiteness where as the uk stuff like lastolite and the other doesn't go white unless you blast it which then whitenes the subject. I am in...

Hi Ben, I am just about to take the plunge and buy some of these acrylic sheets, before i do can you advise me whether they require much post production ie in fixing the join. If there is i am going to have to bite the bullet and buy the vinyl i showed you earlier in this thread but its big...

Hi there, Once more they are great. for me they need a little touch of pop to push the colours out a bit. How are you dealing with the joins, of the acrylic sheets? what distance is the lying down ones feet from the background, whenever i do this one the feet get completely blown/washed...

they are absolutely great i've been trying to do that for ages and it just don't work. did you do any pp in photoshop to get them like that. I was thinking ofusing some white tape to hold the acrylic bit together what do you think? check this out it may be of interest to you i may buy...

The difference is massive glad i've got the lastolite, the black edges are a pain though. Have you tried using a super bright white vinyl, were you successful and where did you get it from. I do a lot of these shots and would find the pp fixing the join in photoshop a real pain. Any...

excellent explanation thanks nik

check out softwareforstudents.co.uk its not on there yet. But soon will be Nik