Showing posts with label lighting workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighting workshops. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

10 days of Lighting Tips and Tricks


For the next 10 days I am going to be re-posting some great tips and tricks on various subjects pertaining to lighting, shooting styles and setting up a home studio...

Yes, some will be a bit more technical, but most of my blogs will be short, informative and full of great information that will inspire you to grab some light sources, create emotion with some shadows and just have some fun...

Happy shooting everyone!!!

Kev

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Photoflex Triton Flash


Wednesday's is product day on my blog... today I wanted to introduce you to a great portable strobe light...

The Photoflex® TritonFlash™ is the most advanced Lithium Ion portable strobe available. Built to the high standards of Photoflex®, the TritonFlash™ is unique and unmatched by any other battery strobe on the market.


·     The TritonFlash™ delivers where others fall short:


·     The TritonFlash™includes a free extra battery module (a $349.00 value) at no extra cost (for a limited time) and softbox included in the kit.


·     Sturdy, adjustable swivel mount track and connecting hardware is vastly superior to any other portable strobe, enabling users to mount the largest strobe softboxes with ease. No other battery strobe in its class can say that.


·     With more than double the power settings of the competition, the TritonFlash™ has 19 super-accurate settings to match any lighting situation.


·     Color temperature is more accurate and stable across all 19 power settings than other battery strobes in its class.


·     The TritonFlash™ recycles 20% faster than the nearest competitor, making it the fastest battery strobe in its class.


·     The TritonFlash™ can power two strobe heads on one battery and fire them both at full power or articulated individually at any proportional power. The competition either cuts your power in half per head or doesn’t even allow this option.


·     The TritonFlash™ has a more efficient heat dissipating flash tube design, a contributing factor to its ability to fire up to 7 frames per second.


When you compare the TritonFlash™ to the competition, there is no comparison.

Rated at 300 watt seconds with a guide number of 185 and up to 750 full power flashes on a single charge, the TritonFlash™ operates in the power range of studio strobes, enabling photographers to shoot large setups in bright sun without the need for AC power. Fast recycling allows bursts of up to 6 shots per second for capturing fast action at weddings, sporting events, or for scientific purposes.


Our lightweight lithium ion battery pack (22 ounces / 623 grams) is extremely efficient and environmentally safe, representing a significant upgrade from heavier Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) systems. The charger automatically adjusts to AC voltages between 100~240 volts for international use. The TritonFlash battery can be charged while it is connected to the battery pack and the flash can be used while it is charging with no adverse effect. The battery can also be removed from the battery pack to charge, which facilitates charging of a spare while the flash is in use with 2nd battery. These qualities make the TritonFlash™ a smart buy for both studio and location photographers.


The kit includes several essential accessories such as an extra small OctoDome® SoftBox, and a reflector for umbrellas, so photographers have everything they need for location or studio work.


Complete kit includes:
1 - TritonFlash™ strobe head
1 - Power module with connections for two TritonFlash™ heads
1 - Lithium ion battery
1 - Free additional Lithium ion battery
1 - Carrying case for power pack with shoulder strap
1 - Battery cable (4 feet/1.2 meters)
1 - Battery extension cable (9.8 feet/3 meters)
1 - AC powered international battery charger (100~240 volts)
1 - AC power cord for battery charger
1 - AC plug adaptor for European use
1 - 7 inch reflector accessory
1 - Swivel stand mount (all metal)
1 - Flash tube protector cap
1 - Extra small OctoDome® SoftBox in carry bag
1 - SoftBox connector (OctoConnector)
1 - Hot shoe sync cable for direct connection to camera


You can learn more about the Triton Flash and its uses on the Photoflex website, www.photoflex.com

You can come and use the Triton Flash at one of our lighting workshops... http://www.photographers-lounge.com/canadian-workshops/lighting-workshop-series/


Where Can You Buy the TritonFlash?

B&H Photo carries the TritonFlash. See the product here

Vistek carries the TritonFlash. See the product here

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

New Partnership Announcement with Photoflex


The teaching arm of KPep Photography, The Photographer’s Lounge, is excited to announce that they have forged a partnership with Photoflex. Photoflex will now be supplying "The Photographer’s Lounge" with all their studio lighting gear that will be used in all of their studio and remote photography workshops with a lighting component. To see the complete list of these workshops please visit http://www.photographers-lounge.com/workshops

In addition to the workshops that "The Photographer's Lounge" will be running, Kevin will also be creating more lighting tutorials, lighting technique information blogs and creating a video series that will be posted on the Photographer's Lounge website, on this blog and our youtube channel.

“Forging this partnership was important to us at the Photographer’s Lounge. This type of mutually beneficial partnership reinforces our commitment to offer the best workshops at the most economical prices for our students”. Kevin further says, “Now students attending our lighting workshops will have an excellent opportunity to see the latest gear that is available on the market and learn both flash and strobe lighting techniques using this state of the art equipment under the guidance of our knowledgeable workshop leaders”.

ABOUT Photoflex:
For a quarter century Photoflex® has produced lighting products that are driven by Innovation, Quality, Versatility and Durability. We’re proud to present our products to the digital, film and video industries worldwide.
 
We base our products around three simple, but crucial rules.

~Quality. Produce the finest, most versatile product at a fair price and back it up with the best warranty possible. We take personal pride in putting the Photoflex® name on a product that you pay money for. That pride is reflected and backed up by giving you a warranty that is at least two to five times longer than almost all other manufacturers in the industry. We will not sacrifice the credibility of our products simply to cut prices. Quality has its rewards. 
~No Gimmicks. We won’t build something that we wouldn’t use ourselves. We have two photo/video studios where we test the prototypes and shoot all of our product photos, instruction sheets, and product demonstration lessons for PhotoflexLightingSchool™. If the products don’t pass the test there, they don’t go to market.
Other “manufacturers” shop the trade shows and buy products off the shelf from factories that they then put their labels on. Not Photoflex®. We design and build our products from scratch. We produce our own fabric, build our own molds, and create our own designs into prototypes to be tested in our own studios, sometimes taking over a year to get the finished product.
This is why products such as the LiteDome®, LiteDisc®, and LitePanel have been in production for over 25 years virtually unchanged. They were designed correctly the first time, and all have five or six year warranties because of it.
~Customer Service. We don’t make the customer pay for our mistakes.  We know that you, the customer, signs our paycheck. Therefore, our goal is to provide the finest customer service in the business. We have always had real people answer the phone to help you with your issues and questions and we will continue to pursue our goal of being there for you in the future.

The top professionals in the world have been using Photoflex® products for 25 years and continue to do so because Photoflex® is driven by these three rules.

To learn more about Photoflex and their product line-up, please visit... www.photoflex.com

ABOUT The Photographer’s Lounge:
At the Photographer's Lounge we understand that everyone learns photography techniques at their own speed, budgets and through different methods. That is why we offer a number of different programs designed to help every photographer. It does not matter if you are an amateur wanting to learn to shoot better family photos, or a professional looking to expand your knowledge; the workshops, seminars and photo tours at the “Photographer's Lounge” are designed to help you on your own personal journey.

Amateur and professional photographer’s can take advantage of the following programs to help them achieve your personal goals:
  • Travel Photography Workshops and Tours are scheduled locally, domestically and internationally at places familiar to us. All tours are designed by the tour companies that employ us with the photographer in mind. You will accompany other photographers on these workshops and tours with a minimum of one professional photographer and an experienced, local English speaking tour guide. 
  • Photography Workshops that are designed to cover a topic in totality. Each workshop will have both an in-class and hands on learning component. These workshops are created so that you have as much face time with a professional photographer in order to maximise your learning.
  • Once a year we bring in the “Top” photographers from around the world to run seminars. These photographers are chosen because they are teachers in addition to photographers. Their philosophy mirrors ours, “Photography knowledge is to be shared”
  • "The Lounge" is a new entity that was just created to give members exclusive learning opportunities and more advanced learning opportunities for local photographers.
 
To Learn more about The Photographer's Lounge please visit... www.photographers-lounge.com

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

New Instructor at the Photographers Lounge

Photo by Gary Simmons
I am extremely happy to announce that my good friend Gary Simmons is comng on board as a teacher and workshop leader at the Photographer's Lounge.

Gary is Canadian based amateur photographer.  He began taking photography seriously in 2008, and has amassed a large body of impressive work since that time.

Gary is primary a nature photographer, but he always looks for unique photos in everything that is around. People, travel, macros, HDR (especially HDR)... The challenge of learning something new from every photographic experience is what drives him.

He has won the local KPL/The Record photo contest, and is well respected in his local camera club.  He loves to share his wealth of knowledge with anyone he can get to listen, making him a real asset at the Photographer's Lounge.

You can catch Gary at some of our composition workshops . Gary will also be lending his expertise in using speedlites in our lighting workshops. These workshops are perfect for the amateur photographer that wants to learn basics use of lighting off camera and on camera. These workshops will be announced in November of 2012.

You can catch Gary's images on our gallery page where all our instructors have placed their photos. To see that gallery please visit the Photographer's Lounge PRO Gallery

See more of Gary's work at:
http://flickr.com/gsimmonsonca
http://facebook.com/garysimmonsphotography