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Welcome to Vancouver! Rain is a given at this time of year. It certainly challenges us when shooting outdoors.
A cargo pallet?? Who’d have thought..
Great shots Joe.
Wayne
Aw Joe!!! We’ve been begging you to come to Canada and you go to Vancouver?!?! When are you coming to Ontario? I mean you live within driving distance of Toronto – Heck I could come pick you up (and I’m 3 hrs from Toronto). Besides, Vancouver with it’s west coast lifestyle and all – I’m sure you’ll find Ontario students will retain more of your information 🙂 (I kid).
Glad to see you cross the border though. As always great work!
Yowzah!! Nuff said.
I appreciate the follow up, Joe. I have to admit that I spent quite a bit of time staring at the image trying to figure out exactly where the octa was placed to achieve the effect you got. Nice image.
Hi Joe if you are in Vancouver you should take the ferry to Victoria and come visit me I’ll show you around Vancouver Island which is beautiful. I can also find some fun people for you to photograph if you like haha.
Alan
… I’M with Paul R…. but come to Quebec! Montreal’s a great spot for shooting!
I was just wondering yesterday if I would ever see that wooden pallet background photo of Will, so I checked back to the blog today maybe it shows up and there it is. For me that photo topped all. Thanks for posting it.
Crap! I missed Steve Earle when he was in Vancouver a while back, too. I’ve GOT to pay more attention.
Well, I hope you enjoyed your time here, Joe. It’s a nice town…even when it’s pouring rain.
Stephen
I really enjoyed your workshop Joe. Thanks so much for your time and what you give back. You’ve been my main influence in my photography, and it was so great to see the way you work. Very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jeremy
You left Calgary in the nick of time. It’s snowing like crazy right now, so enjoy the rain! I really enjoyed your seminar, especially your self effacing sense of humor. Mel and Anthony were a high point, but I still enjoyed what you pulled off with the speed lights! Marilyn ( and Stinkie ) were great too. It was great to see how you worked your assistants Drew and Chris too! I kept waiting for you to yell out something light “Igor! Throw the switch!”. Thanks for everything.
Never throw away them wooden pallets, they come in handy! If for no other reason…bon fire.
Joe, in vegas you jumped with the girls out at Valle of Fire, can you do this jump (top photo)…..me neither. 🙂
KT
Hey Joe, loved your seminar in Calgary. You are an amazing presenter, and I learned so much. I am now reading your book, Hot Shoe Diaries, and it is a great followup to the course. All the best to you and your hard working assistant, Drew!
Every post of you reminds me to keep following lights Joe… great stuff here. Love the strip one, great mix of direction, quality and color.
So here’s the thing Joe. I’am a disenfranchised construction worker who wants to be a photographer. After seeing you in Calgary I realized that I have the SKILLS required to be a photographer. I can move and carry heavy shit. I can work all day and night in state of exhaustion. I can put up with twits (authority figures) all day. I can climb things. I have no fear of heights. I know how to wear a harness(never thought that would come in handy).I work in all weather conditions. Nothing ever goes as planned. I have a big mouth. I can work with booms, cranes, lifts, generators,etc. I have to keep track of tons of equipment and material.When I find a good apprentice, I keep him(Drew’s awesome). I always get the job done, doesn’t matter how screwed it is; and there usually screwed from the start.I have access to pallets and other light shapers. I’m used to being fired, laid off and being taken advantage of. Oh ya; and I too like dancers. Did you inspire me or scare me? I was trying to get away from construction. Just kidding, the seminar was great. Thanks a lot for all your effort and hard work. Cheers.
Beautiful stuff as always, but here’s a question for those of us on a tight budget: If the bag with your diffusers had been lost in transit, how might you have improvised on scene to get that dance shot?
Thanks, Z
I also support Paul R. (as wife should:)… Truly we are a great bunch here in Ontario and we would love to see you in Toronto…or a smaller town called Chatham… 🙂 You’d be a great hit here and we would be known as “the ones who brought Joe and his light” 🙂 Enjoy your stay in Vancouver!!
Ewa
Did you guys stoke up on long underwear for the crew and Drew? You know how cold it is up here eh? Toronto is plus 1 degree celcius (For south of the border that is just above freezing). Ahh but the photos are amazing and imaginative as usual. I especially love the background idea. So the cold musn’t be effecting you that much . . okay I’ll zip it.
Hi Joe,
If I may ask, how do you go about managing perspective distortion in action portraits of dancers. I have been trying to take some portraits in my home-made studio of my kids doing doing various ballet and gymnastics poses, and what I find is that often times a longer lens is too tight to gracefully capture enough of the arms and legs, or I cannot stand back far enough to capture what I want, and a wide angle lens can sometimes produce unpleasant perspective distortion. Do you manage with subject positioning, studio setup, working distance, or are there some other techniques for helping with this?
Thanks and Best Regards,
Prashant Singh
Thank you for sharing your lighting technique, and for the follow up to the previous blog. Amazing image!
joe, how close or far away was the Quadra and blue gel from the pallet? Would you please show us with one of your entertaining but always useful drawings? Thanks, Merry Christmas to you and the team.