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Monthly Archives: April 2009

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JVS Lighting Workshops - Sponsor Appreciation - Fundy SOS!

JVS Workshops - Jeff Medlin

Anne came up with the great idea of blogging about each door prize winner (at our Workshop) along with a portrait of them by JVS and a brief about the item they won.

Our first Sponsor Appreciation post goes to Andrew Funderburg of Fundy SOS (Solutions on Steroids). I first discovered Fundy SOS while surfing the Digital Wedding Forum (DWF). A few moments later, I was purchasing Action-o-matic V2. Action-o-matic V2 provides instant access to all of your actions without having to navigate to your actions palette. I’m all about efficiency so I programmed the toggle button on my Wacom pen to launch the Action-o-matic V2 Adobe Photoshop script. Action-o-matic V2 is by far our studios best purchase of 2009 and Anne is just itchin’ to give Fundy’s Album Builder a try!

A HUGE thanks to Fundy SOS for their continued support of our Lighting & Post Production Workshops!

‘09 2 Day Lighting Workshop shooter, Jeff Medlin poses during my demonstration of Bruce Dorn’s Asymmetrical Stripbank and Magic Ring with Strobe Slipper. The above image was created with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105 IS lens, 1 Canon 580 EX II (fired into the Stripbank) and triggered with AlienBees CyberSyncs.

Jeff won a copy of Fundy’s Action-o-matic script for Adobe Photoshop. The second Fundy SOS door prize winner will be posted next week.

Please check back soon for another Sponsor Appreciation post. Thank you! JVS

JVS Lighting Workshops - IOTD* Canon 1Ds Mark III + 1 AlienBees B1600 + what modifier?

JVS Lighting Workshops
I own a gazillion modifiers, so which one did I choose to light this fun portrait? The source had to be large enough to illuminate a 12×12 area and also provide me with some punchy, high contrast light. Please “post a comment” and submit your guess.

7 days and counting until our final 2 Day Lighting Workshop at our current Dallas studio. We have a few seats open…so get here! For more info, please visit the JVS Workshops web site.

See ya’ tomorrow with another “image of the day*.” Thanks! JVS

JVS Lighting Workshops - IOTD* Canon 5D Mark II + 1 off-camera Canon 580 EX II

JVS Lighting Workshops

Our final 2 Day Lighting Workshop (in Dallas) starts one week from tomorrow, we have a few open seats and we’d love to fill em! The above image is one of many lighting diagrams we’ll be teaching over the course of two days at our Dallas studio. All you need to bring is you, your camera, and a couple of lenses, dinner will be provided on Tuesday night and a killer lunch will be catered in the studio on Wednesday.

If you’d like to attend (go ahead, gift yourself, you deserve it), please visit the JVS Workshops web site and click on “Register.”

Please check back tomorrow for another “image of the day*.” Thank you! JVS

Street Shooting in Paris- Canon 5D Mark II + Canon 24-105 f/4 IS

JVS in Paris
No comments today, just a recent favorite while street shooting in Paris. Thanks! JVS