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JVS Portraits - Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 3 Canon 580EX II’s + Bubba Wildcat = a great shoot!

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Tech data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM
3 - Canon Speedlite 580EX II’s
3 - iDC Strobe Slippers
3 - Matthews C Stands with grip heads & arms

The recipe:
The RAW 5D Mark II .CR2 file was converted with Capture One 4 PRO to a 16bit TIFF. That lovely TIFF file (packed full of info) was worked in
Photoshop CS4 with the Totally Rad Actions. The image was finished with “Bubba Wildcat,” one of the new Dirty Pictures textures. To achieve
the cool blue feel, I inverted Bubba Wildcat, the original warm-toned texture layer. Thanks for reading, JVS

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JVS Workshops - Crash course in off-camera flash! Grids, strip banks, beauty dishes and more!

JVS Lighting WorkshopsYour Workshop is definately worth every penny…and I can’t say that for all of the workshops that I have been to n the last 3-4 years.” -Tony Ku, ‘09 Workshop Participant
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Brush the dust off your strobes and join us October 6-7 at our Dallas studio. You’ll experience two days jammed full of information including a evening location shoot at the State Fair of Texas! For more information, please visit the Workshops web site and register! Have a great weekend! Anne & JVS

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JVS News - Starla Fontaine, Cherry Amore & Lola Lovespell star in “Dirty Pictures” from TRA!

Totally Rad Action Dirty Pictures

If you’ve visited this blog before, you already know that we’re HUGE fans of the Totally Rad Stuff For Photographers! Day in and day out, each and every one of our images is enhanced with one of the many Totally Rad Actions.

It’s kinda funny, with each new release from Doug Boutwell (Photoshop wizard and TRA author) I ask myself “how in the world is he gonna’ beat this?” We’ll, he’s done it again with the ultimate texture interface, Totally Rad! Dirty Pictures. Doug includes a bunch of textures and yes, you can load your textures as well.

I’m knee deep in production right now but wanted to post a quickie self portrait taken at the last JVS 2 Lighting Workshop. The image was tweaked with Pool Party from the TRA2 - The Revenge - V1.2 action set then sent to Dirty Pictures where I stacked three textures, Starla Fontaine, Cherry Amore and Lola Lovespell! JVS

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JVS Lighting Workshops - 3 Canon 580EX II’s + iDC’s Triple Threat & Magic Wand = what sun?

iDC's Triple Threat
OVERpowering the sun can be done with Canon 580EX II Speedlites…ya’ just need more than one! 2009 2 Day Lighting Workshop shooter Eric Laurits stands in during our “OVERpowering” daylight demonstration with Canon Speedlites.

Tech data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105 f/4L IS USM
3 - Canon Speedlite 580EX II’s
KEY ingredients iDC’s Triple Threat and iDC’s Magic Wand
3 - Quantum Turbo SC’s + 3 - Quantum Turbo CZ cords
3 - AlienBees CyberSync CSRB+ receivers & 1 - AlienBees CyberSync CST transmitter
Matthews C+Stand w/Turtle Base, Grip Head & Arm + 1 - Matthews sand bag…the wind likes umbrella’s
Photek Softlighter II “the best single purpose portrait light source there is” - Photek
The image was actionized in Photoshop CS4 with Blueberry Night, one of the Colorshift actions from Jesh de Rox.

The first person to COMMENT with the correct exposure (shutter, f stop and ISO) will receive a $25- discount (no cash value) to our October 6-7, 2009 2 Day Lighting Workshop!


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