Arturo Diaz at FD Studio

About the shoot:

Thank you for providing your studio for this shoot we absolutely loved the hospitality and look forward to shooting there again

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The stage:

NYC Studio 7 also known as moroccan style stage, offers few unique features: conveniently installed by the window in our New York Studio 7 this shower setup opens up possibilities for your photography that were “drying up” before! As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already. For more information visit NY Studio 7 on our website.

Steady As She Goes with David Bergman

Today’s tip with Photographer David Bergman and AdoramaTV is about keeping your camera stable at slower shutter speeds. Even the steadiest hands get to a point where you might have camera shake when shooting without a tripod. That could result in blurry photos the wider the lens generally. The old school film guideline was that as long as the denominator of your shutter speed was bigger than your focal length you could generally keep the camera stable. So for example, if I’m using a 50 millimeter lens – I want to shoot at at least a 50th of a second or faster. Today with modern digital cameras I generally like to double that amount. so with that 50 millimeter I want to shoot at least a 100th of a second.”

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“Newer lenses have image stabilization built into them and you can also bump up your ISO to get faster shutter speeds. However there are just times when you don’t have enough light and you need to do some things with your body position to help minimize shake. While you’r shooting put your left hand underneath the lens to really help stabilize your gear.”

“Keep your elbows tight to your side and spread your feet apart just a bit to give you a solid steady stance.”

“It helps if you can lean up against something solid like a tree or a wall.”

“Take slow deep breaths and shoot at the end of your exhale. when I shoot I like to look through the viewfinder instead of using the LCD screen on the back of the camera. That extra point of contact by holding the camera up against my face helps to stabilize everything.”

“If I’m shooting video and have to use that LCD screen on the back of the camera. I’ll put the camera strap around my neck and hold it out from my body as hard as I can. That way I can move around and pan left and right and get a pretty solid stable shot.”

For more information visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with David on Instagram and Twitter @DavidBergman. LATEST UPDATE: David opened up new IGTV episodes where you can ask him questions live! find out more at http://www.AskDavidBergman.com

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Pop Up Perfection with David Bergman

If you’ve ever done a photo shoot with pop-up reflectors you’ve probably dealt with this incredibly frustrating issue folding it back. In today’s tips photographer David Bergman is going to show how to tame these things and get them back down.

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“Pop-up reflectors can be extremely useful on a photo shoot. They come in all different shapes sizes and colors. They all generally work the same way, and that they come in a really small bag. But when you open them up they automatically pop, open to three or four times their original size. That’s the easy part. After the shoot you might find getting it back into the bag can be a challenge.”

“You can push and shove this thing all day long and it’s just not going to work. So how do you get that big reflector back into the little bag? I’m going to show you how! The first thing you want to do is hold the reflector out in front of you with both hands.”

“Then take one hand and flip it over so that your knuckles are facing back towards your body.”

“Then pull that hand up towards you so it twists a reflector into a figure eight shape. Now flip your other hand the opposite direction and you’ll find that the whole thing curls up in on itself.”

“All you have to do then is simply adjust the pieces so they’re roughly the same size. Once you have this general motion embedded in your memory you’ll find there are a number of other products that use the same twisting motion.”

“For example , Lastolite makes a soft box that opens up really big but folds up the same way into a tight little bag. The only minor change is with things like these giant backdrops – because it’s not in the shape of a perfect circle, what you want to do is fold it in half away from you first.”

“And then you do that same twisting motion to fold it in on itself and you’re done. Get this technique down and you’ll have no problem folding these things up at the end of your next photo shoot.”

For more information, visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with David on Instagram and Twitter @DavidBergman. LATEST UPDATE: David opened up new IGTV episodes where you can ask him questions live! Find out more at: http://www.AskDavidBergman.com

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Three Tips to Improve Your Photos with David Bergman

Today’s tip with the photographer David Bergman and AdoramaTV is about three things you can get that’ll make your photographic life just a little bit easier.

Mr. Bergman explains: “Of course there are obvious things like cameras and lenses but I’m going to talk about just a few things that I use on a regular basis. I’ve been using photo mechanic for almost twenty years way back from when I was a newspaper photographer, and we’d have literally thousands of images to go through on multiple cars. What photo mechanic does is it allows you to ingest all of your images, embed caption and copyright information into the file and then let you tag and rate your images however you want.”

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“The next item will help you take multiple shoe mount flashes and put them into a light modifier like a photo umbrella. Adding multiple flashes is a great thing because if you’re outdoors doing a portrait it’ll really help you to overpower the Sun. But it can be really clumsy to make it happen with all those flashes. What you want to get is something like this flashpoint triple-shoe mount bracket.”

“It allows you to put up to three flashes on one stand and has a swivel built in so you can angle your umbrella however you want.”

“Lastly, have you ever been somewhere with a dead battery and have absolutely nowhere to plug-in? I’m not just talking about your phone battery but even things like computers cameras and flashes. What do you do in that situation? Vagabond mini lithium is a small lightweight rechargeable battery and has two household plugs and one USB port so you can recharge your devices anywhere even in the middle of nowhere. The best part is that it’s a pure sine-wave power source so you can even run studio lights right off of the battery.”

“I have an old Dinah light strobe that works beautifully with it. I have 400 watt of power anywhere anytime I need it.

*For more information visit AdoramaTV YT page, and of course you can keep up with David on Instagram and Twitter @DavidBergman. LATEST UPDATE: David opened up new IGTV episodes where you can ask him questions live! find out more at http://www.AskDavidBergman.com

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Become Better Photographer: Panoramic Power with David Bergman

In this quick tutorial we are going to talk about creating a super wide angled panoramic image by shooting multiple photos and combining them into one.

“Sometimes you’re in a wide-angle photo and the lens you have just isn’t quite wide enough to capture the whole strand with some practice you can take multiple overlapping photos with almost any lens to make a super wide angle high-resolution panoramic. In a perfect world you’ll use a tripod for the panoramic head on, like the middle ninja or an automatic system like the GigaPan. But the reality is you’re probably out in about shooting other pictures with your DSLR and won’t have any of that hardware with you.”

“There are a few things you need to do every time you make a multi shot panoramic image if you’re going to be combining multiple photos you have to be consistent in both. If one frame is darker or has a different focal plane than the others – the whole thing is going to be messed up. When taking the pictures you can hold your camera either horizontally or vertically. I prefer to shoot vertically because then I get more space on the top.”

“we’re also want an overlap each frame about a third of the way into the next, so keep an eye on the edges of your picture as you move from frame to frame. This last part is super important – what you want to do when you’re taking the pictures is rotate the camera aroun what’s called the “nodal point” which is roughly around the middle of the lens.”

“What’s going to happen is you’ll find that your stitch works much better you’ll have a lot more space to play with on your crop damage at the end. After the images have been shot you can use a lot of different stitching software to put them all together. I like PhotoMerge which is built into Photoshop. If I’m going to shoot a lot of images than that I’ll usually use the GigaPan hardware and their software as well. After I’ve combined them all then I’ll bring them to Photoshop and do any final touchups to make the image really how I want it. At the end of the day creating one of these high-res panoramas is really half science and half art.”

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Become Better Photographer: Licensing Logistics with David Bergman

In this article Photographer David Bergman and AdoramaTV are going to talk about the difference between selling photos, and then licensing them.

David explains: “When it comes to photography, you could buy one of my photo prints to hang on your wall. You could also hire me for a portrait session or to photograph an event for you. Now you’re saying okay Captain Obvious, so what’s the point? Well, there’s another commonly accepted way to make money with your photography, and that’s by licensing usage of your work.”

“Let’s say someone wants to publish one of your images in an ad campaign. Now this could be an existing image of yours or even if they’re hiring you to create something new for them. You don’t just sell them the photo, and now they own it forever. You instead issue a license for that particular use, spelling out all the relevant information, like how many times it can be used, how big it can run, and how long the license is in effect, etc. For photographers, because we can relicense that image over and over again, the United States copyright law states that each photo can earn you money even after you’re dead and gone! It’s also good for the buyer, because they only pay for the uses that they need and don’t spend more than they have to.”

“If they want all rights forever – you have to charge for any potential use that might ever be in existence. Are they planning to put up a billboard on the surface of the Moon? My guess is they’re not doing that, so why should they pay extra money for that. Of course, communication is key here, and you should be having conversations with your clients so they understand exactly how your pricing works. And like any business you need to have your own contracts, and paperwork that spells this all out. So that everyone is on the same page. Talk to other working photographers about this, and you can also use software to help you get started like Photo Biz and Photo Quote. Licensing is the key to making a living in most creative fields!”

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Become Better Photographer: Reflector Colors with David Bergman

In this quick tutorial with the Photographer David Bergman and AdoramaTV we are going to explore the various color options available with the 6-in-1 reflector.

Mr Bergman explains: “Some photo reflectors come with a cover that has different colors on it, and that will give you a number of unique looks. There are many brands that have a similar set up, but today I’m using the Westcott 42 inch, 6 in-1 reflector, which has four different color options. Let’s talk about why you might use – one color, or the other. The silver side is pretty harsh, and very reflective. It’s almost like using a mirror, and gives you a lot of punch when you bounce the light.”

“The gold side has the same harsh punches of silver, but it changes the color to a much warmer shade. It’s almost unnatural looking, like a really golden deep sunset.”

“Then there’s a gold silver mix which Westcott calls sunlight. It might be my favorite, because it’s warmer than the cold silver side, but gives a more natural look than the full gold side. I personally find this to be the best balance between the two. The gold, silver and sunlight sides, can all be used as a main frontal key-light since they nearly match the intensity of the Sun.”

“In this case, the fourth color is a solid black, and that simply blocks almost all the light from bouncing back. You can use this for negative fill, or add in your own light by using speed.”

“Lastly you can take the cover off completely, and use the reflector just b itself. The thick solid material gives you a much softer reflection. It’s normally used to fill in shadows, and won’t overpower your main light. You won’t see much of an effect on a cloudy day, but if you’ve got sunlight use it to direct some of that light back up into the dark shadow areas.”

“The sixth option for this six and one, is a second reflector, that’s made of a more translucent material and can be used as diffusion. You can either put it between the Sun and your model to soften the light and take away some of that contrast, or you can even shoot your flash through it, to turn the small light source into a much bigger light source.”

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Joey Woolfalk and Mike Taylor at FD Studios

About the shoot:

I’m Mike Taylor a local photographer here in the Chicago area. Here are some highlights from a shoot I did with amazing guitarist Joey Woolfalk. He’s release a jazz CD next month and he using these pics for the the CD cover.

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About the stage:

Chicago 5 is a Gorgeous daylight photo studio for rent with tons of natural light, large windows and a huttub. The pearl of the theme is a gorgeous flower wall with warm and bright tone. The egg-shaped chair adorned in the same style to match the flower wall is available for the shoot inside the stage. The studio is located in East Garfield Park (nearest big intersection is Lake and Western) – 124 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL, 60612. All necessary equipment/amenites – 3x Flash Units (Strobes), Wireless Triggers, Fans, Sand Bags, Sound System (AUX), and Free Wifi are already included in the hourly rate. No Insurance / Permits is required to book.

Fashion Shoot by Amanda Chou

A quick fashion/apparel shoot took place at FD Hill location – studio 6, also known as “Moroccan Shower”. The team took advantage of different background layouts inside the stage and came up with some beautiful shots!

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Carl Lariviere @carllariviere1

Stylist David Avrahim @avrahim

About the stage:

Hill 6 Studio is a sleek and elegant daylight studio with Moroccan shower, free-standing bathtub, moving prop wall and lots of day light. Adding up to our beautiful “gloss floor” studio 6 at Hill location is newly installed Moroccan clay textured shower corner with a deck and a standing shoot-through glass.