WHAT ARE YOU SHOOTING TODAY? We Asked 4 Photographers Ep. 4

“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”

Paul Strand

Happy Productive Tuesday friends! Today our studios are filled with awesome creative sets, from beauty & portraits to e-comm, from social media Influencers daily photo updates to personal portfolio work.

What are you shooting today? 🙂

We asked 4 Los Angeles photographers the same thing, in a forth episode!

The full interview is available of YOUTUBE. For your convenience, here is the transcript of it as well.

Team @amphotography.a.m.p : So basically today we are shooting a modern fashion photo shoot session. We are collaborating with a very talented designer, Marley Russe. She has very interesting creations for this shoot. It’s two outfits. One is a bridal one, another one is an evening dress. The main thing is that all the dresses were made based on paper, so paper and glue. In this way we wan to get a bridal look, bridal modern look. So, we’ll see what we’re going to get.

Mila Zvereva @mila_zvereva : I would like to help Vika to expand her portfolio, specifically to add more sexy eye popping revealing shots.

Jula Mindar @juliamindar_photography : Today we are shooting a beautiful model. I want to make … Of course, I’m a portrait photographer, I will do a lot of portraits with natural light going through the window. We’ll try to make some sweet photograph in the more boudoir style.

Karina Dobra @karinadobraphoto : Today I’m going to shoot some portraits. Psychological portraits depicting the models, the girls, personality and character.

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Elegant Fashion Shoot By Mary Haber

Great choice of wardrobe, which dramatically reemphasized unique beautiful features of the model; plenty of natural light shining through huge windows of Art 3 stage – that is all Mary Haber needed to capture these amazing shots!

This session’s crew comprised of:

photographer: Mary Haber | Instagram

model: | Instagram

About this location:

Stage Art 3
is one of our most popular stages. Featuring shot perfect props such as an elegant white-and-gold chair with a mirror as well as a luxurious bathtub, this stage is always on a high demand. Art 3 now also presents a gorgeous rose wall for your unrivaled, outstanding background setting. Besides, this studio is supplied with a seamless backdrop paper of black,grey and white color and studio lighting found in all of our spaces, promoting it as a very flexible creative space. For pictures and more information about stage Art 3 check out our WEBSITE.

Stage Upgrade: WHITE FLOOR in NYC Studio 1

Continuing series of recent renovations at our NYC campus, studio 1 has now a glossy white floor that creates amazing glaring effect for your artistic experiments.

WHERE IS IT?

All 8 studios are located at 4020 22nd Street, 4th floor, Long Island City 11101. So plan your commute accordingly. Please call us if you are running late – (844) 644 3377.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

If you ever rented out any of our LA studios – you know the drill. It’s the same policies, freebies and level of customer service (which is impeccable).

To mention it once again, here is what is included:

3x Flash Units (Strobes)
Paper backdrops (white, grey, black) come preinstalled.
Fans, Sand Bags etc
2x Make-up Station
Mini Fridge (3.2 cu.ft.)
Black Leather Sofa
NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED
It is a 100% private stage.
We do not require any permits/insurance to shoot
It comes with Sound System to set the mood of the session
Free WiFi is on us!

Find out more about our new NY Studio 1 “White Floor”! ‘s pricing and availability by visiting our website!

“Soft Vibe” Photoshoot With Ruth Armenta.

Shooting at wide aperture, photographer Milton Cotton has perfectly separated the foreground from the back, focusing our attention on the model, Ruth Armenta.

A quick excerpt about the experience at FD:

“My name is Ruth Armenta. I am a local Los Angeles resident and model! I am also in the beauty and fashion scene community which I love so much! For this shoot I was accompanied by my friend Nicole and the photographer was Milton Cotton who is a Atlanta, Georgia based photographer! For this set we went for a more natural lighting, dewy, very soft vibe. The Jungle room was perfect for this and all the props complimented the style of shoot we were going for! I have shot at FD Studios a couple times and I always have such a fun experience! Thank you for your services and I cannot wait to have future shoots with you guys! ”

This session’s crew comprised of:

photographer: Milton Cotton | Instagram

model: Ruth Armenta | Instagram

About this location:

Stage Hill 4 is one of our largest and brightest stages. Advantageously positioned with the windows facing west and north, this stage gets plenty of sift indirect sunlight in the first half of the day and lots of direct sunbeams in the second half. Hill 4 is furnished with several comfy and photogenic couches of cream and and golden/brown leather color. 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 stage Hill 4 on our website.

Helen Davis + Krystle Brown

Working in a small crew, the creative duo came up with pretty sophisticated setups, with help of Hill 4’s exotic props. Nicely lit, photos have both pop and color.

Members of the crew:

photographer: Krystle Brown | Instagram

model: Helen Davi | Instagram

About this location:

Amma, Iris and Lolita invisioned by Britni Raine

It’s great to see aspiring artists at work. It’s also great to capture them on camera as well 🙂 Up and coming actress Britni Raine portraying her favorite characters in stage Pro I is simply awesome on camera!

About the photographer:

My name is Britni Raine, an up and coming actress, shooting with Girls Run The World Photography.

This shoot was inspired by Amma, the young female teen role in HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’, as well as Iris from ‘Taxi Driver’ and Lolita from ‘Lolita’.

This session’s crew comprised of:

company: Girls Run The World Photography | Instagram

model: Britni Raine | Instagram

About this location:

Pro Stage I has undergone a recent update and now features a Old Glory Red Wall with Silver Fainting Couch. In addition to that, standard photo backdrops of black, white and grey color, and studio lighting for stills are also included in the hourly rate. Make sure to catch the coolness of this space with your photo and video cameras and book with us NOW.

Stage Upgrade: WOOD PLATFORM in NYC studio 2!

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Studio 2 has been transformed into a completely fresh look, with wide (wall-to-wall) wooden platform, stretching by the window, adorned with nice antique lounge chair and a a brick wall on a side. Just have a look at this beauty:

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

3x Flash Units (Strobes)
Paper backdrops (white, grey, black) come preinstalled.
Fans, Sand Bags etc
2x Make-up Station
Mini Fridge (3.2 cu.ft.)
Black Leather Sofa
NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED
It is a 100% private stage.
We do not require any permits/insurance to shoot
It comes with Sound System to set the mood of the session
Free WiFi is on us!

Find out more about our new NY Studio 2’s pricing and availability by visiting our website!

Stage Upgrade: NEON ROOM in Hill 4

Neon room available for photo and video rental in Los Angeles

Yet another cool addition to our ‘Jungle Room’ stage Hill 4 would make it rather “electric jungle”, or more precisely the “neon jungle”. Dear friends, here is the jungle room.

To remind you, there are THREE unique settings – Tropical “Jungle” leaf wall,

white stained “staircase to heaven” section,

and orange “desert” corner with woven chairs, and mosaic textured floor.

As with any our other stages a standard package of three basic backdrops and three lights is available within the stage already.

Check out Hill 4 on our website for included equipment and affordable rates!

Become Better Photographer: Multi-Flash Firing with David Bergman

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

Triggering multiple flashes of older/ not compatible brands can be a really headache. Luckily, there are few solutions that will not hurt your wallet but safe the photo set!

In this episode David Bergman with AdoramaTv will show various methods of triggering multi-flash setup!

In episode 34 David already talked about why you might want to use more than one flash inside a light modifier.

David stated: “You’ll increase your power, lower your recycle time, and get more power out of your batteries. But once you have your flashes mounted Then you have to make them all fire at the same time and that can be tricky.”

“If you’re using something like the Canon 600EX-RT flashes, it’s super easy. RT stands for radio transmission and they have built-in radios that talk to each other wirelessly, so just use another Canon RT flash or the dedicated transmitter on top of your camera, and you can make all the remote flashes fire every time you take a picture.”

David continues: “Some of the other camera companies also make similar radio systems, but maybe you have an older flash that doesn’t have a built-in radio, or another brand of flash that doesn’t work natively with your system. If the flashes have an optical trigger built-in, you can set it to fire when it sees a light come from a flash that’s on your camera.”

“You can also add external optical triggers to each one. That’ll do the same thing, you just can’t shoot an auto TTL mode because your primary flash fires a short pre-flash, to gauge the light, and that’ll make your remote flashes fire too early. So shoot on manual flash only, and you should be okay. “

“If you use a third-party radio system like pocket Wizards, you might have to put a separate receiver on each flash. However since they use standard 3.5mm jacks, you can pick up a cheap headphone splitter like this Belkin model, that allows you to plug one PocketWizard into multiple flashes, and they all sync together just fine. “

WANT TO LEARN PHOTOGRAPHY?

Check out our WORKSHOPS in Los Angeles that teach you hands-on how to make great photos!

One of our closest workshops – How to Shoot Long Exposures with Colored Gels

will take place on February 20th, 6-9pm, in one of our Los Angeles studios !!!

Watch the full episode with David Bergman and Adorama TV: