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.”
“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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