David X. Tejada Takes You Out On Another Shoot
Strobist reader/pro shooter David X. Tejada has posted another video, this time of a shoot at a drilling rig. (Dave specializes in that energy industrial stuff.) I especially like the parts in the video which show him interacting with his subjects after having set up the light.
Dave's photos have a very "naturally lit" look, with the light not calling attention to itself. This is important to remember, unless you happen to be shooting for a client that is also a lighting geek. One of my weaknesses is I tend to like to amp the light no matter what, which can sometimes make the picture about the light rather than, well, the picture.
What Dave is doing is more subtle, and, I would suspect, more lucrative.
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Posted at 8:56 AM.
11 Comments:
Last year I was working on a Natural Gas rig not too far from where they're drilling...I wish I had had my camera and Strobist knowledge while working there! Maybe one of these days I'll go back out to my rig and visit and try to do some similar shots...
Loved the video, Dave, and it sure was great seeing the roughnecks doing their thing again.
I did manage to get a few pictures while working out there in 'the patch' though. :-)
-Andy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aorr/sets/72157600061088967/
to Dave X.T. - I guess that should be "illuminate" and not "elluminate"!:-)
to Dave H. - thanks for sharing - interesting to see him at work
Nice vid. I used to work for a company building equipment for oil drilling and mining. Would design brochure shots in my head for a good part of the day.
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Just got this in an email from PhotoJojo. Not sure it's right up everybody's alley, but it looks like there are some interesting possibilities here:
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The video is interesting and informative. Thanks. The background music is extremely distracting. I, personally, would rather hear your commentary and insight into the shot or something more general about your working method. Almost couldn't finish watching it.
really great video, very instructive, looking forward to more!
Dave, no comment. Just wanted to thank you for sharing.
GREAT video
"This video is no longer available" :(
Really interesting video. I'm happy that it featured the use of remote strobes. I'm most interested in the use of strobes for lighting. Great tutorial, thank you!!
I learned something watching this video. Thanks for sharing!
The pictures taken with the fisheye are very neat!
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