No Direct Flash, Please. We're British.
UPDATE: Swapped to a better version of the video. Runs smoother and has more stills.
The folks in Seattle know they are cool. They work their big-bucks day jobs and then meet up at night to flash each other in airplane hangars.
But across the Atlantic in Croydon (near London) at The Croydon Advertiser, they get to do this small-flash lighting stuff all day long and get paid for it. In Pounds Sterling, no less.
Never heard of the Croydon Advertiser? It's where "SitBonzo" (AKA David Berman) works. And if anything could be cooler than British TV, it would be an instructional British lighting video, of course. Click the icon at bottom right on the screen to video it full screen.
(Eatcher heart out, Ogalthorpe.)
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46 Comments:
hey, I noticed that video was hosted on veoh. My dad is the CEO. I wonder if he could do something cool for strobist...
Matt-
What a coincidence! Tell you dad I hope he has some bandwidth... I think this one might get picked up a few places. It's great.
-DH
am I the only one annoyed with the fact that the actual photos these guys are taking only show up for a milli second in their video?
PAtrick-
They have lots of stuff in there -- you can always pause it...
I'm with Patrick. Give us 3 or 4 seconds with each still shot.
I can't pause it on the stills despite at least a dozen attempts per still. And I can't manually advance it to the stills because the resolution of the scrollbar is too low.
Perhaps the final shots are somewhere on Flickr? A link would be GREAT. I really enjoyed the style of the video but it's less than educational when I can't see the finished result.
- Jon
What artist is the uber cool music at the end of the video (during the slide show)?
Was I the only one that found that really embaressing to watch?
The stills are all on the page you get to following David's second link.
I'd love to be able to see the stills as well!
Hi. It's David ( sitbonzo.) there are the stills on
http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/
We had so much difficulty getting the show to run right as video is new to us.
sorry for the problems.
I found a few images
Well, well, well... Europe strikes back! Magnificent!
There are actual stills from the vid here: http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/
What a dream would it be to work in a team like that!
Stills from the video are at :
http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/
Not too far down the page.
If you want to see the stills have a look at
http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/
Click on the 'More Croydon lighting hijinks here' link at the bottom of the strobist post. the photos from the shoot are there.
The shot of the 100 year old birthday girl lighting her cigarette takes the cake..
Great stuff!
Nice one guys - Great video. I had no idea i lived so close to fellow Strobists - I'm in Bromley - let me know know next you have a meetup.
Cheers
Richard
having same trouble as others viewing the finished shots within the video. but if you click on the other link david has there, it will take you to this page where you can see the finished shots.
http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/
The final stills are here http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/ for anyone that wants to see them
Yeah I tried doing the pausing thing too. WAY too fast. But I am really not that bothered as long as i can see the setup.
:)
awesome video
- Chris Bautista
Or you can always click on the link strobist provides for the shots.
http://www.sitbonzo.com/category/private/
Very cool thanks again strobist and also to Croydon Advertising.
Click on the link above:
More Croydon lighting hijinks here (scroll down).
Shows the stills from the video - I discovered after trying the pause thing.
Guys this must be the coolest, funky, and most annoying video (in a nice way) ever. This stuff is fantastic.
Sure gave the other side of the pond a run for their money.
Yea! It would be nice to be able to study some of the images more.
This video has will be a hard act to follow in terms of creativity.
John
The results seem to be in the form of subliminal suggestions
I was unable to see the photos as well. I'm hoping they are on Flickr somewhere, as they produced some nice shots from the ones that I did see.
-Seth
That was umm....interesting.
British humor always is a bit different...must be the water :-)
Almost has a Monty Python feel to it.
I also saw a blip of the images and then it went dark for a while when it probably should have been showing the image...the video editing software must be buggy or something...
Hi everyone.
I've been organising the London Strobist meetups. The next meet will be number 4. We have members from outside London, as well as Croydon !
The next meet is in two weeks and we are full but more will be arranged soon. The next meet will be number 4. We will have a video for that meet (we've been waiting for better weather!)
Our Flickr Group:
www.flickr.com/groups/londonmeet
Please remember to read the rules. The Strobist London Flickr group is to plan and discuss past & future meetups only. Everything else should be shared in the Strobist Flickr group - for the benefit of the whole community !
Rams (Flickrid:Ramstech
I thought Croydon was the robot who kept losing his head on Red Dwarf...
Oh, that's Cryton, my bad.
Great Video. I'm jealous!
These guys are crazy !
I really enjoy the video. But my english is too poor to heard them clear with the noisy background...
That has got to be one of the coolest photo videos I've seen. Ever.
Interestingly the shots could have been done with one SU800 controller instead of 4-5-6! PW's plus synch cords plus you have to go and adjust output manually on each flash instead of from cam position
Great video, I'm definitely going to use some of that.
Only problem is the shot of the skateboarder...
Newspaper photogs can get the timing right on every other sport, but they're horrible at skateboarding.
Being a skateboard photographer, I feel the need to rant every time I see news guys doing it badly. Sorry.
I really appreciate the creative freedom this video shows and how it pushes strobists users to start placing multiple lights for dramatic lighting.
However, am I the only one who finds these photos under par? The only photo I think I actually like is the file cabinet girl. The stressed computer guy is a over done concept and he act obnoxious in this video. The rest including the drummer and ball hopper are pretty weak images overall. I think the best work in this video are the images at the end of the segment.
I'd love to see a video like this of american photographers shooting relavent images that involve a little more planning than simply using 5 completely hard lights flashing everywhich way. Not one of the strongest posts on the strobist website IMO
Really fun video, lets here it for the Brits. David check out my in the kitchen set up. http://cliquephotodesign.blogspot.com/
1 light source. And an umbrella.d
David..haven't even read or watched yet BUT LOVE your heading.......I was very young when I went with my parents to a stage show in London called "No Sex Please We're British". Love it! I wonder how many other people cottoned on.
Just watched it and loved it! Great stuff. And British humor is the best.
Thanks so much for sharing.
AND....who was the artist at the end...."digital monkey"? Love it!
This is hillarious! I'm actually on the phone right now gathering all my strobist and to-be-strobist friends for a fun photo-session. This was inspiring :-)
David - I heard from some local Chicago shooters you might be considering a gathering here -- we'd love to experience it! Thanks for all you've done!
Glenn Kaupert
That is a pretty sweet video with some good technique and a fun crew running the show! -J.
Dude. you pay the airfair and put me up on a sofa and I'll be there.
david
;-)
(sitbonzo not Hobby)
Well done, great video, thanks for sharing
great video, cool pics, fab sense of humour - particularly the ' obnoxious ' guy hitting the computer.
Ah much better. Now the stills last longer, no pause needed. Unless... you really like the images.
Thanks again
Someone asked about the music at the end of the video. The band is called "Balkan Beat Box". I found it here:
http://www.aolcdn.com/_media/ch_music/balkanbeatbox-digitalmonkey.mp3
Remember - Google is your friend
enjoy!
About using light like in film you should have a look at this video from a movie making seminar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32_tkje6NjU
The music is absolutely rocking and the light ... THE LIGHT!
Cool!
Hilarious video - I think I share the British sense of humor.
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