Drop and Give Me Twenty
For the last six months this site has been long on spoon-fed information and short on homework. The result: A bunch of soft, pasty, newcomers who have drifted in since the last time we did any real work around the place. You newbs have been coddled long enough.
So, coming in June ...
Boot Camp II
Are you worthless and weak? Do you cry for your mama every time you need to balance a couple of flashes with the ambient?
Are you still using TTL bounce flash?
We are here to save you from yourself. This summer, you'll have the opportunity to get off your arse (as Zack would say) and do something.
Worldwide Recession Edition
Yeah, we know times are tough all over. Quitcher bellyaching and use this time to build your skills, to make contacts -- maybe even help someone out.
And just to make things more interesting, we gots prizes coming. Each assignment will have a little bonus attached to it for the best butt-buster of the bunch.
But more than that, you'll get a chance to see what photographers from all around the world create while working with your exact assignment.
So, recharge those NiMH's, field strip your LP604's and bore-sight those home-made straw grids. Spread the word: Boot Camp II begins shortly, at oh-dark-thirty.
As you were, maggots.
So, coming in June ...
Boot Camp II
Are you worthless and weak? Do you cry for your mama every time you need to balance a couple of flashes with the ambient?
Are you still using TTL bounce flash?
We are here to save you from yourself. This summer, you'll have the opportunity to get off your arse (as Zack would say) and do something.
Worldwide Recession Edition
Yeah, we know times are tough all over. Quitcher bellyaching and use this time to build your skills, to make contacts -- maybe even help someone out.
And just to make things more interesting, we gots prizes coming. Each assignment will have a little bonus attached to it for the best butt-buster of the bunch.
But more than that, you'll get a chance to see what photographers from all around the world create while working with your exact assignment.
So, recharge those NiMH's, field strip your LP604's and bore-sight those home-made straw grids. Spread the word: Boot Camp II begins shortly, at oh-dark-thirty.
As you were, maggots.
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133 Comments:
Now that is what I'm talking about!! I am one of those Newbs that is ready to be whipped into shape. Every last bit of off camera lighting experience that I have is owed to you and your site. Thanks so much David! Can't wait to get started getting more fluent!
-Rob McIver
This is my SB800. There are many like it, but this one is MINE....
If this doesn't get me off my arse nothing will.
Wow, this is great! I've been around reading Strobist for a while now, but I just missed the original Boot Camp. I'm definitely gonna participate in this one :)
As one of the coddled newbie's I can't wait - bring on June!
YES SIR LIGHTING MAJOR SIR!!!
I can't wait, I have been following your site for a while and love it. I teach photog classes at work, and have been waiting to broaden my horizons by doing your boot camp.
I am excited!
This is awesome! I haven't shot anything since the beginning of May and this is the kick in the pants I need to get going again. Can't wait!
about time. sir.
Looking forward to bootcamp! Can I bring my Teddybear? It sounds scary... ;)
Sir yes sir!
I hope this doesn't mean I have to get up early.
Sounds Great Dave! I've been reading for sometime now, but have yet to post. I'm looking forward to putting it all to the test!
... i just made two of those straw grids last night :-)
WAAAHOOOOO...bring it on! Been wanting this for a while! Thanks David!
Excellent news : )
Hallelujah!
He is risin from the masses!
What we need this summer to get us past the cactus posts and all.
Go Dave
I have been enjoying this site for some time now and I have to say I have always been impressed with your acceptance of others way of doing things and the fact that not all problems can be solved with small strobes. I am a huge fan of Mr. Hobie as well as David Tejada and Joe McNally .As for this post as a form Military guy and Firefighter Paramedic I love this rant. I can't wait to see the challenges.
Regards
Kevin Blackburn
Kevin Blackburn Photography
Sounds exciting... can't wait!
I'm in.
bring it!
Bring it on. :)
Awesome. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Can't wait.
1 drill sergeant, 2 drill sergeant, 3 drill sergeant... Ahhh feel the burn
SIR YES SIR!
W00T! I'm stoked. Bring it!
Yes Sir!
I missed the first boot camp, so looking forward to this one!
Looking forward to it! I only discovered Strobist a few months ago and while I've certainly had a go at the previous assignments as I read and learnt along the way, it'll be great to get involved in this!
Great site David!
cheers
gilly
Whoa! Boot Camp! Woo hoo!
Time to kick those tires
And light those fires!
I'm in. Sir, yes Sir.
"Soft, pasty, newcomer" just about sums me up perfectly. My manual flash should arrive just in time for these assignments. Bring them on.... I mean.. Sir, Yes, Sir!
cant wait!!!
heehee.
i all blow all you n0obz out of the water with my homework. im good enough, im smart enough, and gosh darnit, people like! - stuart smalley
-tal
Looking forward to it. :D
Carl
Thanks, David. I was starting to get flabby and out of shape. Looking forward to the challenge
Sir, yes Sir...I am ready.
Soft, pasty newcomer seeking workshop in late June/early July (when soft, pasty son is at summer camp.) Any workshops happening then?
White Lightnings not allowed?
Debbi
I hope everybody has their toothbrushes ready to clean the latrines and lens caps...
Woo hoo! Can't wait to get started!
sir yes sir!!! will be waiting for that!
Reporting for duty sir!
First assignment Sir?
It's on like donkey kong!
Platoon attention!!!
This is my Speedlight, this is my gun...
This is for lighting, this is for fun...
Definitely on board. I'm a newcomer too, so I missed the first one.
And since I'm lazy, I haven't had the self-motivation to go thru the first ones.
Was that 20 or 36?
Hi David. Should we have made our way through lighting 102 before starting the boot camp II? Or are we all good to go as green newbies?
I'm a late comer so have only just made it to the specular highlight exercise.
I'm scared and excited! It all feels like Christmases of old.
@AdeUK-
You'll definitely want to be familiar with L101 and L102. Those are the tools that will help you do good work on the assignments.
Are you really my wife posing as someone else???
Excellent news indeed! As a newbie who has been lurking the past few months I'm greatly looking forward to this.
Off to lock and load my D80.
Anonymous: If it poses, shoot it. Preferably with off-camera flash.
I'm in as long as I can wear my flip flops and pink boxers!
Hell yeah! Even with a single SB-28, I'm definately in.
Count me in! I am excited! WoooHooo!
Semper Fi, light or die!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!! I have been waiting on this forever. Batteries are in the charger!!!!! Can't wait!
Boot Camp...Hoo Rah!!
David, you crack me up! Looking forward to it!
Semper Luminis!
i so need this boot camp, i am in total noob mode.
As a relative newcomer who missed out on all the previous events, I'm looking forward to being part of this next bootcamp. Thanks!
Thank you Sargent, may I have another!
Thank you Sargent, may I have another!
Sir, Yes Sir!
STOKED!
Really great news. Wakey wakey Strobists, get ready for some fun!
My 580ex II's name is Cherry.
Hooah! Let's stick this pig.
Awesome. I started reading your site a few months ago when I got my first flash. I'm looking forward to doing these assignments!
Don't give up on me, sir!
FABULOUS! I missed the last one and could use a boot camp.
So stoked on this!
BOHICA!
My 50-Cal is cleaned up, cocked and ready to rock!
errrr... I meant my 580ex II sir!!
Excellent! I'll be here, ready for action.
One thing I keep struggling with is lanacing the flash with the ambient light (tungsten, fluorescent, daylight). It would be great if you could dive into that some! Thanks in advance.
Okey, that's what I've been waiting for :D Real tests!
Ready to light, sir!
Sir, yes sir!
Just what we need a yielding sergeant to make we move out arses.
We will bring up the spanish brigade, this bunch didn't know a real boot camp, so the will be glad to go out to the wild... muhaaa!, haaa!!, haaa!!!
Better go field-strip, clean, and oil my swivel brackets :)
Can't wait!
Count me in.
Bring it on!
I got my lighting mojo! Bring it on, Sarge!
I'm just getting into portrait work. The timing could'nt be better.
www.manojmenon.com
But my mommy say's I just need an extra big hug !
hooooo-aaaaaaaaa.
Can't wait to get stuck in.
@person-who-asked-about-getting-up-early... you should be OK... I understand Sarn't don't like early mornings (see L102 on sunset portraits) - that said, he's gonna see this and prove me wrong ;)
Looking forward to it
The batteries are always charged, the flashes are loaded, and we're ready to rock!
OOH-RAH!
When in June, I want to do it now, is now June yet?
Something disturbing by my finding good in being called maggot! :)
Look forward to the drills, er, exercises
oh this is good... REALLY good. I can't wait!
Oh, this smacks of "personal work." Lemme see my calendar; June, June... Huh; I might just have some time.
Charge of the Light Brigade!
Hmm, hiking with heavy equipment, out in all kinds of weather, tackling potentially hazardous situations in order to win one battle at a time, being part of a brotherhood, cleaning equipment regularly, punctuating boredom by re-purposing existing materials to do something completely different.
I wondered what was so familiar about this photo gig when I got out of camo!
I'm in.
You and me baby, outside.
Bring it!!
Is there something wrong with TTL bounce flash? I better hang around for boot camp! I am going out today searching for black straws!
I'm so looking forward to Boot Camp II
Sweet! Nothing like a project to get the creative juices stirring. I don't consider myself a strobist newbie anymore, but I'm looking forward to it! w00t
I also just finished the specular highlights in 102. I don't mind being the bottom of the curve, though, because I'll be learning stuff regardless!
http://toddnorburyphotography.com/blog/?p=796
I am a changed man David. :)
See last line of post.
Bring it on Hobby. . .
Locked and loaded here in Tasmania . . . and ready to rock and roll.
(Thank you)
This is my flash. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My flash is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My flash, without me, is useless. Without my flash, I am useless. I must fire my flash true.
Reporting for duty, Sir!
You all should be shooting anyway.
Great news! I'm in.
yes. good. waiting for them!
"I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to light our home, and to outlive the menace of TTL tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.
We shall go on to the end, we shall Light in France,
we shall light on the seas and oceans,
we shall light with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, whatever the cost may be,
we shall light on the beaches,
we shall light on the landing grounds,
we shall light in the fields and in the streets,
we shall light in the hills;
we shall never surrender to on-camera flash."
Can I do the bare-foot camp, kind of exactly the same, except with hippies behind the camera?
And more flowers, definitely more flowers..........
I'm so looking forward to Boot Camp II.
I'm in and can't wait. Hope I too can figure out what it takes to ask THE QUEEN to remove her crown...ur...well something like that...
Looking forward to earning my stripes sir!
Bring it!
SIR!
MY MISSION IS TO DO EXACTLY AS YOU TELL ME!
SIR!
Thanks for reminding us that you are not just a great teacher and photographer--but also an excellent, humorous writer.
Drop down gimme 25 pushups. Now go get me one of those Bo-ritos with guacamole sauce and qwit yoo whinin.
Cant wait!
OMG..I'm excited! I may need new boots and will have to treat my heels for blisters with methylated spirits. Geez, the memories.
Vasbyt, min dae!
Sounds exciting.
I just hope this requires a fortune of equipment D:
EXCELLENT news, my 2-week old SB-800 is waiting :)
Right on - thanks! Been waiting for a challenge.
i have been here for a couple months and haven't got started anything in off camera flash. b/c i am still dont know how and still confused of what to buy. will this get me off my "arse" and do something!?
Yes Sir Sergeant! Yes! Kick us in the Arse (as Zack would say) so hard that we taste boot polish. I am ready to learn from the best. Thanks.
I've already fallen in.
Been waiting for this for a while!
Aye Aye Skipper.
Ready for duty.
I wasn't a part of this last time around, but look forward to learning from this experience...
All this makes me proud to work in the defence industry, building and selling weapons to arm our troops in the fight against bad lighting.
God save out gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God Save our Queen!
Not that I'm suggesting you're the Queen (or a Queen) David, just our noble leader ;-)
Alex
TFC London
Yes drill sargeant !
I'm a newbie and I'm ready to give it my all!! My only problem is that I am too anxious to start. Can we start now?!! LOL
Thanks, David, for all you do for us.
How exciting! Thanks for pushing us! Can't wait to see everyone's skills and creativity come out!
Hooah!
Oh man, does this mean I need to know TTL already?
Manual bounce flash is where it's at.
Sir, we have lost our captain!. it's June 1st and nobody have seen him in the camp!
Hey do we have to sigh up somewhere or what. I saw that I missed the previous botcamps and other things. How do we get on board for this?
bring it.
Nice! I wanna try this out... :)
Hi David, I have been following your blog for a few weeks now and want to participate in boot camp II. I was wondering when it is scheduled to start. much thanks, sandip
I almost forgot to chime in! Count me in!!!!
I got an email on Monday saying "... That's all for now. The first assignment drops in tomorrow." So apparently the assignment is out, now the question is how to find it. Anybody know?
Also it said the assignments would be turned in through Flicker. How will Strobist find our Flicker photos?
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