Charity as Catalyst
When you can use your photography and enthusiasm as a force for good, it's a win-win-win: Strobist reader Jeremy Sale details how he used a local fund-raising event as a vehicle to practice his lighting skills, while providing cool portraits and raising money for a good cause.
More info, pix, a vid and what he learned, here.
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David, thanks for all you do and for everything I've learned from being a Strobist reader. You, Joe McNally, and Chase Jarvis have been a terrific inspiration to me. In the spirit of paying it forward, here's a little something from my camp down here in Austin.
http://hdrgolf.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/beauty/
Hey David!
Awesome stuff as usual! You are a fantastic inspiration! This last few days I was photographing an Olympic hopeful for Hammer throwing and knew I wanted something real edgy like you see in the magazines so I turned to my 2-year affair with Strobist and whipped out the 580s (ya, I'm Canon...).
I posted some on my blog, and I'd love to hear what you have to say. The top two pictures and the very last one were with the flash and the others available light. Check it out if you want and either email me or comment or something.
If this is "content spam" you don't need to approve this post, but I thought this would be the best way of getting ahold of you.
Check it out:
http://jgphotography.ca/blog/?p=111
Thanks!
Justin
JG Photography
www.jgphotography.ca/blog
OMG.. free? Tell me it ain't so. John Harrington is going to pitch a fit ( as he so often does). I'm sure you will hear from him, and his minions, shortly.
Ziv
Here's the url to the blog of the David Hobby of cast iron cooking. No relation to any type of flash photography, except that so many strobists are into food and cooking. By the way, this guy is pretty into meat, the Black Iron Dude.
http://blackirondude.blogspot.com
This is a nice photo as well as the additional ones that were taken at the charity event. It creates a felling of excitement and urgency. I also like how the lighting was used in a simplistic manner where the subject is definitely the main focus of the photograph.
I am heading Brackley Beach on Prince Edward Island, Canada with a outdoor studio setup. I have the ok from Parks Canada to setup on the beach and do free portraits. I did it last summer in Halifax, Nova Scotia and it went over very well. It was great exposer and I booked some good size agency jobs because of it but that wasn't why I did it. The plan is to go across Canada. I build the studio using gear from a movie production company William F. White. It works very well at controlling the light all day. I am heading to PEI this week for 4 days. You can see details on my blog, I will be doing daily updates as well.
This doesn't need to be posted but I was hoping I could bring my curiosity to someone else's attention.
I liked the shots that he did for charity in the park, I do charity stuff myself and wanted to see more of his work. So I checked out his website and came across a very interesting picture....
Because of Strobist, I happen to be a huge fan of Martin Prihoda. He's got that great edgy lighting technique down and his work is fun to see.
When I came across this photo on Jeremy Sale's website
http://jeremysale.zenfolio.com/p1072873084/h1985423b#h1985423b
I immediately said " I swear i've seen this guy before, and I know where!"
So I went to Martin Prihoda's website, looked through the galleries and sure enough, there he was, sixth image down on Editorial.
Some things were different. The track was blue, not red, his tattoos were missing, the colors were more bold, the tone more contrasty.
But his sneakers were exactly the same, the unitard was the same, the lighting was the same to a T.
Am I crazy, or did this guy jack a photo from Martin Prihoda.
Sincerely,
Concerned supporter of professional photographers and their originality.
If this posts i'd rather not have my name mentioned. Thanks.
@Ziv... Yeah, the "free" thing tends to produce a bit of consternation with some photogs (witness the Time magazine cover thing; http://tinyurl.com/lqqq2w)
But for me, this was a no-brainer charity shoot (that also managed to "pay" some unexpected side-benefits.)
Some people have said to me, "Great, now all those people have a good portrait and will never call you." Maybe they will and maybe they won't, but will they think of me the next time something comes around? Perhaps.
The politics of free and cheap is hugely interesting (and incessant) to me. I truly believe that we have to respect our craft and value it appropriately, but there are times when the whole thing reminds me of tulip-mania, where everybody thinks that something is incredibly valuable, right up until they don't.
@schwap13-
My guess is, given the name of Jeremy's gallery, that Jeremy took Martin's "Big Light, Far Away" workshop.
;)
I'm honoured to be confused as Martin Prihoda, but only a man. Martin's the man.
P.S. here's my Flickr set from that great workshop:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7320910@N03/sets/72157607676079581/
I've been having problems trying to do the same thing, actually. I've been calling the coordinators for my county's annual fair (which is happening next week) but they've been pretty persistent in insisting that, even though I want to do this for charity, I'll need to pay 350 bucks for a 10'x15' space, on top of a $150 deposit, a $75 liability insurance charge, and a $25 fire permit fee. I also have to have a fire-resistant tent in which to set up, even though I'd much rather have a set up like the one Jeremy Sale had, in terms of backdrops and such. At this rate, it almost doesn't seem worth it to even try, even though I'd like to be able to raise some money for epilepsy research. I'm afraid that I won't be able to raise enough money to even cover the basic expenses of setting up at the fair!
Any suggestions would be immensely helpful. Thanks!
@restaurant...
Wow. That is the most insane thing I've heard in a week. Guess I got off lucky.
My advice?
Consider going completely guerilla. Set up your own booth "anywhere" — perhaps just outside the fair itself (!) Anybody who's got the stones to shut down a low-key charity booth... man, that's cold.
Just, for God's sakes, don't have a tripod, or the Dept. of Homeland Security might show up.
@schwap13
Jeremy took that picture at York University at Martin's workshop and I took a very similar shot that same day.
Thanks for the concern but Jeremy's one of the good guys.
Luca Ragogna
www.lucaragogna.ca
@JS
Yeah, I was actually thinking that exact same thing shortly after I posted here -- guerrilla photography. I called the fair's main office back two more times, and also the vendor coordinator a couple more times (I think her secretary is screening her calls now). So far, no one has returned my calls.
I think I'll try to make a video of this pending fiasco. Should be interesting or at least good for a few laughs.
the flickr photo was removed. just a heads up
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