Something Fun While You Do Your Brackets
For those of you not in the US, please excuse us while our collective attention turns toward "March Madness," AKA the always exciting, single-elimination NCAA college basketball championship tournament. Our productivity plummets to zero as we spend our workday filling out our brackets and trying to pick the winner in the office pool.
What does this have to do with lighting, you ask? Nothing, except for this:
I think it is safe to say that, with the airing of the above commercial, Buffalo Wild Wings has just become the Official Chicken Wing of Strobist.com. You gotta love the Frankenflash thing they made as a prop, too.
Good luck to everyone with their tourney picks. My Florida Gators drew BYU for their first game, which does not look promising. But then, we're just happy to be here this year.
And make my Buffalo Wild WIngs extra hot, please.
(Thanks to Steve for the tip.)
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Posted at 10:55 AM.
43 Comments:
That was just too good! I want a Frankenflash.
Mrs. "She was normal when I married her and then she turned vegetarian" Strobist is hoping for an official Tofu o' the site. But she's not holding out much hope.
That clip was freaking Hilarious. I love the wind up noise for the DIY BEAUTY DISH :)
Awesome. I laughed 1st time I saw that on TV.
I hope my BYU takes it easy on your Florida Gators.
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My brother's a GM at a BWW in Omaha. Let me know if you're ever in the heartland and he'll hook you up!
Sadly, we could use some decent buffalo wings here in Singapore.
I want one, looks like a monster! You could bounce that off the ceiling and light the whole arena.
I love that commercial and thought a DIY flash that big would be great!
Dang that's funny.
Sadly I watched it a couple of times beyond laughing so I could try to see what gear was used as props :)
That is just hilarious!!
The wind up noise reminds me of a flash I have from the communist 80's (for a Zenit camera). mm, I wonder if it would work with my Pentax....
The best part about that spot is that you can hear a Wilhelm scream at the very end when the mascot gets flashed!
I'll be waiting for someone to make a DIY version of that thing.
Maybe we should set up a Strobist bracket competition...? Make a group for Strobists to enter their brackets and see who comes out on top. Just a suggestion
That was GREAT!!! Thanks for the laugh, Dave!!
That was great!! Thanks for the laugh, Dave
I just came from a BW3s coincidentally. Good food. Not the healthiest in the world, but I don't go to a wing joint to eat healthy.
I laughed quite hard! I love it!
Hey! It could happen...!
The Wilhelm Scream at the end.. XD
still laughing ...best way to start my days editing...thanks
I got to get me a Frankenflash.
That is awesome!
Brence Coghill Photography
That was awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Great commercial, some really funny stuff. I love this site and have been following it for several months religiously. I have even purchased the strobist kit from the Mpex site. While trying to add to this kit an e-mail from Mpex states they do not have a shipping date for additional lumipro 120 flashes. Does anyone know where I can find a new or used Lumipro 120? I have tried E-bay and Craigslist with no luck. These are like gold or rare diamonds. Any help would be grateful.
flu236@gmail.com
Billy the Kid will pull out a win v. BYU!!!
I’m really excited about the 2010 NCAA Men’s College Basketball tournament. I try to enter as many free March Madness contests online at various sites as possible, but I do it on my own free time. When I fill out the brackets, it’s rare for me to have two that are the same. However, if I could only fill out one bracket, I’d have Kansas, Syracuse, West Virginia, and Baylor in the Final Four. I’d put Syracuse and West Virginia in the championship game, with Syracuse winning. It should be an interesting tournament though.
That's just Brilliant!
@ Ben.
This is probably because LP is coming with the 160 soon.
You can still order it from Cameratools.nl if you want to though.
Used these puppies are almost not able to get. Everyone treasures those flashes.
Hmm. No actual talk about bracketing. What the heck? I thought this was a blog about lighting?!?!?!?!
I'm not a basketball fan,but it doesn't matter.
That was HI-LARIOUS!!!! I nearly peed my pants, and YES! I want that flash!!!!!!
Thanks a lot for the Michael Grecco BTS vids. Very cool....
OMG, that was one of the FUNNIEST things I've seen in a LONG TIME!!!
For the record, I'm cheering against your Gators because they bumped my Hokies from a seed in the bracket.
Hey David-
Just saw this online. Some definite OCF on Tina Fey in Esquire. Harsh fashion & ring light style stuff I think:
http://www.esquire.com/features/tina-fey-pictures-031710#img
Replayed this at least three times, and each time was even funnier. Totally hilarious.
well, back to photography for me after Jacksonville's buzzer-beating 3-pointer put Arizona State out of the NIT...drat
where can i get one of that awesome flash kit?
Reminds me of my Norman 400 with the tele-flash relfector
Reminds me of my Norman 400B and the 8" dish reflector. Still use it on camera.
Hi, David, my name is Aaron and I am the ASMP Education/Membership chair for the Western NY chapter. I live in Buffalo. I read that you are here covering the games. I would love to host you and your crew for wings. I know the hot spots for 'em.
If you have the time or inclination, please email me.
aaron@aaroningrao.com
Thanks.
Oh, and BTW, it's not Buffalo Wild wings.
Gainesville resident here sad that my Gators lost :(
Awesome flash strategy though. I've definitely used my flash once or twice to shut up a smartass friend ;)
Mmmm, college basketball.... does the NCAA grass growing, or Paint drying tournament start soon?
Let me know when the Stanley Cup Playoffs start.
:p
Derek, the Canadian
chicken wings? now you've got me all excited. and unfortunately, i completely forgot to fill out my bracket, i had it in the works, but never finalized it. probably not a bad thing, i wouldn't have villanova going pretty far, screwed everyones brackets up.
as a sports photographer, i've watched this commercial with friends, and some have actually asked me about that flash. "do you use flashes like that?" obviously i have to answer, dude those are totally not legal at all. HAHA, but definitely a hilarious commercial. thanks for adding david.
David,
I love that commercial. Surely, you'll have some instructional videos on the proper use of the nuke-flash.
Cheers,
Jim
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