Tag Archive for: strobist

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PHOTONEXT 2016 イルコ セミナー動画

PHOTONEXT 2016 セミナー / フォトネクスト２０１６年 この記事に私がカメラの大きなイベント、 PHOTONEXT 2016 に出てる動画をアップします！2日間のイベントです！長いので、是非お時間があるときに見ていただければうれしいです！2016年は私が3回目…
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PHOTONEXT 2015 イルコ セミナー動画

PHOTONEXT 2015 セミナー / フォトネクスト２０１５年 この記事に私がカメラの大きなイベント、 PHOTONEXT 2015 に出てる動画をアップします！2日間のイベントで、今回は2日目のみアップしてます！撮影・ライブシュート&トークショー…
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PHOTONEXT 2014 イルコ セミナー動画

PHOTONEXT 2014 セミナー / フォトネクスト２０１４年 この記事に私がカメラの大きなイベント、 PHOTONEXT に出てる動画をアップします！2日間のイベントで、一回ずつ撮影・ライブシュート&トークショーをしてるので、動画4つ入っています！長いので、是非お時間があるときに見ていただければうれしいです！2014年は私が最初に…

Photoshoot in Bulgaria, Plovdiv Old Town / ブルガリアの街並みでポートレート撮影

Finally after long time this winter I managed to go back to my home country Bulgaria and do some photoshoots there too! So here is the a BTS article of one of them, well probably one of my first shoots! I'm having info of the gear I have been using and some of the final shots in the end of the article! Also I am having a making video for the photoshoot, make sure you check it out and also subscribe to my YouTube channel!
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Gear: Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II USM Lens

Many of you guys know that my signature and favorite lens is the Canon EF 135mm F/2, but actually there is another one that I really love, and for most of my photoshoots I go with just that 2 lenses! The second one is Canon EF 24mm F/1.4 lens! Yeah, is is a wide angle prime lens! It has very little distortions, not that this matters a lot for what I am shooting lol, and it has really great

RoundFlash™ Ring & Dish / ラウンドフラッシュ™ リング & ディッシュ

RoundFlash – RingLight & SoftBox is a really cool modifier, I've been using as a main light quite a lot for my recent photoshoots! It's very handy easy to setup, and has really beautiful light especially for closeups! I also use it just as a softbox when I'm outside! Well, I have a few videos and a lot of shots taken with it, check them out below! Some things to mention about it! ラウンドフラッシュ
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Natural Light Portraits at Night / 夜景 自然光 ポートレート

Photographing people at night can be technically one of the most difficult time to do portraits, since using some lighting might be really essential and it is not as easy to go without using flash for example! But even at night if you look around there might be some items on the street that can be used to lit your subject! One of the most common light sources I would use for night portraits are
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Location: Nakatsu / 中津 & 高架下 大阪の消えていくロケ

Recently a lot of old cool locations fantastic for photography have been disappearing from Osaka and the areas, being renewed and now having now buildings there! Nakatsu is one of them! There used to be a lot of cool spots for photoshooting an the undergrounds around the station, but unfortunately now they are not accessible! I often shoot at the night view just next to the
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Single Shoot-Through Umbrella / 透過アンブレラ 一本だけで ポートレート

Portraits with a single Shoot Through Umbrella used When I want to be really quick with my setup, this is what I am doing! Shoot-though umbrella is one of the things I definitely have with me all the time, ready to be used! It's very quick…

Shooting it: Portraits in Cherry Blossoms / 桜でポートレート

A portrait photoshoot in the Japanese Cherry Blossoms, one of my favorite times in the year in Japan! Here it's all with one light, check out the lighting setups below! Next month in Tokyo I will be doing some really big seminars for compact strobes, if anyone is around there feel free to join to the PHOTONEXT event! 今年の桜もあっという間に終わりました！桜の時期で撮ったポートレート写真

Shooting it: Rocky Beach Long exposure strobist portrait

Here are some shots from the type of locations that really make me very excited! For this article I will be doing some long exposure strobist lighting, in order to get some more dramatic look! The model is on a rock and not really able to move too much! Also I am having a making video for the photoshoot, make sure you check it out and also subscribe to my YouTube channel!

Gear: Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Lens

Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Here is a small gallery dedicated to another of the lenses I have been using through the years, and this time it is the first vario zoom lens I have used! It's the Sigma 17-70, and I used it on my crop sensor Canon…

Shooting it: Photoshoot with opera singer Ayako Tanaka using Profoto B1

Here is another photoshoot with the young Japanese opera singer Ayako Tanaka! This time it's taken in some forest around Kobe! She was a great model, and we did a few photoshoots and for mose of them I was using some big softboxes with Profoto lights to shape the light on the model! I've always wanted to shoot with some Octabox but for some reason never really decided to

Shooting it: Portrait in the Stars of opera singer Ayako Tanaka using Profoto B1

Here is a photoshoot with the young Japanese opera singer Ayako Tanaka! We are doing some stars portraits here! She was a great model, and we did a few photoshoots! In this photoshoot I will be using some big softboxes with Profoto lights to shape the light on the model! I've always wanted to shoot with some Octabox but for some reason never really decided to get one and do

Shooting it: Hairmake & Body Art Photoshoot

Intro This is a project of my hairmake friends we did together some time ago, I have another article from the same project, too I bet you've seen it, but here is the article for it too: click! It's been a really hard work putting the blue stamps…
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Shooting it: Autumn shoot in Japanese red leaves (strobist video)

Intro Japanese red leaves season is in it's most beautiful stage now, so I can't hold myself uploading an article with some photos taken in that beautiful time of the year! I'm having also the lighting setups below as well as couple of strobist videos…

Shooting it: Takedao Fashion Photoshoot

The Fashion Photoshoot Intro This time I'm uploading a few shots from a recent fashion photoshoot, well, the location is well known from my photographs I guess! I'm using very simple lighting again, this time it's a DIY Beauty Dish created…
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Shooting it: Extremely cool and high location photoshoot

Intro This time I'm uploading another few shots, with a dramatic making video like last time I did! It was a really windy day, and and if you are afraid if high places don't watch the behind the scenes video! I'm using only one light for the…
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Shooting it: Windy bridge fashion photoshoot (Making video)

Intro This time I'm uploading a few shots, with a dramatic making video for the fashion photoshoot! It was a really windy day, and walking on that bridge was kind of a challenge! I'm using only one light for the whole shoot! Check out the making…

Shooting it: Mixing color filters at night

Intro For this strobist article I will be showing how to get some colorful stuff with a really dark and far background that at first glance doesn't look to be easily modified by strobes! But it is interesting to see that in some cases if you…