PocketWizard® created a promo video of me using some of their new flash sync units. We filmed it while I was speaking in Vegas, and we shot right outside a casino. I used my good friend, Angelina as the model, and the resulting movie is now online on both the PocketWizard website as well as YouTube.
(If the video doesn’t show in your viewer, you can see it here http://youtu.be/szMmeOiz1Bg)
Angelina is one of my favorite models, and if you’ve followed my work, you’ve probable seen her before in other images of mine. She is fantastic to work with, and I was excited that she could be my model again for this, as I needed a real pro for this gig. Creating images while being video taped, is completely different than creating images for a client. Aside from the normal layers of creative and technical thinking going on in my mind, there’s also the added layers of speaking and explaining everything that I’m thinking, plus making sure that it is all clear and understandable, plus the knowledge that it is all being recorded. It is tough!
But I am happy with the results and here are some of the images I created during this shoot. We started on the sidewalk, and I picked a spot that had a great sky and background.
Then I talked Angelina into getting up onto this high spot, for another and background with a lot of interest.
Then, as it shows in the video (starting at 1:55), we climb into this cool rock garden. A sign in front of this spot says, “Please do not allow children into this area.” The video editor caught me saying as I helped Angelina over the fence, “We’re not children — we’re adults!” But as you can see, this place worked out perfectly for the rest of our shoot!
I really like the sun behind the model, and sometimes used it to create a cool lens flare. (A difficult lighting situation for amateurs who shoot their cameras on Auto.)
Then ended with a few close ups before the sun went down completely.
This was such a fun shoot, and I appreciate Angelina coming and being my model, yet again.
For some months, I’ve been using these sync units, but they were not available to the public. This video was created for the release of these units to the public. Some time ago, PocketWizard® asked if I would demo these, asking for my input so that improvements could be made. A competing company had previously given me some of their units too, but I didn’t like those particular units and found them clunky and unreliable. So when PocketWizard contacted me, I was excited and anxious to see what they had come up with.
After testing them, I really liked them. They now have a permanent spot in my rig.
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