HSF Triggers - Thunder - Sound- Laser

HSF TRIGGERS

Like most photographers they are gear tech daft and i always wanted a sound or laser triggers but when you look around you find out quickly that the amazing shots you see are not cheap to do, basic kits start at like £300 and then there are a range of add-ons you need and then i found HSF Triggers on Ebay and quickly bookmarked them and so they sat there until i could get money to buy his set which are only £90. But i found myself in a lucky position that i run and admin 5 photography groups in facebook as well as 2 youtube channel and 4 photography related blogs.
I contact them and they were happy enough to send me 3 triggers to review and use. Here are a few examples of my water drop shots which i think a not too bad.

Working Smart

This is not a photography related post but does stand well on running a business.


Just on 3 months ago i came up with an online business i worked out suppliers, costs, marketing and advertising, so for this business was to be a Facebook online business so i got to work created a page images, stock and price lists and banners. Now just as i had created this i was on the phone to one of my Admins of one of my groups who within 30mins of the call had basically copied my whole business plan and idea not only that he also used my images that i spent a few hours on i know i know this coming from a "Pro Photographer" (Joke). So after looking at the model closely and watching him fuck his up, good rule of business let the other guy fuck it up first save you doing it :)  So he wanted to make a wage out of this he wanted profit out of this but for this to work he would need to sell over 400+ items or products to make it work for every single month but he made several bad moves and i will point them out here just incase he needs more advice on how to.

Digital images look like film

One of the things i love about photography is using film the look, feel, texture and the whole process involved  for me makes photography magical, but sometimes you just can't due to either time or cost constraints so another way is to make your digital images look like film images so here is just one way how this can be done.

So the before image

The film effect

check out the video to find out how you can turn your images into film look

Turning a naff image into ART

New post and video on turning a crappy naff image into something that you could get printed and hang on your wall.

The Before image

The after image

Video showing how you can achieve this.

photography Groupon deal

This is an old story but still rings true today, this is about a "Pro Photog" that was offering a $650 photoshoot at a groupon price of $50. Now encase you did not know the prices you see on groupon are split 50/50 with the seller and groupon, groupon deals are such that they will take a fixed 50% of any revenue for their service. So the seller was doing this shoot for $25 for a 1 hour shoot. the seller ended up selling over 1000 of these but then people started to question the images in her albums to the point of she was faking using other photographers pictures as her own, needless to say groupon refund all the money so she did not get a penny.


Moral of the story is you get what you pay for and if a deal looks too good to be true then guess what is usually is.


Full story here

Inspire Me Photography 2 Update

Just to keep you guys and Gals up to date on the next "Inspire Me Photography" Video, well i have the all go to do this story on the Model and Photographer and also a few 100 and 240 thousands FB Fan pages have agreed to pick this up and help promote it. So Drum Roll.....

The live date for Video 2 is 

Monday the 17th December 2012 around 9pm

Youtube Caption FAIL

Had to share this its from youtube caption ad on some screen shots from my vids funny as hell almost in tears watching these now.
This is the link to my FB folder so you can get updated funnies lol
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.354801261276058.82041.100002385617521&type=3

I will be updating the fold every few days as i really found this funny so if you see any other good one then please share :)

Adobe Raw - Noise and color adjustment

One for the many ways to fix noise and color temp in adobe Raw.

If there is anything you would like me to cover in an up and coming video then comment in the blog, email me or comment on the video. Cheers

Image Theft

A couple got a very bad surprise when they received an email about a campaign being run which used their wedding photograph with a banner across it saying "idea of family values" could this be because the couple are the same sex, yes and now the couple and the photographer are suing the pr company involved as the company grabbed the image of the net rather than paying say $200 for an image which looks now like they will be paying $ tens of thousands if not more.

The full article can be read here

Here is the couples wedding image

this is the image with the banner

If you want to see if there are any of your images being used on the internet then this is the video for you, so far this has help me a few times to stop sites using my images without permission.

Inspire Me Video 2

This story just got landed to me a few hours ago and without giving too much away this is a story that should raise spirits, make you want to do good things, be a better version of yourself and maybe bring a tear to your eye also.

I can't go into too much detail as yet but the story is of a Model in Dublin who is starting out and the obstacles that she faces more so than anyone else in the industry. The Photographer who worked with and did an amazing photo shoot ( i have seen the shots) also has an amazing background.

The reason i can't say too much yet is for two reasons 1) i want to get them on the records and get their thoughts and emotions of doing this shoot and 2) this will be the next "Inspire Me Video 2" i hope due for December Launch so don't want to give all the story away before the video is out.

So subscribe to the blog as i will update this story in the next few days :)

Running a little experament

Ok one of the things i see all the time and i know is a pointless thing, now i am running this on 5 facebook groups and pages to find out who knows what this is or what its in reference to. I am hoping i get more feedback than you see in the hair shampoo commercials that say "tested on 132 woman" or "76% of 112 woman agree" crap.

The reason behind this will be clear in a few days once i get some numbers back. 

Inspire Me Photography

I thought about this several months ago and only up till recently i decided to put it into place and make the video. I wanted a video that would make people and photographers think about why we enjoy photography so much and to Inspire other to pick up a camera and have fun.

First Video telling everyone about the Project

The feedback i got was so good with allot of people wanting to get involved.

There was a update video just informing everyone who watched what was going on with the Project. 

FINAL INSPIRE ME PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO

Really pleased with what i managed to do with so many great comments from people saying how this has really moved them, which is more than i thought i could do, with people like Dom and Michael getting involved and helping out has been great with 700+ hits in a few days. 

When i thought about this project i had already came up with several ideas on how to keep pushing and promoting it and i dunno i would love to be able to give away a few free compacts even with the help form some big name companies. But for now i will get ready for the "Inspire Me 2" Video which should be due out or ready in December. 

Back in the saddle (office Chair)

Well i'm back on to using my blog the reason for this is simply to add a wee bit extra to my youtube channel, before i had done 70+ posts and found it fun to write and update but due to College and other commitments i was finding it hard to keep updated, well its back with latests Videos, Tutorials, Gear, interviews and anything photography related that i want to write about and share.