That old rag

Nightflight, did this spread a couple of years ago, time flies.

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Exoskeleton

Last image for Dagens Nyheter about the cyborg society.




I answered five quick questions over at parkablogs:

The two of Spades

My card in the Playing arts project go check them all out....

Sweatshop

Making pins for all kind people who have pre ordered my new book (thanks)

Luckily my daughters help me cutting them all out

Follow the line

It was a close call but all my lines are intact

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The Cyborg society 2

Illustration for Dagens Nyheter about cyborgs.

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Off-Brand LED Studio Monoblocs: Wouldya? (I Did.)

So you're used to using flashes without modeling lights. How about modeling lights without flashes? Yes? No? Maybe?

My project for 2014 is video-based (no spoilers, please) so I found myself shopping for video lights in the form of LED monoblocs. If you've ever considered taking the plunge, read on...

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the Cyborg society

Illustration for Dagens Nyheter about cyborgs, published today.

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Rush hour

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Action figures

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Secrets revealed

from the Second in Line



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Museum

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An All-Nighter at The Vista: Greg Heisler's 50 Portraits

EDITOR'S UPDATE: Ilford Imaging just dropped a TWO-HOUR video from Heisler's presentation/class that was done just as this book launched. It is embedded below, and it's awesome.



As cool as Gulf Photo Plus is in Dubai is every year, perhaps the very best part of the experience is the late-night conversation over beers at the nearby rooftop bar, the Vista. There, people leave the classes (and instructor/student roles) behind and simply talk photo until the wee hours of the morning.

An assumption is made that all at the table are just photographers. So the f/stops and shutter speed stuff is dispensed with in favor of everything that is the tapestry of photography. The resulting conversations are long, in-depth, very Inside Baseball and often funny as hell.

And a night at the Vista what Heisler's new book, 50 Portraits: Stories and Techniques from a Photographer's Photographer, feels like.

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No reruns

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Workplace

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Opening the second in line

Your REALTOR® Would Like Some Free Photography, Please

Please pardon the detour today. I need to rant. I'd like to share with you the ballsiest request for free picture use that I have ever gotten…

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The Second in line

the Second in Line (from Sanatorium publishing) by Mattias Adolfsson designed by Jens Andersson two books 112 pages and 32 pages + one poster printed on both sides.



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Masters of anatomy

A one-of-a-kind anatomy book drawn by 100 popular animators, illustrators, comic-books artists and video-game designers. I play a small part in this kickstarter

Half circle

BTS/360: Julius Koivistoinen's Terrarium

So you have learned a little bit about lighting. So what. What do you do with it? What's the goal?

What if you were only 22 years old, but you had an idea for a project. And what if you wanted to parlay it into a solo exhibition. What would you do?

If you are creative and resourceful, you could do what Finland photographer Julius Koivistoinen did…

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Setup

Morning walk

Q&A: Margo Seibert

You had a lot of good questions after the Margo Seibert shoot last week, even to the point of telling me I was breaking a Scott Kelby Rule. (For the record, I lurve breaking Scott Kelby rules.)

(And who is he to say you shouldn't shoot a portrait with a 50mm, anyway?)

Besides — and believe it or not — that lens selection was totally driven by the light. No joke. That, and more of your Q's answered, below.

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Microbial social network

HHMI bulletin fall 13

Acceptance speech

Dance Gavin Dance, Acceptance speech out now:
http://www.facebook.com/DanceGavinDance

Wise guys - Boys in blue

the 48k disk

My Week With Heisler, Pt. 3

Editor's Note: Contributor Sara Lando continues her three-part series chronicling her 10-day stint as an assistant/mole with Gregory Heisler in Dubai. This is part three. Part one is here.



Whenever I spend enough time shadowing a photographer, I end up lusting for gear. Don't judge me: you probably wouldn't be reading Strobist if you didn't have the same problem.

A week spent with Heisler had me definitely interested in playing around with gels, made me want to trade my octabank for a strip light, definitely added a tilt-shift lens to my wish list, but what impressed me the most is what he calls "the unsung hero of light modifiers": the narrow beam reflector.

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HHMI-Bulletin fall 2013

Illustration made for the HHMI-bulletin it's all about microbial social network

Outboarded

The Mathematics of music

Singer and songwriter

Brother and sister duo

Power trio

Super group

Dadaistic pop combo

On Assignment: Margo Seibert

UPDATE: Adds video interview of Seibert preparing for her Broadway debut in Rocky, at end of post.


Learning to light with flashes can be liberating or it can be a straightjacket. It can open up countless new doors — or it can restrict you to a small, equipment-based bag of tricks.

The key is to not let your new lighting skills displace your other approaches. And even more important, to learn to let your vision cross-pollinate between seeing great ambient and creating great light from scratch.

Case in point is this shoot with actress Margo Seibert, for which I packed all of my strobes but only brought out a single LP180 — and then only after our ambient had deserted us.

Today we'll be tweaking the sun until it's gone. And only then swapping to flash.

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Train wreck 2

Second train drawing, it's get shakier as you close in upon stockholm