Archive for August, 2006
Five Reasons to Shoot Tethered
1. A Large LCD monitor is a much better viewing medium than the small screen on the back of the camera. A vertically oriented image viewed full screen on a 23″ Apple Cinema display is the equivalent of an instant 11×14″ print.
2. Immediate feedback of focus, exposure and color. This is hard to [...]
One stop router solution for the studio
Today’s clients demand speed. And not Priority Overnight FedEx speed, I mean they wanted it yesterday speed. The only way to stay competitve in today’s photo world is to cater to that need for speed and run a server in your office. At Image Mechanics we operate a web server, which hosts [...]
Pity the Fool - Hanes Mr T Double Tough Socks
Photographer Stasia Droze was hired to shoot Mr. T for a Hanes Double Tough Socks print campaign. She had shot Michael Jordan for another Hanes campaign a few years earlier. This time the ad agency needed a very quick turn around and requested it be shot digitally. Stasia was new to digital [...]
Canon WFT-E1A Flash site
For those of you following the WFT-E1A articles, Canon put up a pretty good flash web site for it. Lots of pretty pictures fading in and out.
Be sure to check out the detailed setup guide. PDF warning
Time Magazine Spielberg Cover Shoot
Stephen Spielberg is a busy man. His people said that we would probably only get 20 minutes with him for the photo shoot. Luckily, the photographer, Michael Grecco, is used to shooting celebrities with tight schedules. Time Magazine created a mock up cover with Spielberg’s head and shoulder image superimposed over a [...]
Death To Film Eulogy
Since George Eastman gave us film in 1884, pivotal moments of change in our society have been recorded by trapping light between emulsion layers onto silver halide.
The imaginations of the Irving Penns, Helmut Newtons, and Ansel Adams of the world have been brought to life on film.
Remember the sickly sweet chemical smell as you tore [...]
A Bacon Sandwich as Big as Your Head
Day 1:
Ok, so it’s my birthday. 0010 hours on my birthday to be exact. Meh… I hate red eyes, but at least I tend to sleep pretty well just about anywhere. Its just the hassle of having to do something else in the morning other than sitting in my underwear [...]
