p.1 #1 · Advice on Handheld lighting gears and lighting techniques
Hi, I'm looking for some portable and handheld lighting gears for portrait or wedding photography. I am long-time fan of Hoffer photography and in his video (http://hofferphotography.com/about/) I saw he held something (yellow) kind of like a portable flashlight to assist his shooting on the beach. I wonder if anyone here knows what that is since it seems to be a handheld portable lighting gear.
In addition, I am very interested in the trick to create an image like the second one in his wedding portfolios (http://hofferphotography.com/weddings/). Are those sparkling stuff rains or anything else? All I can see is he put something like a studio light behind the couple. Anyone here can show me any insights to create something like this?
p.1 #4 · Advice on Handheld lighting gears and lighting techniques
wow he has some awesome shots!!!
on my weddings i try to keep it light weight so all i use is speedlights, i carry 2 or 3 in my back, one light stand for the main light, a 16" softbox and a bunch of gels. that's it for the most part, i carry two bodies, one with a wide angle and the other one with either the 24-70 or the 70-200.
p.1 #5 · Advice on Handheld lighting gears and lighting techniques
Thanks for sharing your experience. I wonder if speed lights are powerful enough for the wedding shots. Most of people seem to prefer Einstein or Alienbees flash units. I plan to get something like these, but I am just afraid it might be too difficult and heavy for one-man's job with no assistant.
ozpall wrote:
wow he has some awesome shots!!!
on my weddings i try to keep it light weight so all i use is speedlights, i carry 2 or 3 in my back, one light stand for the main light, a 16" softbox and a bunch of gels. that's it for the most part, i carry two bodies, one with a wide angle and the other one with either the 24-70 or the 70-200.
p.1 #7 · Advice on Handheld lighting gears and lighting techniques
also i have alienbees ab1600 but i never NEVER use it. but just in case, i used to bring some cheapo strobres that i got off ebay and they work good too, the only problem with those ones was that any ANY flash will trigger em, so at weddings it was going on like crazy.
