May Meeting
Here are the details for the May meeting:
- May 6th (7:30pm – 10pm) at the usual location (KNB133 at the UofC)
- Guest Speaker: Darwin Wiggett (scenic photographer)
- Print Competition Theme: Religion
Colin will also be discussing the plans / process for the new online print critiquing.
Hope to see you there,
Jeff
April Guest Speaker : Noah Fallis
This is Noah. Noah is addicted to light. Everyone say “Hi Noah”!
We had the pleasure of speaking with Calgary photographer Noah Fallis in April’s meeting. Noah falls under the somewhat unique category of architectural / fashion photographer. Most of what Noah spoke about, however, was his architectural work.
I think most of us are guilty, to some extend, of gadget accumulation. We are probably all familiar with lugging far too much camera equipment around for even a simple day trip (which lens? tripod? body? reflector? flash(s)? etc.). Noah brings this to an extreme where he brings 2,400 lbs (or maybe only 400lbs. my notes are messy) of gear with him on an architectural shoot. This would include typical stuff like cameras, tripods, lighting stands, laptops, lights, grids and other assorted lighting modifiers, but also less obvious things like ladders, spare light bulbs (to replace obnoxious CFDs) and a fleet (~30!) of tiny AA powered slave flashes (like this one).
When shooting interiors Noah shoots with his camera tethered to his laptop to give him a much better preview of his final image (19” vs. 3” hmmm). Each photo setup with lighting will take him, on average, one to two hours. A client will typically be given 15 or so finished images and a selection of grab/detail shots. Most of the time each day of shooting will be followed by a half day of post.
Noah offered a number of great tips:
- Architecture should look 3D not flat. Lighting should bring out as much depth and texture as possible.
- Black wrap (that heavy black tinfoil) is your best friend for improvising lighting modifiers and protecting show-home hardwood floors from equipment failures (you probably had to be there for that to make sense)
- Blend exposures. Balancing the lighting between a building interior and exterior is difficult. If you do want to show scenery outside the window blending exposures is a good way to accomplish that.
- Don’t work for cheap. Either work for free or be expensive.
CPS has been fortunate to have some wonderful speakers and Noah Fallis falls right in with the best of them. His talk was fascinating and his images absolutely stunning.
You can find Noah on-line on his website www.noahfallis.com.