Comments for Simon Keitch Photography Blog

Comment on Mark Renshaw for Cycle Sport by kramon

kramon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:09:14 +0000

it’s something that always is gonna happen
ALWAYS

that’s why we practice on our loved-ones so much; getting the techniques down
like the one-light approach

Comment on Elinchrom Ranger Quadra First Thoughts by Luke

Luke — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:52:10 +0000

Nice review, Simon, and very interesting. I also use the Ranger Quadra - mainly for outdoor sports photography (review on my blog). As you say, nothing's perfect, but the Quadra is a great tool. Cheers, Luke

Comment on Clem So – Arts+Culture Magazine by Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:07:09 +0000

Superb pictures! Many thanks for allowing us to use them. Strong images are fundamental to telling a story, and it’s great to get the chance to display regional artists so well.

Cheers!

Comment on Holga 120N vs Nikon D3 by Simon Keitch Photography Blog - Clem So – Arts+Culture Magazine

Simon Keitch Photography Blog - Clem So – Arts+Culture Magazine — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:01:32 +0000

[...] about experimenting with a Holga toy camera on this shoot at the time which you can be viewed HERE plus here’s some more unpublished out-takes from the shoot [...]

Comment on Tools Of The Trade by TA Frank

TA Frank — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:40:47 +0000

Yes that’s what I did too. I’ve been testing yesterday and so far no problems.

Comment on Tools Of The Trade by skeitch

skeitch — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:42:55 +0000

Only once; just last week. I turned the pack off and then back on and it worked fine after that. Pocket Wizards are definitely more reliable but the Skyport system is so much more convenient…

Comment on Tools Of The Trade by TA Frank

TA Frank — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:57:48 +0000

Hey thanks for the quick reply! I read your review on the quadra and had the same problem with the EL Skyport transmitter failing a couple of times and had to resort to my other radio trigger. How’s it going with you? Are you still experiencing the same issue?

Comment on Tools Of The Trade by skeitch

skeitch — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:25:34 +0000

There’s no cover on the flashtube; it doesn’t worry me too much but you should consider it when packing them into a different case/bag, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend throwing the heads into a bag loose. I have the dividers set out in the LowePro bag so that each head has it’s own padded compartment.

Comment on Tools Of The Trade by TA Frank

TA Frank — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:21:05 +0000

I just bought a quadra set yesterday and am thinking of buying another bag so that I won’t have to remove the RQ-EL adapters. Is there any cover you are putting on the flashtube to protect it? From the pic above of your Magnum, looks like the bulb is unprotected.

Is this something that should concern quadra users?

Comment on About Me Video by skeitch

skeitch — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:26:08 +0000

Thanks Andy. The Nikon D90 has an on-board mono mic which needless to say isn’t very good; I initially bought a Rode hotshoe mount mic which I thought I could plug straight into the camera body but the D90 does not have this function (the D300 and D3s do) so I returned the Rode mic and picked up a Zoom H2 instead. Ideally you use a clapperboard (or the budget option that I used; just clap hands) which gives a visual/sound cue to marry up the sound (I’m using Final Cut Pro) with the picture and then remove the clip’s original sound track. One issue with this is remembering to clap at the beginning of the take, but worse was that the sound was starting to drift towards the end of the clip (despite the sound being recorded in 16bit) which provided the biggest headache. Ultimately I compressed the duration of the sound clip to 99% (after some playing around with different durations) and this solved the problem. I’ve been thinking about behind the scenes videos for a while but they’re difficult to do in practice as ideally you need someone on-set that can work the camera and doesn’t have anything else to do…