In this edition of LightSource, Bill and Ed talk with music and celebrity photographer David Bean.

Hosts:

Bill Crawford, publisher of StudioLighting.net (Flickr)
Ed Hidden, exclusive IStockPhoto.com photographer (Flickr)

Theme Music:

Sean Campbell and Steve Hill (Firesickle.com)

Special Guest:

David Bean, music and celebrity photographer.

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LightSource Episode 42 (Interview Series) [60:02 minutes]

 

 

LightSource E051 [28.4 MB]

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In this episode:

Bill and Ed discuss:

• Is a light meter neccesary?
• Book reviews on StudioLighting.net
• “cyc” (cyclorama) walls
• pdngallery.com
• procyc.com
• Building a cyc wall
• Ed hits the Austin Istockalypse

Special Guest David Bean discusses:

• Teaching himself photography
• Design rules and photography
• Creating tension with dirty backgrounds
• Choosing a location
• Shooting for the subject, not your ego
• Getting to know your subject
• Music on the set
• Series work and beard photography [whiskerino2005.com]
• Canon camera gear
• Lighting equipment, white lightning, pro-photo and alien bees
• Home made lighting equipment
• Home made sets
• Most used equipment
• Newton bracket and Gary Fong lightsphere
• A softbox and a beauty dish
• Group lighting setups
• His post processing approach
• His work flow and software
• Shooting at the X Games
• Photographing Niki Taylor
• Timing and rhythm
• Concert photography
• Favorite lenses
• The assistants wanted and pro corner Flickr groups
• Innovatronix Tronix Explorer and Rob Galbraith review
• Advice for beginning photographers

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