Phil Bradon, product manager for Sekonic light meters and Pocket Wizard wireless triggering systems speaks with Bill and Ed about his career and his work.
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:
Phil Bradon, product manager for Sekonic, and Pocket Wizard for MAC Group.
LightSource Episode 77 (Interview Series) [71:44 minutes]
LightSource E077 [32.8 MB]
In this episode:
Bill and Ed discuss:
- 20 Christmas Light Photos with a twist
- Guest appearance from Richard Legg who discusses his new Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Special Guest Phil Bradon discusses:
- History of Pocket Wizard
- Custom radio channels for triggering
- Current Models:
– Pocket Wizard Plus II - $25 Rebate on the Plus II until Feb 2009
- Using Pocket Wizard to trigger your camera
- Pocket MultiMAX
- Setting delay time for flash triggering
- New cords for remote power control
- Using zones for advanced triggering
- How the Pocket Wizard frequency was selected
- Difference between US and European models
- Battery Life
- Channels for use in large crowds
- History of Sekonic
- Balancing ambient and artificial light
- Using meters to create lighting ratios
- How to use the lumisphere
- Why you need a flash meter
- Why your camera’s meter does not work for strobes
- Sekonic L308 entry level flash meter
- Sekonic L358 flash meter
- Sekonic L758 features
- Advantages of spot meters
- Sekonic Digital Transfer Software
- Why you need a light meter in the digital age
- Calibrating your Sekonic light meter
- When you use the lumisphere
- Sekonic Blog and educational content
- Color meters from Sekonic
- Accurate balancing color with a meter