Comments on: Micah Lee Photo Shoot

By: vubui

vubui — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:16:23 +0000

Thanks Steve! We were definitely trying. Tracie and Micah did a great job with his outfit and makeup.

By: Steve Weiss

Steve Weiss — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:09:01 +0000

Love the silent movie shot, very creative and you really captured the silent film era look.

By: Ellis

Ellis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:38:33 +0000

I love these shots. Great job guys. You make this look easy.

By: Lucy M

Lucy M — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:07:50 +0000

Loves it!!! Ohhh!!!

By: Carl Reid

Carl Reid — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:01:11 +0000

These shots are awesome. But more importantly thanks for showing us the way. Keep inspiring us Photogs!!!

By: vubui

vubui — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:06:35 +0000

Yes the power requirements are much less… and it’s a lot less heavy as well!

All our video lighting we do with small lights (LED power) or on AC. We haven’t done any large location lighting yet!

By: adam

adam — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:31:38 +0000

Thanks for the detailed reply Vu, great info and good to know.

Having worked with video lighting, that is continuous and not a strobe we had to always lug a generator around which is far from inconspicuous :) I imagine the strobes have lesser power requirements and can use rechargeable (guessing here) batteries that make them really versatile.

cheers again

By: vubui

vubui — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:15:16 +0000

Thanks, Adam!

We have never bothered with permits for shooting at any of the locations we have shot at. There have been a few times we’ve asked permission if we knew that just shooting would get us kicked out immediately… but for street stuff we just do it.

It helps to just look like you belong… well that helps no matter what you’re doing. People are hesitant to question someone who looks like they are doing nothing wrong. There are times we’ve been kicked out of locations… but typically that’s the worst things that happens.

As for powering lighting on location… it depends on what we are doing. These shots were done with small strobes, so it was super easy (internal batteries). When on city streets that’s what we typically use. When in less populated areas and using the large lights (Alien Bees) we use a Vagabond II to power everything. It takes time to set up but it’s worth it for the power it outputs!

By: vubui

vubui — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:09:50 +0000

Awesome that we are able to help you with ideas for your shoots! Hope they go fantastically!

By: adam

adam — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:05:29 +0000

I love the silent movie images. What a great theme, and perfectly executed. Old Town Orange really helped sell this concept. It looks great in b/w with the low key, long shadows etc.

I wonder, did/do you bother with permits for shooting in the local cities? Have you experienced any problems, specifically, how do you power your lighting in public?

Cheers for sharing your setups, great info

cheers
adam