Archive for category Umbrellas
B&H, Canon & Westcott host Rick Sammon NYC Event in Central Park
Posted by Amber McCoy in Halo and Apollo, Reflectors, Speedlites, Umbrellas, softbox on June 2nd, 2010
Rick Sammon
B&H, Canon and Westcott teamed up for an amazing event featuring Rick Sammon, prolific author and world renown photographer.
There was a crowd of over 80 people packed into B&H’s Event Space, for a two hour lecture. Starting the day was Rick Berk, Canon Camera Product Educator, who went over the intricacies of Canon portable electronic flashes and all the various technical knowledge that is critical for successful flash and, especially, wireless flash photography.
Westcott's David Piazza
Following the insightful Canon presentation, Westcott’s Dave Piazza took the stage and went over the theory behind and the practical use of various light modifiers, including collapsible reflectors, umbrellas, and softboxes including Westcott’s unique umbrella frame based Apollo soft boxes that are perfect for wireless portable flash operation.
Westcott Launches NEW Commercial
Posted by Amber McCoy in Halo and Apollo, Promotions, Speedlites, Umbrellas on May 28th, 2010
Westcott just recently released a new commercial featuring the “2010 Speedlite Promotion” – one of Westcott’s biggest promotion to date. This promotion is only available for a limited time and at select retailers.
Speedlite Promotion Items:
The Ultimate Flash Kit: The Magic Slipper enables mounting of a speedlite, receiver and battery. This unit can be directly mounted onto the light stand. Attach the included Stripbank using the solid metal rotating adapter ring.
Regular Price: $529.90
Sale Price: $429.90
The Apollo Flash Kit: The convenience of an umbrella meets the control of a softbox. Built on an umbrella frame, the Apollo light modifier offers the ultimate in directional lighting and control. No adapter ring is required as it mounts to a variety of lights using any standard umbrella receptacle. Ideal for any on-location photographer.
Regular Price: $249.90
Sale Price: $149.90
The Collapsible Umbrella Flash Kit: Perfect for travel, this 43″ collapsible umbrella provides a wide spread with telescoping shaft and collapses to 14.5″.
Regular Price: $119.90
Sale Price: $69.90
Other Current Promotions:
Westcott is currently running two (2) other promotions at this time. Please visit our website for more information.
Hernan Rodriguez: It’s a Wrap
Posted by Amber McCoy in Umbrellas on May 27th, 2010
Whether shooting images for a commercial client or to further my portfolio, all my images must begin with a visual concept. Being creative, you draw ideas from everywhere such as dreams, movies or trips. In any case, my recent thoughts were coming up with a ‘new approach’ to an image with a commercial feel, including ‘snap’, and good transitions throughout the skin tones. With my background as an Art Director, I illustrate most of my ideas on a sketchpad. I include where I would place my lights, and maybe what I want to portray in the final image. I find this technique to be a good practice and highly recommend it because it eliminates the guesswork. Even if I do not use that particular idea, I save the notes and refer to it later as my ‘tried and tested’ archive. It also comes in handy when I have a client wanting a specific look, which I might have already perfected. It always comes down to where opportunity meets preparation.