Photo shoots

Just finished a small photo shoot for a teen rock band in Toronto - Ivey Mike. They're a small group just starting out, and they wanted some photos for their 'press kit'. Not sure what a press kit is but it didn't matter to me... I just like taking pix :) I'll put the photos into the Project's portfolio soon.

I had a couple of days to prepare for it since there was a bit of time pressure to get the photos done by mid-week. It didn't make sense to rent out any lights or anything since it would be expensive and just too much hassle for the job, so I decided I'd try and make do with my one SB-25 flash and see what happens. The other issue I had was Nikon had a call-back for the battery I used on camera. So I had just posted the battery to Nikon a couple of days before, and was sitting around waiting for them to post a replacement back. Fortunately, after a little scrounging around I found the adapter that allows 3 regular batteries to be used in the camera instead of the special rechargeable one I should have used.

Then I ran around a bit to get a remote cord to attach the flash to the camera with so I could move it around a scene rather than leave it on my hotshoe. I managed to find one and picked it up a couple of hours before the shoot! But it turned out to be a lifesaver as it made a huge difference. We ended up shooting in the halls of their high school - Earl Haig, which had typical flourescent tube high-school lighting. The flash did a great job though and I liked the end results - hopefully the band will like them too. I've put a couple in my Portraits portfolio.

Other than that, my buddy just bought the Canon Rebel XT. Ok, apart from the fact that it's Canon (the bane of all Nikon users), I told him - no I begged him not to go with the Rebel, and instead go with the 20D. As usually happens with all my friends, my comment was casually acknowledged and then he went and the did the exact opposite! It's a Canon anyway, so I can't blame his lack of logic ;)