tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134952315517867402012-02-01T17:34:57.194-08:00Len Grinke photography blog is my place to candidly share my ideas on photography. Photography techniques, ideas, real life shoots, and sometimes aimless ramblings will all be placed here. Poor grammer and spelling mistakes are at no extra charge. Be sure to visit http://www.photolen.ca to see some of my work.Len Grinke Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791803589826050093noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613495231551786740.post-29499084472779477062012-02-01T17:33:00.000-08:002012-02-01T17:34:41.161-08:00

Las t week it poured rain here in Vancouver. I had planned to take my students down to Granville Island to practice balancing flash and ambient light. That morning the weather cleared and we had fantastic conditions for photographing. Only problem was that it was really cold - for Vancouver anyways. The coldest of the group were the models, but they persevered and we came back with some great

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Lets play with the zoom function of our flash this week. This weeks challenge is to use your flash zoomed out to max. This will create a smaller beam of light that can be used to highlight certain features in your image. Try it - it's great for black and white glamour shots.

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This weeks challenge is to create an image that combines existing light, known as ambient light, and on camera bounce flash. Try to balance the exposure of the flash and the ambient light to create a natural looking image. Forward your images to photochallenge@photolen.ca if you would like me to review them.

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Last weeks challenge was to create an image using bounce flash. The goal was to create an image that had directional lighting. On camera Direct Flash Very often, photographers will dismiss using on camera flash because of the harsh, specular light it creates on the subject. Two weeks ago I was discussing on camera flash techniques to my students at Focal Point. The first image, shown here,

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Last weeks challenge was to use on camera flash as fill. This week, the challenge is to use on camera flash as the main light. In order to do this, bounce flash is the way to go. But instead of bouncing it off the ceiling, try bouncing off the walls. This will give a very nice directional look to the light. Be carful of your colours though. The light will take on the colour of the wall that you

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Last weeks photo challenge was to photograph a portrait using on camera fill flash.  The real challenge with fill flash is not allowing it to overtake the image. Very often yo can find yourself in a situation where you have nice directional light but the shadow density is to much to allow you to make a print with detailing both the shadow and the highlight. The on camera fill flash, when used

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This is the first of 52 photo challenges. The goal is to present one new technique each week and then produce an image that incorporates that technique. You can submit your image to photochallenge@photolen.ca . I will post 2 to 3 images that I receive.  There is no prize for the best image for the week, best overall image, or anything else. But, you will have the chance to learn and practice 52

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On camera flash is generally not considered to be the most flattering light source - especially when photographing people. There are times however when on camera flash can make a big difference in an image. Many photographers love to use available light because it can create a very beautiful light on your subject.  Sometimes however, the light can be very contrasty, creating detailless shadows

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Next week starts my next group of flash photography students and one of the things that I tell all my students is that they need to create an idea book.  In a nutshell, an idea book is a collection of your own images that you have put together along with information on how you photographed them. It is one of the best long term learning aides that I have ever discovered. The concept of the idea

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Vancnouver is being hit with a late summer this year.  It never really warmed up over the summer months and we never really saw much blue sky.  Now that has changed and it is awesome. During the main summer months the light is direcectly over head. And when it is clear sky's you get a lighting that wedding photographers love to hate - harsh, strong, and unflattering.  But, cloudy summers change

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This image was taken Sunday morning in downtown Vancouver.  I was a beautiful sunny morning, well before the crowds had started to come out.  Compositionally, I wanted to balance the green of the young mans shirt with the green of the sign in the background.  The sign was not in direct sunlight, bit was none the less significantly brighter than the subject.  Had I taken the shot with the

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Looking for a fun way to improve your photography.  Check out your local camera club.  I recently joined the North Shore Photographic Society here in North Vancouver and am enjoying my experience very much. One of the challenges to improving your photography is knowing if what you are doing is working.  Asking friends and family their opinion on you images is a start but very often they won't

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Well my Commercial Portrait Photography course at Focal Point is well under way. The one problem I have though is that the course runs in the evenings, making it difficult to demonstrate many of the techniques I want to show the students. Solution - field trip. This past Sunday we went out during the day to make some portraits.  It was a bright sunny day with harsh lighting.  Perfect, at least

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Last thursday was the opening night for my Focal Point class. We have a great bunch of talented photographers in the class so it's going to be a great one for everybody involved. The first night is always about finding out where eveyone is at (photographically speaking) and finding a common point to jump in at.  I always try insure that everyone gets the most out of every class, so doing this

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Coming up on May 7th, I will be giving a workshop on flash photography.  Here is a primer for the workshop. 5 tips to improve on camera flash Avoid pointing the flash directly at your subject. This creates a very harsh, unattractive light. Try using a diffuser like the ones made by Gary Fong.  Bouncing the flash off the ceiling is an effective way of improving the light quality.  The idea

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We had a really nice stop over in Medicine hat and were well rested for the long drive in front of us.  We were hoping to meet up with my wife, Shauna, who was in Nelson giving a seminar.  To do that, we were looking at about a nine hour driving day.  Not too bad if the weather held out. Spring was coming earlier to the  western provinces than it was to the eastern provinces.  We left Muncton in

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The stop over in Winnipeg gave us an opportunity to visit with relatives. It was unexpected, unplanned, and lots of fun. It's always great to catch up with folks that are very close to you but you never are able to spend time with them. We also got a solid workout  in at the Winter Club and attended a guitar/recording workshop lead by Murry Pulver, a studio guitarist who had just returned to

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Cell tower access as been unavailable for the most recent leg of our journey so I have not been able to make my blog entries. Here is the catch up. The drive to Thunder Bay was very scenic. We drove up the shore of Lake Superior from Sault St. Marie enjoying some very nice weather and some beautiful scenery. I was surprised at how little there was in terms of towns and rest stops along the way.

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The leg from Kingston to Sudbury was beautiful. The poor weather went away and the sun shone all day. Originally, our plan was to stop in North Bay but it was such a nice day that we decided to travel a little longer and made it to Sudbury. About an hour into the ride, the GPS took us off the main highway and took us north west on a secondary highway. We passed by many beautiful farms which I

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Yesterday we made our way to Kingston.  Wonderful place.  The drive there was off and on snow but we made it without incident.  I'm getting really good at framing quickly as we drive by at 100km/hr.  You have to think way ahead and forget about using live view.  Essentially, if you see the shot in your viewfinder, you have missed it. Lone tree in blizzard outside of Quebec Government building

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The journey has begun. Actually, it began two days ago when I flew from Vancouver BC to Moncton New Brunswick. The goal being to drive across Canada, taking photographs along the way - from a moving vehicle.  House outside of Moncton  Spent the first night in Moncton. Lots of snow there. The next day we drove to Quebec city. Spent the night in an amazing 200 year old hotel and Feasted On

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I have recently come across a wonderful studio space for shooting in.  It is called the Anne MacDonald hall and it is part of the Presentation House theatre in North Vancouver.  Originally a church, it was moved to its current location, yes, the entire building was moved, and set up as a rehearsal space.  The original Church of the building is in tact - large stain glass window, hardwood floors,

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The Presentation House in North Vancouver has long been known for giving excellent theatrical entertainment at an outstanding value. There current production, Visiting Mr. Green, is no exception.  I have uploaded some images of the play so you can see can a taste for it but I am not going to be a spoiler.  To find out what the show is about you will have go see the show.  You only have until

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January.  A time for planning.  A time to look forward and decide where you want to be this time next year.  This year, I want to do more teaching.  Last year I started teaching at Focal Point.  I designed and taught a course on commercial portraiture.  I also developed as one day workshop on using hand held strobes. I am looking forward to continuing both of these courses. New programs that I

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It's always fun to go searching through your old images.  I was looking for an image to put on a Christmas card last night and I came across this one.  I took it 2 years ago on my way to work.  It was one of the colder December that vancouver has ad in a while and lost lagoon was frozen over.  A beautiful mist was rising from the ice that created this surreal affect. Enjoy. Canon XSi  10-22mm

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After completing a series of Corporate head shots, I left the building and was presented with this beautiful scene.  It was the first snowfall here in Vancouver and I could not resist taking this image. Camera 7D, Lens 70 - 200mm F2.8 at 95mm  iso 800

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I can't believe how long it has been since my last post.  After my last post I had to head out of town to photograph a wedding  I was gone for a week and when I got back the plane did not even get a chance to touch down before I was running around.  Being busy is great, unfortunately my blog suffered.  Next week I start teaching my courses at Focal Point.  I will be doing one course on

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Last week we talked about the rule of thirds and how it can provide placement of the subject within the frame.  The Golden Rectangle is an even earlier compositional rule that came from the Ancient Greeks. It is  based on a geometrical progression called the Fibonacci series.  The Fibonacci series starts with 0 and 1.  The series progresses by adding the last two numbers to create the next

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Hi folks I'm pretty excited.  Looks like I will be teaching 2 courses at Focal Point this winter.  One course on Wednesday evenings called Commercial Portraiture and the other is a wedding photography course dealing more with the business end than the photography end.  Really looking forward to it. See you on Sunday for my blog on technique.  I will be continuing the discussion on composition.

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It's Sunday morning which means it's time to talk a little more about composition.  Last Sunday we talked about making sure we filled the frame of our image with what we wanted to be in the picture. Now we need to look at where to place our point of interest within the frame. Every image needs to have a point of interest -  a main focal point that is supported by the rest of the image.   For

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Over that past few blogs, I have been looking at using light from a hand held strobe.  The applications are endless and definitely open creative options.  Good lighting is only part of the story.  Composition plays a major role in creating a good image and that is what the next few blogs are going to be about. The most basic concept of good composition is fill the frame.  Make sure that your

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A week ago I had the pleasure of putting on a flash workshop.  During the workshop we talked about, and practiced, many techniques.  During this session of two sisters, I was able to use many of the techniques we discussed so I thought I would post some of the images to show how effective these techniques can be. This first image was taken about 2 hours before sunset.  The light was harsh so we

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Last Sunday's flash workshop was great.  We kept  the class size down so that everyone was able to get lots of hands on time to practice the new techniques. The next workshop will be on creating table top product photography for small retailers and E-tailers.  If you want to make your product shots stand out, this workshop is not to be missed.

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Update to the on camera flash seminar. The date has been moved to July 18 from 2pm to 6 pm.  It will be held at the Anne McDonald Studio at 333 Chesterfield St, North Vancouver, BC.  The class size will be limited to give participants a lot of hands on time to master the techniques.  Cost is $69 per person.

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I will be holding a 4 hour seminar on making the most out of your hand held strobe.  Learn techniques that will maximize on camera strobes and how to use strobes off camera to create studio lighting effects. The seminar will be held on June 27th, 2010.  Cost is $69.  The location is to be decided but will be in North Vancouver. Class size will be limited so sign up soon.

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Living in a rain forest makes for some interesting challenges. Last Sunday I was scheduled to do an engagement session.  The weather forcast for that day was not promising so I had to come up with an alternate plan, just in case. Well, the rain held off all day Sunday but an hour before we were going to head out, the skies opened up and it poured.  Fortunately, I had taken the time to come up

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What a month. With over 20 years in the photography business, I still find that there is so much to learn.  Especially now with digital innovations changing the industry on what sometimes feels like a daily basis. This last month I took my annual trip to the WPPI conference in Las Vegas. Check out their site at  http://www.wppionline.com/ . A pretty intimate conference, just me and 14,000 of my

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What an unsual winter we have had his year.  Last year this time we had tons of snow, this year, spring like temperatures in the middle of February.  Not great for the Olympics but I'm sure enjoying the sunshine. Last week we made a trip to the cabin to enjoy some snow games and skating.  Guess what, no snow there either. But the lake was still frozen and we had sunshine most of the time. Not

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Editing, probably one of the least loved aspects of photography. When the shoot is over and you have several hundred images to sift through, it can often feel like a chore just to get busy and get it done. Many photographers completely skip this step, showing off all the images they took. Last week I did a session for my son. He has a profesional actor and he often models for me when I want to

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Some Production images of Cats put on by Carson Graham High School.  I had the pleasure of photographing the production last week during the final rehersal. The excitement level was high and they produced an amazing show.  My congratulations to their instructor Ms. Clark and their Musical director Mr. Ennis. Congratulations to everyone involved and I look foward to next years show.

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Here we are at Janary 2nd, 2010.  I hope Santa was good to everyone and brought you all kinds of happiness over the Christmas break.  This new year is promising to b a busy one with lots of growth.  I will be continuing to make posts to this blog to help eveyone become better photographers. I have also started a weekly photo tip that is emailed out.  If you are interested in getting it, just send

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Fall in Vancouver means rain.  A fall wedding in Vanocover means a mountain of challenges for a photographer.  Last weekend it happened.  A rainy Saturday wedding.  But, with the help of a very kind Minister who let us use her church as a studio and the basic off camera techniques we have been talking about in the last two entries, we were able to pull it off. This first image was taken with a

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In my last entry, I discussed the lighting equipement that I used for location photography.  In this post, I am going to show some examples of the results that I get from it. In this image, I used two strobes in 32" reflective umbbrellas. The flashes were set on manual.  The main (or key light) was placed to the subject's right. A white reflector was placed to the subject's left. I am very

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As a portrait photographer working primarily on location, I am constantly faced with the challenge of creating studio lighting on the go.  Of course the obvious solution is to bring studio lighting with you and set up when you get there.  But who wants to do that.  I drive a sports care, not a moving van, and I don't really want to spend my day setting up and breaking down all that gear.  The

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In all the years that I have been photographing people, runway photography is one area that I have not had a lot of experince in. So, when a friend of mine offered me the opportunity to take some runway shots at a workshop that her company, FigureB, was producing, I jumped at the chance.The workshop was for new models looking into the industry so my being there was more to add to their experince

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I have just returned from a week at the lake. Spent a lot of time just relaxing and spent some time photographing.The light in the interior is always interesting to work with. This time it was especially interesting to work with. The lake is very near Lilloette where the big fire is. The air was filled with smoke creating some very interesting light. The light was always difussed and soft and

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The nice weather has hit Vancouver and it has been great to be getting outside and enjoying the BBQ. The other evening, I was over at some friends enjoying some wine and company. The conversation moved to photography and one of the folks asked if I could take a look at their camera. They were planning on taking it to the repair center because it was no longer exposing the pictures properly.I took

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One of the great things about being a photographer, (and there are many great things), is that you get to be places and do things that many people do not. Two nights ago I had the amazing job of photographing the the production stills for Salt Water Moon, a production by Horse Raven. I got to see something very special, something I could only call magic. Joel Grinke and Abbey Creek, got on stage

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