Ok, so I’m still playing music and recorded this early Beatles tune just for fun. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Chris
Beatles Recording Alert!
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Off Camera Lighting Workshop 20 Nov 2011
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1613216173
Chris Bergstrom (Bushido Photo, LLC) is hosting an off camera lighting workshop for photographers looking to bring their photos to the next level. The workshop will be held on 20 Nov 2011 and will run all day starting at 9 a.m. and will end as late as 2 a.m. if need be. Beverages and food will be provided (please let us know if you have any special diet concerns so we can ensure that your dietary needs are met).
Introduction to lighting, fundamentals of photography, composition, studio lighting, equipment recommendations, powerpoint slide show, questions and answers. All attendees will have a chance to take their own photos and have them critiqued by photographer Chris Bergstrom. Location shooting, post processing, having a lot of fun shooting until way past dark! This will be a lot of fun and will absolutely step up your game in photography to the professional level.
I can guarantee that each and every member of this workshop will be fully satisfied and will walk away with all of the knowledge and tools that they need to become better photographers. This course is geared toward the use of strobes/flash, but there is a lot of information about general photography techniques that will be covered.
What you need to bring:
- Digital SLR
- Lens ranging from 24-120mm (Whatever lens you have will be fine, this is just recommended)
- A good attitude
Topics covered
Fundamentals of photography
Subject posing
Lighting scenarios
Seamless white background shots
Shooting at night (dragging the shutter)
Location scouting
Location shooting
Post processing
Color correction
Shooting any time of the day while using variable neutral density filters and high powered strobes outdoors
and much, much more…
I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
–Chris Bergstrom
Bushido Photo, LLC
www.bushidophoto.com
Follow or post on the Workshop Blog – http://bushidophoto.com
Kimonos for Kids
Bushido Photo is now offering “Kimonos for Kids”! Now you can schedule your very own photo shoot in our studio and have your little kids dress up like ancient Japanese warriors and princeses. We travelled to Japan to collect these authentic Kimonos and we can assure you that nobody will have anything like this to offer you and your family. Please call or email us today for pricing and scheduling info by clicking here.
50mm f/1.2 Song!
Gretsch Portraits
The Gretsch event in Baltimore, MD went off without a hitch. I captured some portraits of my fellow Gretsch-heads as well. One of my top 5 favorite guitars is the 6120 like the one pictured above, but I like ANY Gretsch guitar. My full time teaching job as a photography instructor starts this September, so be on the lookout for that info as well. Things are looking up and the photo above just made #127 on Flickr’s EXPLORE page today…
Enjoy, Chris
White seamless punk rocker
What the hell, I’ll even throw in a Telecaster… 
White Seamless Tutorial Magazine
A Brazilian Model
I did a really fun photo shoot this weekend and the photos turned out better than I had expected. I had a Great Model to work with, so my job was pretty easy as a photographer. I wanted to share, so I hope you have some comments for me…
–Chris
Ghostly Encounter at Historic Smithville Park, NJ
I was on a photo shoot at Smithville Park last Thursday and we were going from location to location all over the park. I remembered this really cool spot to take photos that I had used before and we headed over there. The location was what appears to have been an old jail or prison that is or was at least 3 stories tall with a basement or dungeon underneath. To get the shot I was after I had to walk down the stairs where the entrance to the basement was located. As I took the first step I heard what sounded like someone running a tin cup across the bars of the jail cell. When I went back up the steps the sound went away. This happened several times and now the client and his family were getting a little scared. I’ll admit, the hair was standing up on the back of my neck and it seemed like you could feel the presence of someone or something in the dungeon. The H.S. senior’s father happened to be a pastor so I asked him to go down their and see if he could make it stop. He said a few words and it stopped after that. I went down to try and take a photo of the room with the flash on, but my camera would not fire. I peered in with my eyes and the room was actually mostly caved in and filled with water. So, there goes the homeless theory and there were no animals or trees hitting the bars. Spooky and weird. I’ve heard stories of that old historic park being haunted, but I didn’t believe it until now. That would have been even scarier had it happened at night…
Taproll to the RESCUE!!!
Tired of crappy photography sites that don’t showcase your photography very well? Then you need TAPROLL! You have got to check out this site. It’s currently a Beta, but that’s ok since it’s already looking great. Flickr has a lot to be afraid of. Be afraid, be very afraid! Check them out…
–Chris
Photo Lighting Workshop July 2011 – New Jersey
Do you want to learn everything you need to know about off camera lighting? How about posing, business aspects, gear? Well, you’ve come to the right place.
I wanted to post this up again so that people will see it. I put blood, sweat and tears into my photography and I want to pass along the information I’ve learned over the years since 1988. I shot film back then and continued to shoot film until 2008, when I finally broke down and purchased a Nikon D700 DSLR. Why did I wait so long? The lens focal lengths were already familiar to me on an FX Nikon sensor and I just didn’t get the whole crop factor, although I do get it now. I wanted a 50mm lens to look like the 50mm focal length that I’d grown up with on film. I often wonder why the camera companies decided to go with DX or crop lenses, totally diluting the market, oh, BTW, film is on a comeback and looks better than 35mm digital any day of the week! Ok, so I said it. You think I’m joking, check out Zack Arias’ site as well as any other serious photographer’s site. I shoot both 35mm and medium format film. You have to try it before you discount film. 99% of the quality from film comes from the lenses and the other 1% comes from technique in my opinion. If you have really slow film and are shooting in the wrong situation with that film, good luck… I remember getting awesome photos from prints I sent in to Wolfe Camera or whatever film processing center was available and depending on the type of film and ASA speed, my lens choice, etc, I’d usually come out with post card photos on 4×6 prints. I missed my old Nikon F-100 and F-6 so much that I recently purchased a Nikon F-5 to use in my studio and on location. Sure, I still use the Nikon D700 as my main camera body, but film is still ALIVE!
Here’s my on location studio. To join my workshop in July, please visit this link. http://www.bushidophoto.eventbrite.com
