Ok, so I’ve seen many people posting that their local tile and flooring stores never carry solid white linoleum tile for studio floors looking to achieve that classic white seamless look. I finally found a place that sells solid white vinyl flooring and I got a 6 foot by 14 foot sheet of it for around $100!!! The cool thing is that the back side is solid black vinyl, which doubles your options if you flip it. The vinyl is reflective and long lasting. It’s thick enough to walk on with heels and can be rolled up and transported for location photo shoots as well. I called up this company and spoke with a really nice lady who had a remnant lying around and she offered it to me at a steal of a price (thank you)! After I placed the order, I received it the next day and I have to say, it’s WAY better than tileboard from home depot that only comes in 4×8 ft sheets. This thing is what every photographer shooting on white seamless needs, especially if you’re on a budget like I am. I sent the link to Zack Arias via twitter, but he hasn’t responded, but I know he’d love this stuff a lot!!! I hope people take notice of this and share the link and this blog with many other photographers looking for a better solution for white seamless shooting than tileboard. Thanks for stopping by and I hope this little tidbit contributes to the photography community. Here’s the link.

http://www.flooradvice.com/remnants.htm

Sincerely, Chris Bergstrom
www.bushidophoto.com

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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 13 May 2012 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

Ok, so I’m still playing music and recorded this early Beatles tune just for fun. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Chris

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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

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

Slideshow of Photos