PREP TO POST // photography workshops - Latest Comments

Re: PHOTO LAB: THE V-FLAT

Sean Armenta — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:44:13 -0000

you are creating a hinge between the two sheets of foamcore. this is why you need to lay them on top of each other first, then tape the edge, wrap the tape around, then flip it, and repeat. you need the space between the two sheets for it to be able to open and close.

Re: HOW IT WAS LIT: NAILPRO COVER SHOT

Sean Armenta — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:42:06 -0000

preferably a boom, but you can also achieve this by using a regular c-stand and c-stand arm.

Re: PREP TO POST // Lighting Modifier Series // The Beauty Dish // Nov 11, OC

Sean Armenta — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:39:30 -0000

yes, all of the above.

Re: PREP TO POST // Lighting Modifier Series // The Beauty Dish // Nov 11, OC

rich — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:33:32 -0000

Sean, what do we bring? Laptop, Photoshop, Camera, Wacom?

Re: HOW IT WAS LIT: NAILPRO COVER SHOT

Robert Gordon — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:49:12 -0000

Quick question. Do you use a boom for shoots like this, or just shoot around a light stand that may be slightly offset?

Re: PHOTO LAB: THE V-FLAT

AK — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:47:21 -0000

Hello, thanks for this video. I tried to do this and the tape got stuck between the 2 flats and they wouldnt fold. When I unstuck them everything got ruined. Do you have any suggestions on taping so it can still fold and doesnt bunch up between the 2 flats?
Thank you!

Re: PREP TO POST // Lighting Modifier Series // The Beauty Dish

Robert Gordon — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:57:31 -0000

Really wish you offered this as a video online too, would love to be there!

Re: HOW IT WAS LIT: Paul Mitchell Haircolor Campaign

Sean Armenta — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:59:43 -0000

there's a huge difference between an elinchrom octabank and an octagonal softbox such as a photodome or even an elinchrom rotalux. the octabank is an indirect lighting modifier, much like a silver umbrella, where the light head fires into the modifier, rather than straight out of the modifier like a softbox.

Re: HOW IT WAS LIT: Paul Mitchell Haircolor Campaign

Ruben Vasquez — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:25:52 -0000

Whats the difference between an Elinchrom Octabank and other octabanks? Or were you just being silly?

Re: HOW IT WAS LIT: NAHA 2008

Niko Vallet — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:08:08 -0000

So much thanks for this well done article ;) I was wondering some stuff in this kind of pictures and you answered it ;)

Re: PHOTO LAB: PAPER CHINESE LANTERN

Charles S — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:26:53 -0000

Looks good. Second article today i have read about chinese lanterns

Re: MUST HAVE APP: DISKSOMNIA

Bart Bigoszewski — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:09:51 -0000

I have been using SSD as a primary boot drive and a smaller SSD as a Photoshop scratch disk for over 2 years now and they have been working great and super fast in terms of productivity. You have to remember that most upper end SSD drives have a MTBF or time before failure of 2.5 Million hours.
Now if you ran it for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week you would put in about 8,736 hours per year for 286 years. Chances are you would upgrade the drive before it failed, also the newer SSD drives tend to be RAID friendly to stripe them and increase performance.
Now that being said, there is always a chance the drive could fail, just as with the older platter drives.
Either way they are worth every penny, and in case you're wondering I'm using the OWC SSD drives which are made for Mac, but I also use the Kingston HyperX, which also works great.

Re: PREP TO POST // Lighting for Hair & Makeup // Downtown LA // Apr 28-29

Mayarobledo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:30:03 -0000

Can you tell me what tools if any we should bring to workshop, or is it more watch and learn?

Re: HOW IT WAS LIT: HOLLYWOOD ICONS

Kerry Loudenback — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:29:45 -0000

Sean, thanks for sharing. Very generous (as always).

Re: MUST HAVE APP: DISKSOMNIA

Sean Armenta — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:50:07 -0000

No, I don't think I will ever use a cloud based backup solution for images. I use iCloud for my iOS devices and for documents and such, but not for uploading TB's of data. I think that's a huge waste of time.

I will be switching my system volume over to an SSD when I feel they become more reliable. As of now, I can't fathom spending hundreds of dollars on a device that has a lifetime of less than a year.

Re: MUST HAVE APP: DISKSOMNIA

Kerry Loudenback — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:01:20 -0000

Couple of thoughts... Sean, are you considering a cloud solution as part of your overall DAM solution?
Also besides reliability, (and cost) the solid state drives are still small for a storage medium compared to the 2TB / 3TB mechanical counterparts. Having said that, the SSD's do look like they can contribute to the speed quotient by hosting the OS and associated workflow applications as well as having one or two as supporting cache disks.
My $.02.

Re: PREP TO POST Lead Educator Sean Armenta in Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine

Joelle'JoJo'Phillips — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:59:08 -0000

LOVES IT!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!

Re: MUST HAVE APP: FOREVERSAVE

Zac Grimaldo — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 04:57:06 -0000

How many version do you save in Ps and for a certain number of days? And do you thing every 10 minutes is a good interval?

Re: POINTS OF CONTACT

Clayhoof — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:36:01 -0000

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Re: PREP TO POST Team Members shoot Cote De Pablo for BHL Mag

Kerry Loudenback — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:18:28 -0000

Dooohhhhhh!

Re: MUST HAVE APP: FOREVERSAVE

Sean Armenta — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:47:56 -0000

i don't use windows.

Re: PREP TO POST Team Members shoot Cote De Pablo for BHL Mag

Sean Armenta — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:45:25 -0000

that's because we didn't use any ;)

Re: MUST HAVE APP: FOREVERSAVE

Daniel Lisbona — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:24:27 -0000

HI,
Thanks alot..

but what about PC Versions?

greetings Daniel Lisbona

Re: PREP TO POST Team Members shoot Cote De Pablo for BHL Mag

Kerry Loudenback — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:07:30 -0000

Great session! But I couldn't see the placement of the lights!!! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

Re: PREP TO POST Team Members shoot Cote De Pablo for BHL Mag

Chad Pennington — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:12:30 -0000

Ok you are now in My bookmarks and we are Web Buds Now - lol