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  • Santa Anita Race Track a great place to capture great imagery

    Santa Anita Race Track a great place to capture great imagery

    Today I visited historic Santa Anita race track in San Gabriel Valley California. It was “Photography Day”, an annual event with guest speakers, trainers and breakfast, which was excellent btw. While capturing video for “Great Shots” I met a gentleman named John Washington who shared with us his  handicapping knowledge with me and my camera-man Earl Crowe. We arrived at 7:30AM to a good group of friendly photographers of all levels and we interviewed Alex Evers one of Santa Anita’s [...]

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  • Lytro cameras unavailble to test or review

    Lytro cameras unavailble to test or review

    Erin First of The Outcast Agency who represents Lytro told me, “Lytro cameras are available to order at www.lytro.com, and will begin shipping until early 2012.
    They have NO cameras for testing or review. Weird from such a big new company boasting about its new technology?

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  • Which camera point & shoot or DSLR or both?

    Which camera point & shoot or DSLR or both?

    Which camera should I buy?

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  • New Video  Sideline Football Photography with Fernando Escovar

    New Video Sideline Football Photography with Fernando Escovar

    Fernando goes through the steps of how to shoot sidelines of professional sports and says how much easier it is to photograph your kids playing soccer or football. “Great Shots” Sideline Football Photography with Fernando Escovar of Fotographer.TV

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  • Photo Seminars & Workshops

    Photo Seminars & Workshops

    I hope you can make it to one of my seminars. I’ll teach you every studio trick I can think of that day and give you the confidence to be vocal,and frame your shots like the pros. I answer any question and we get photographers from all levels not just to shoot models, we bring in cars , shoot at airports and have various themes to update your portfolio and website. My goal is for you to grow and teach [...]

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  • Tip of the day with studio strobes outdoors

    Tip of the day with studio strobes outdoors

    On this shoot in Las Vegas, on a golf course on one of the hottest days of the year I had a white pop-up tent and only one strobe with a soft-box and I just told my model to get on her knees because I had left my C-stand in the car so I had place the Photoflex medium on the ground with my creative director Jerry Miller holding it for me and it worked out perfect. I had never [...]

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  • Sometimes you just got to shoot it!

    Sometimes you just got to shoot it!

    On a movie shoot using a Canon 5D, we had to get a couple more insert shots for the start of the new AVID film, http://www.avid.com/US/, Agent MX-Z3RO, Starring Gunner Wright. The movie ran out of money and we were out of safety gear including helmets. I hopped on the back of Gunners motorcycle and captured shots of his hands , gauges and POV shots. I had no help but this was on a Sunday downtown Los Angeles , where [...]

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  • Photography workshops

    Photography workshops

    Photography workshops on a wide range of subjects for all levels Workshops mostly on weekends (one, two and three days) Special camera club events … plus team-building programs Exceptional, experienced faculty; outstanding value Locations: Historic, from Los Angeles to New York Wander off the beaten path with Fotographer.TV photographer Fernando Escovar as he teaches short cuts and  the mysteries of of indoor & outdoor photography. See past seminar photos and learn the methods our experts used to create them. Find [...]

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  • New! Tegra™ 4Bank by Kino Flo

    New! Tegra™ 4Bank by Kino Flo

    HOLLYWOOD – Kino Flo® Lighting Systems’ new Tegra 4Bank dimming softlight stole the show at the Cine Gear motion picture and television production exhibition at Paramount Studios this weekend. A hit with cinematographers and lighting technicians, the Tegra 4Bank combines the soft, glamour light quality of the award-winning Kino Flo 4Bank System with the dimming and power savings of the best-selling Diva-Lite® fixture. Features include onboard dimming and switching, remote dimming, universal input voltage, power factor correction, plus Kino Flo’s [...]

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  • Stellar STL-Varicolor240 Adjustable Color LED On-Camera Light

    Stellar STL-Varicolor240 Adjustable Color LED On-Camera Light

    The Stellar Lighting Systems STL-Varicolor240 Pro Shoe Mount LED On Camera Video Light features a color temperature knob to adjust the color temperature from 3200K to 5400K. The dimming knob adjusts light brightness while the LED lighting angle can be fixed with a fastening screw. With a hotshoe fixing screw you can connect the LED lighting to a camera/camcorder. The STL-Varicolor240 video light comes with a power switch for turning the LED on/off. In addition the video light features a [...]

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