Test shot of me, by Rob Lowell

Test shot of me, by Rob Lowell, originally uploaded by richlouis.

anyhow, inbetween seeing Pan's Labyrinth and not going to a party at Sputnik, I ended up on Craigslist NY and stumbled upon an photography assisting job that was posted up a couple of hours ago. Strangely, enough it turned out to be a photographer i knew. I send a quick email to him and alas i found myself, yesterday, in his spot helping him shoot his cousin for her promo cards for commercial print work.

Simply, the best part was getting to use some equipment I hadn't touched in while, as well as some i never really got to use, which included:

PocketWizard receiver and transmitter that lets you control your flash and lighting wirelessly, leaving your camera free of cords when you shoot. it was dope in the studio set up in the loft but even doper as we went out on to the Soho streets with me holding the Nikon flash hooked up to the receiver ten feet away from the subject while Rob the photographer was even farther away from us shooting with a zoom lens. the recycle time for the flash was not affected and the flexibility that came with using them was enormous.

The Capture One Pro program that let's you see your pictures on screen as you shoot and edit accordingly.

And various light setups.
Sort of got me motivated again to keep going with the photography.