The Nikonians On Location #30 - Up my alley

Added by martinj | August 20, 2008   11:53 AM | Comment | TrackBack

Nikonian Martin Joergensen packing and getting ready and then shooting a place that he had visited many times before - but never with a camera. It wasn't quite as he remembered.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #30 (NPC-OL-2008-08-20; 42:24; 19.4MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-08-20; 9:33; flash format).

Show Notes: August 20, 2008
Alleys can provide some really nice subjects - long rows of trees on both sides of a road. But this row wasn't quite as long as it should have been and the traffic was terrible, so getting the calm to shoot it wasn't easy.

The sound file:

1. Welcome
2. Packing
3. Fleece bags
4. Weather observations
5. Shooting the alley
6. Shooting the bridge
7. Winding down in the rain
8. Goodbye

Video supplement:
Images of the packing, Kata bag, neat fleece bags and other practicalities. And of course images from the location.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #30 (NPC-OLV-2008-08-20; 9:33; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Dawn by David Modica on Magnatune

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The Nikonians On Location #29 - Flash Gels

Added by martinj | August 13, 2008   1:18 AM | Comment | TrackBack

A short intro to using filters - gels - on flashes with examples of their different uses.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #29 (NPC-OL-2008-08-12; 22:45; 20.8MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-08-12; 8:12; flash format).

Show Notes: August 12, 2008
Martin Joergensen covers setting up a system for gelling or filtering light from strobes and talks about different ways of using them. Find the blog entry for the Flash Modifier theme on Martin's blog here.

The sound file:

1. Intro
2. Rain and overcast
3. Light painting not happening
4. Flash modifiers
5. Flash gels or filters
6. Managing artificial light
7. Setting up and shooting
8. CLS and slaves
9. Goodbye

Video supplement:
A slideshow supplement showing examples of using gels on strobes.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #29 (NPC-OLV-2008-08-12; 8:12; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Thank You by David Modica on Magnatune

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The Nikonians On Location #28 - Classic Cars

Added by martinj | August 6, 2008   12:14 PM | Comment | TrackBack

Martin Joergensen went on location shooting fast paced race cars at the Copenhagen Historical Grand Prix. Fun with a Nikon D3 and a 300mm f2.8 as well as a couple of D200's with assorted lenses - 24mm, 10-20mm, 17-55mm, 70-200mm - and SB800's on top to soften the sunlight.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #28 (NPC-OL-2008-08-06; 26:35; 12.1MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-08-06; 10:18; flash format).

Show Notes: August 06, 2008
He mingled with the press photographers and shot the celebreties as well as the not so well known, but most of the time he shot cars passing by at high speeds.

The sound file:

1. Intro
2. Gear with horsepower
3. Getting close
4. Shooting cars
5. D3 experience
6. Tents, inner circle and pits
7. Second day
8. Shooting people
9. Goodbye

Video supplement:
In this picture supplement you will of course see lots of cars - but also people and surroundings.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #28 (NPC-OLV-2008-08-06; 10:18; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Tell me a Story by Big Bad Sun on Magnatune

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The Nikonians On Location #27 - Berlin Patterns

Added by martinj | July 29, 2008   10:51 PM

A quick run through a bunch of pictures shot during a Berlin vacation - with the focus on patterns.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #27 (NPC-OL-2008-07-29; 20:49; 9.5MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-07-29; 7:54; flash format).

Show Notes: July 29, 2008
When shooting many images in the same place you often stumble over a certain theme and start finding similar subjects. Martin Joergensen found a lot of patterns during his recent trip to Berlin, and covers the selection of these images from his 1400-or-so images from the trip.

The sound file:

1. Intro - summer heat
2. Organizing and selecting
3. Opening and assessing images
4. Goodbye

Video supplement:
A selection of the Berlin Pattern images - Holocaust Denkmal, Neue Palais, KaDeWe and seats in Olympia Stadion - lots of seats.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #27 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-29; 7:54; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Karooshi Porn by Bjorn Fogelberg on Magnatunes

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On Location on a short holiday break

Added by martinj | July 20, 2008   10:53 PM

Due to a busy schedule and a short holiday break the podcast "On Location with Martin Joergensen" will skip an episode this week.
Martin will be back in the coming week with a new and fresh show.

The Nikonians On Location #26 - Drive-by-shoot

Added by martinj | July 15, 2008   4:50 PM

Martin embarks on a crazy mission to shoot out the side window of his car while driving around town... shoot pictures that is.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #26 (NPC-OL-2008-07-15; 17:15; 7.9MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-07-15; 8:05; flash format).

Show Notes: July 15, 2008
With the camera mounted on a tripod and connected to a wireless remote trigger Martin experiments with getting some decent images from the car while driving. The results are mixed. Not all good, but not entirely bad either.

Video supplement:
A bunch of the pictures from the drive-by-shot. Most of them blurred, a few of them useful, but quite a lot of them interesting... kinda.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #26 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-15; 8:05; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Inside My Head performed by Rock City Riots

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The Nikonians On Location #25 - Black Background

Added by martinj | July 7, 2008   6:00 PM

Inspired by some pictures in a magazine Martin takes on creating a dark mood in a small makeshift, tabletop studio using black background paper and a couple of flashes. He shoots dry flowers and leaves and plays with different subjects once the light is set up.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #25 (NPC-OL-2008-07-07; 38:48; 17.7MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-07-07; 8:58; flash format).

Show Notes: July 07, 2008
Join Martin as he gets into controlling off camera flashes, the Nikon wireless system (CLS) and using gels to create a special tone and quality of light. And as he hunts dry flowers in the garden round midnight and brews espresso for photography and consumption.

Video supplement:
In the slideshow Martin shows examples of the setup he used to get the gloomy, dark, renaissance painting-like mood with a dark background that he aimed for.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #25 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-07; 8:58; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Altri Stromenti, Italian Music of the 17th Century

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The Nikonians On Location #24 - Cut in Half

Added by martinj | July 2, 2008   11:00 AM

Martin Joergensen giving himself the assignment of taking pictures with a distinct line going horzontally through the center. Shot some for the purpose, but also manipulated some in Photoshop.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #24 (NPC-OL-2008-07-02; 18:22; 8.6MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-07-02; 4:43; flash format).

Show Notes: July 02, 2008
If you're in some kind of creative doldrum, you can always give yourself an assignment. Martin likes giving himself constraints in his photography - like this one: shoot images, which are cut in half by a horizontal line in the subject.

Video supplement:
A bunch of examples to illustrate cutting pictures in half and what use it can be.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #24 (NPC-OLV-2008-07-02; 4:43; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
Right Rag by John Williams from Magnatune

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The Nikonians On Location #23 - LadyLike band pictures

Added by martinj | June 24, 2008   1:00 PM

A fun and educating day of shooting the Danish rockband LadyLike together with fellow Nikonian Alexander Orstrom. Indoors and outdoors and a lot of off camera flash.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #23 (NPC-OL-2008-06-24; 20:10; 9.2MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-06-24; 10:55; flash format).

Show Notes: June 24, 2008
Shooting a band with four members offers a lot of opportunities. LadyLike want to appear as powerful as the music they play, and by using different techniques, props and settings we try to obtain that effect.

Video supplement:
Commented location shots as well as examples of the results of the shoot with the rockband LadyLike.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #23 (NPC-OLV-2008-06-24; 10:55; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
LadyLike's own music. All three tracks are available on MySpace

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The Nikonians On Location #22 - Chaotic Collages

Added by martinj | June 16, 2008   10:30 AM

This time Martin is sticking a lot of individual images together to form collages. He covers the way of shooting them and how to create controlled chaos in the result.

Click here to download Nikonians On Location Podcast #22 (NPC-OL-2008-06-16; 21:36; 10.1MB, MP3 format).
Video supplement available here (NPC-OLV-2008-06-16; 6:30; flash format).

Show Notes: June 16, 2008
Inspired by Heather Champ of flickr and David Hockney, a British pop artist, we this time venture into a more arty way of taking and working on pictures. By shooting panoramic-like, but without the meticulous control that's used in normal panoramas, we get a dozen or so images that can be arranged into a chaotic collage.

Video supplement:
This week's slideshow shows a few examples of the finished collages and follows the creation of a couple too.
Click here to view Nikonians On Location Video Supplement #22 (NPC-OLV-2008-06-16; 6:30; flash format)

Music used on today's show:
If Love Finds Me by John Williams from Magnatunes

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