Super excited over here because I just received a set of 6 nasty clamps and a nasty flag from Matt over at www.nastyclamps.com ! I was introduced to the Nasty clamps when I visited Udi over at DIYPhotography.net and we had a great time using them to clamp onto whatever was available. They were exceptionally useful as they were far lighter than tripods and were extremely versatile. I asked Matt if he would be interested in sponsoring a couple for our tour and he enthusiastically sent me a couple.

The use for these fellows are quite endless… they can hold more than just flashes – A micro 4/3rds shooting HD video from an odd angle, a Zoom H4N clipped onto a rig, tripod or doorframe, a GoPro hanging from the ceiling (which I actually plan on doing in a shoot at a loft next week…)

For the mean time though, here are the nastys saying hello

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Besides that, things have been a little quiet on my end. I am awaiting date confirmations on a couple of our artists so until then things will most probably be a little quiet. On my end, I’m taking some time to myself to edit photos from a band shoot I did last Tuesday as well as preparing the couple shoots I have coming up next week and Erwan’s healing nicely under the tender loving care of his fiancé!

Feedback from the photoshop tutorial has been quite good and I’m tempted to actually do a second one before the tour begins…perhaps a deconstruction of my photoshoot with The Agonist. Who wants to see that?

Finally, I’ve started getting more familiar with Sylights so I figured I’d share this little lighting diagram with you guys LMK what you think!