Gary talks about using a Variable Neutral Density Filter to control the ambient lighting allowing to shoot wide open at f1.2. Made famous by many photographers including Joey L, the end results look amazing.

Watch Joey L and Zack Arias try and outdo each other to make a picture of a surprise model; all within 15 minutes.
Gregory Heisler makes a special cameo appearance which is well worth the 10mins watch.

UPDATE: Zack has posted an excellent article about his thought process going into the shoot-out and having to adapt once he saw the subject. Read it here: http://zackarias.com/events/anatomy-of-a-shootout-gpp-2011-with-joey-l/

Watch last year’s shootout with Joey L, Zack Arias and David Hobby with Joe McNally commentary here: http://vimeo.com/10518603

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Hakam (Tannoura Dancer)

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The Mamiya RZ67 Professional IID is my dream camera. It is a thing of beauty, especially with the digital back. Here’s the new range from Mamiya that come with the digital back included. Here’s the SPECIFICATIONS

Fstoppers takes you behind the scenes with photographer Patrick Hall as he explains photographing wakeboardering behind a boat as well as a completely unique studio photoshoot. View the Full Article at fstoppers.com/​fstoppers-original-the-wakeboard-studio-shoot

Features Patrick explaining the Ewa-Marine DSLR Housing: bit.ly/​ecOTlr , shooting on an inner-tube, designing a studio shoot, and studio lighting. For more of Patrick Hall’s work goto patrickhallphotography.com

Strobist: Nikon SB26 @1/4 in lantern with gary phong lightsphere. Fired via PWII.

Welcome to the ice age. Tara and her companion, Maya, are some of the few survivors.
A cave within the mountain has served as their shelter for weeks now. Food storage is depleting and each day becomes colder. They are setting out on their journey to find food, warmth, and perhaps other survivors.

NEW description and behind the scenes video, and larger photos on our blog!

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Aaron Nace & Avery Carlton : Photography, Production
Tara: Model, MUA
Amelia: Costume Design

Photographer Clay Enos goes from shooting super heroes on the set of Watchmen to taking street portraits of random people. He shows us how to do a street-studio portrait session with a sheet of white paper, some tape, and a camera.

“They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, and I believe the eyes are one of the most important parts of a portrait. In this tutorial, I will share with you the techniques I use to retouch eyes and eyelashes.” – Sean Armenta

Award winning photographer Chase Jarvis takes to the skies to capture the stunning landscapes of New Zealand. In this video Chase is shooting landscape shots of New Zealand with the Hasselblad H3D (now the H4D) for a personal project of his.

PlainJoe Photo Blog Is an excellent blog to follow for all things photography. You can find his photography on Flickr – isayx3. I love his photos… what can I say, I’m addicted to lighting.

If your interested In Strobist then you need to follow this man, Dustin Diaz. Last year he did Project 365 (1 photo a day for a year if you didn’t know). But he also started taking photos of his light set up for educational purposes. It’s really is helpful and his photos are truly amazing. He was interviewed on the Strobist website. Anyways heres a video of the creation of his Three Hundred and Sixty Fifth shot.