For this week’s Shireen’s Favorite Things blog shoot, Shireen Sandoval, myself and the SFT team headed to Barre Motion, located on 1560 LENOX AVE SUITE 103A, Miami Beach FL. Barre’s head instructor (Julie Jacko) along with fellow instructor (Kareen Camargo) proceeded to stretch and strain Shireen into various ballerina’esqe poses to demonstrate their intense workout routines. All … [Read more…]
“I fell in love in Paris, was awe-inspired to write in Rome, found the true meaning of history in London, was mystified by the magic of Moscow and bewitched by the beauty of Brazil…” Read the full blog “A Window to the World” at www.ShireenSandoval.com, or www.WSVN.com. Behind the scenes on location … [Read more…]
Sunday… 4am… Eyes open… FML. That was the worst part… Oh, and the sweat. I’ll get to that. Why was I voluntarily disturbing my slumber at this ungodly hour? A sunrise shoot of course. ‘Ilo Gear‘, a local Miami owned and operated womens fitness wear line had commissioned my sleepy self to shoot 4 athletes … [Read more…]
Aside from the obvious, my Nikon DSLR, here is the photography equipment I just cannot be without: What: Einstein E640 Why: Cheap, reliable, fast flash duration, ability to adjust levels remotely, fast recycle. Where: In studio and on location, it’s a perfect starter monolight for sports and action shooters How Much: $499.95 What: Paul Buff Vagabond Mini … [Read more…]
A month or two ago, I wrote about ‘The Lighting Game Changer‘, the Profoto B1. A monolight that had studio power, but with all the features of TTL. Essentially, everything a sports shooter could wish for!! Perfectly exposing fast moving subjects would now be a breeze. And with super fast flash durations of upto 19,000/s and … [Read more…]