Storm Chasing in Tuscany….
Image by Lars Lindholm
Well perhaps ’storm evading’ would be a more accurate description of what happened in Tuscany. Every morning of the workshop, I’d hear somebody on CNN talking about the severe weather system currently pushing across Italy. Given the forecasts, we were actually very fortunate with the weather. From a photographer’s perspective, the one thing we hoped for on the workshop was dramatic weather. Grey, flat light was a no-no, but if it had to be bad, we wanted storm clouds and drama – rather like a scene from Independence Day only without the Armageddon bit afterwards. (more…)
Posted October 4, 2009
The 2009 McNally Lighting Workshop Kicks Off
Remember I promised we’d be doing something called ‘Workshop Diaries’? Well man of my word that I am, here’s the first instalment. Today was the first day of our now annual Nikon Lighting Workshop, with Joe McNally and his bag of tricks at the teaching helm. The will be the third year we’ve run this workshop with Joe now, and I’m glad to say, it’s a real blast each year. Great group of people from all over the world attending – Mexico, Germany, Holland, USA and Australia. (more…)
Posted June 7, 2009