“No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.”
– Edward Hopper

Mr. Hopper, meet Mr. Blair Bunting. Mr. Bunting, a young Arizona-based photographer, is filled with the kind of imagination to which Mr. Hopper is talking. Some of Blair’s work, in fact, is downright stunning. Not surprisingly, light and lighting plays a big part in his imagination. And he uses lighting in new and innovative ways. He also covers a wide gamut: military, sports, automotive, TV, music, movies and lifestyle/portraits.  Listen to his story and checkout his web site for examples.

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Robert Snow, a talented young Florida-based photographer, gets hired to do some pretty extraordinary sports portraits, among other subjects. If you click “personal work” on his web site, you’ll see one of his projects: documenting off-road racing. It’s called “Southern Mud” and Robert explains how he uses the Profoto 7b in getting the images.

Listen here to this and other lighting tips from a very talented shooter.

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When Florida-based Tom Munoz  was 12 years old, his father and brother were enjoying a successful career and ran a profitable studio. Imagine, however, the day when a prospective client called wanting  the Munoz studio to cover her wedding, but both father and brother are booked. “I don’t care,” said the to-be bride, “I want a Munoz to shoot my wedding.” So 12-year old Tom covered the wedding exactly how his father or brother would have done it. Talk about a family business. Now Tom and his family run six studios across….well, listen to this Podcast and hear his exciting story.

Website: munozphotographyonline.com

Bill and Ed from StudioLighting.com called Mark Rezzonico to discuss Profoto. This information-rich podcast can be heard on the StudioLighting website, or in iTunes.

They covered a lot of ground!

• History of Profoto Lighting Products
• Overview of the product line
• New Profoto Pro-8 features
• Selecting a Profoto product for your job
• Triggering Profoto lights wirelessly
• Pro-8 Remote software
• Deciding to invest in Profoto
• Zoom reflector for profoto heads
• Light control options
• Light shaping tools utility
• Profoto Pro-Giant umbrella light modifier
• Fresnel lenses
• Profoto Stick Light
• Deciding on a light source based on your needs
• Power pack wattage and watt-seconds
• Profoto ring lights
• On-campus education program
• Beauty and the Beast Seminar with Hanson Fong and John Woodward 

By now it’s no secret that the Canon EOS 5D MKII is going to change the way we work. As a result, Canon has everybody’s attention. One photographer, however, was so lucky the entire industry is dying of jealousy. He actually had this camera in his hands for 72 hours. Well, what can you do in 72 hours? If you are Vincent Laforet, you can produce the most mind-blowing, technically superb, artistically awesome video demonstrating the camera’s potential. Vince, who most know is one of the best still shooters in the world, had never picked up a video camera, save capturing those tender moments of his son, Noah. Enough words, folks, let’s go to the videotape. Nothing more needs to be said, except to note that lighting was provided by one Profoto Pro-7b, one head, and a few different light shapers.

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Behind the scenes video featuring Profoto lighting. The final product, “Reverie“.

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We caught up with Vince during a hectic ten-day post-production melee, and here is what he had to say:

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