Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great to see some good news especially in the arts. His tutorials are excellent. Sent from my iPad > On Mar 5, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > ?Congrats Chris on the grant. Nice looking lighting arrangement which > certainly works on your Leicas. I hope your infection clears up quickly, > and that you're back fully on your feet again soon. > Douglas > >> On 05/03/2021 17:45, Christopher Crawford wrote: >> Last month, the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne announced that >> they were offering grants of up to $2500 to help artists in Fort Wayne >> who have lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant, called >> "Re-Imagining Your Artistic Practice," was to be used to pay for things >> that would help the funded artists make money during the pandemic. >> Examples they gave could include things like having a website built or >> buying equipment. >> >> >> Before COVID, a big part of my income was teaching photography lessons to >> individuals. I stopped doing this because I don't want to meet with >> people and risk getting sick, as I have a history of getting nasty >> respiratory infections even before COVID. I have a tutorials website that >> includes written tutorials and videos where I teach a variety of >> photographic techniques, including film developing, scanning, and digital >> photo editing. >> >> >> The videos that have me in them, like the film developing tutorials, >> don't look as good as they could because of poor lighting. The studio >> lighting I had was a set of studio strobes, which are not suitable for >> video work; I needed a set of good LED studio lights, so I wrote a grant >> proposal asking for the money to buy some. >> >> >> Last week, I received a check for $2500! I finally got a set of two >> lights and a couple of stands for them yesterday. I don't want to do any >> videos yet because I have been sick for more than a month now with a >> bronchial infection that just won't go away, despite repeated antibiotic >> treatments. So, I did a studio 'portrait' of some of my cameras, just to >> test the lights to see if they worked well and had good color rendering. >> >> >> Here?s the photo I made: >> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/examples/led-studio/images/3050053.jpg >> >> >> Here's the setup I used to make the photo. Nothing fancy, just a quick >> shot on my dining room table. >> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/examples/led-studio/images/3050017.jpg >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information