[Leica] Portrait of Weird Al Yankovic (warning, contains photograph)

[kyle cassidy on the LUG]

That is almost exactly what it means, though the assistant doesn’t necessarily have to be young. The advantages of the VALS are great — from also being able to fetch gear, wrangle talent, and take behind the scenes photos & video, the VALS is able to position lights using simple stands that would otherwise require goose necks and a sophisticated ceiling support system. In high winds the VALS can merely stand with their foot on the stand and look off heroically into the distance adding to the gravitas of the shoot, impressing the client. 

The VALS system is heartily endorsed by this photographer.
> And by "positioned by a voice activated light stand," you meant a young
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> assistant?!
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> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:16 PM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:
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> > On Jul 24, 2014, at 03:35 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
> > leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >  Who's #1? Does anybody even listen to music anymore? I did a new portrait
> >> of Weird Al Yankovic, who's new album "Mandatory Fun" just debut at #1 on
> >> the Billboard Charts, 30 years after he started. It's about time.
> >>
> >> Technical details: one off Camera strobe in a pho-tek soft lighter II
> >> (the small one) positioned by a voice activated light stand, Leica d700
> >> with a 28mm lens, pocket wizards.
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> >> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/kyle-cassidy-weird-al.jpg
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> >> Kyle
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> >