THE V-BOOK IS OUT!
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 23:19 | 
Written by Andy | 
THE LONG AWAITED V-BOOK IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!
Purchase it now before it runs out!
CLICK HERE to find out more information about the v-book!
The best book that we have ever written! LAUGH, LEARN AND BE INSPIRED!
Lighten Up and Learn Workshop Tour - Sept - Nov
Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:03 | Written by Andy |
Be sure to watch behind the scenes footage from some of our workshops and pictures taken by lightenupandshooters who attended. The workshops cover everything from how to recruit a model, speedlights, minimal gear, natural light, photoshop and just get out have fun! The workshop is also 100% guaranteed...so if you aren't happy after the first day, we'll refund 100% of your money (Sept - Nov 2010).
Lighten Up And Shoot Tour!
Sunday, 04 July 2010 11:39 | Written by Andy |
We are excited to announce we are hitting the road like an old school rock band and bringing the lightenupandshoot philosophy a little closer to home. We have a ton of stops and events we want to share with you. Everything from Shoot-togethers to Workshops (Hey we gotta pay for gas money somehow). We are completely pumped to inspire, teach, shoot and have fun with all you Lightenupandshooters!!!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!
Locations, dates and more info after the break!
Where are we GOING?????
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 17:14 | Written by Andy |
We are heading to Puerto Rico July 9 - 14th to do a workshop for a photography group. BUT!!!! We didn't book our return flight to Colombia because we want to spend two weeks in the US with some Lightenupandshooters!!!
read more after the break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Site Registration
Friday, 14 May 2010 00:21 | Written by Andy |
Hello everyone,
It seems that some people are having trouble receiving the site registration email. If you have any problems, please check your SPAM folder.
If it's not in SPAM, then email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will register you from the backend!!
Andy
Breaking the Sync Barrier!- lightenupandshootstyle
Thursday, 13 May 2010 17:40 | Written by Andy |
One of the most frequently asked questions we get is "How do you get your camera to sync faster than the maximum sync speed". In this video, we show our top secret government technique, ok so we're trying to be funny but it really does work.
In this shoot that was done for Under Armour, the day was just too bright and we only had 1 hour of photos with Giovanni Moreno (Soccer player for Nacional). We did not want to waste time so we had to go beyond our sync speed to get the stop action we needed. As soon as the black bar showed up, we simply composed for it and shot away! No worries, just went forward!
We're happy with the shots, the customer is happy with the shots...so all is well!
Part of the entire lightenupandshoot philosophy is to know the boundaries of your gear and then go beyond them. Flash sync speed has been a very big problem for some photographers, but if you know your getting a black bar, then simply step back, recompose with the black bar in mind....then CROP!
Yes, it's that easy! Remember it's not a mistake if you know it's going to happen!
So as always, get out of your chair, stop reading this and go try it! When it works and you wipe that grin off your face...go tell someone about it!
If you have any questions, just leave a comment and we'll get right on it!
Mikey and Andy
BIG NOTE: MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERA IS IN MANUAL MODE AS WELL AS YOUR FLASH!!