hahahahaaa.. very good! Keep it UP mate! cheers!!

waay too funny dude!

haha too funny!  It would take some serious cropping for someone NOT to notice this!

Took me a second and then I got it! Hilarious.

hahah...nice shot...definate keeper for the bride...i mean the couple

You should submit it to http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ ;-)

On top of the speaker—awesome!  That’s how I started with reception off-camera-flash… Good times, good times.  (okay, now I’ll stop polluting your comment box… though I’ll keep on reading)

One trick I did learn is that you can hit the FEL (asterisk button) to pre-flash your pop-up.  After FEL is set, the body won’t pre-flash again for another 10-15 secs.  If you hide the pop-up (cover it with your hand) from the optical slave while hitting FEL you can save your strobe’s juice for main exposure.  This isn’t nearly as cool as CLS, but might save you the hassle of breaking out triggers/sync cords for a quick shot…

Yeah, fo’ sho’...Canon pop up cannot trigger Canon 580 series (or 430’s or even 550’s for that matter).  You need either a 580 series/550 set as master or an STE2 on camera to directly trigger another Canon 580 series/550/430 Speedlite.  Nikon got Canon beat in the Speedlite area (and I am a Canon shooter!) as you can do that with a Nikon.  Of course there are other methods, but we are talking about the possibility of using the pop up to trigger a Canon Speedlite directly here…

i know from experience how addictive it is! and it doesnt help to be constantly inspired by people like you matt!

He and another gentlemen were using another DSLR that actually had a fong dome on it.  I believe they were trading back & forth assisting one another.  The flash on the speaker is Matt’s, so they were able to use this system together.  I’ve asked David Christensen, my 2nd shooter if he had any photos of Matt using the fong dome :)

good catch though, are you sure canon can’t trigger a slave with its popup?  I’ve never tried nikon or canon, so I didnt know.

So, how on earth is he triggering that off camera EX strobe?  You can’t use the pop up with Canon (like you can with Nikon) and I dont see a trigger on his DSLR?  Mystery.

Matt (or Matt),

Between your inspirational shots and the learning resources provided by Hobby/McNally it’s impossible to NOT become a flash junkie.

So I see a 430/580 and a Canon DSLR body with the pop-up up.  I know Nikon’s bodies can do their CLS with the pop-up but as far as I know Canon bodies don’t do that—I thought one needed a 580ex or st-e2 to be a commander.  In fact, even if it was a simple optical slave, Canon doesn’t even have a way to disable the pre-flash :( Was Matt triggering his flash with some other trigger?

Great shots!  Thanks for sharing!

-Miles

Great shots!

Wow !!!  why can’t there be such a stunng venue here!!!!

You are going to love having Chrystal work with you as your assistant! She has second shot some weddings with me and I think she trumps me everytime! You will love her outgoing personality! She is so much fun!

Thanks for all the awesome photographers that emailed me offering help.  I’m all taking care of., Cyler Parent from Forgotten Studios will be my second shooter, and Chrystal Beson will be assisting me with the “flash flavor” part.

So, Calgary here I come!.. (soon… )

GRACIAS!!

Hey Matt!

Love your blog, and have pointed people in it’s direction for some time now in different talks/seminars that we’ve given.  You and Sol truly do some fantastic work.  :)

Totally bummed, for how the swine flu has negatively impacted your business.  I can’t imagine.  It’s a tough year economically and to have this happen only adds to the problem.  However, I think looking at it from another perspective if the government had done nothing and not advised people and this situation had turned out differently with thousands of people sick and dying all of us would have asked why more was not done to discourage people from traveling, etc etc. 

As much as it has hurt local economies, I think the CDC and WHO did the best they could with the information they had in advising people.  Let’s all just be grateful that this wasn’t something worse than it was.  The benefit of hindsight is an unfair advantage when judging those who weren’t blessed with it.  :)

Wish I could help out guys, but I’m on the other side of the country in Toronto as well.  Calgary should be a nice change from the Riviera! :) Would love to help out if you guys are in Toronto ever.

Unfortunately I’m not based in Calgary (although I am in Canada). I’ll pass this note along to other photographers I know who may have contacts in Calgary and have them get in contact with you. Sorry to hear that our government/tour operators are forcing you guys into a difficult situation. If you’re forced into the Toronto area at all, I’d be more than willing to hold a flash and other gear (Unfortunately I’m a Nikon shooter). Best of luck Sol!!

hope things at the riviera get back on track soon, i haven’t found someone with flu since the paranoia began and now theres even more infected people in the US than in Mexico… and even with all the sick people in Mex, US and Canada combined dont even represent .002% of any contry. At the end, it was just a flu… Good Luck guys everything will go back to normal with the cheap luxury hotels down there.