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Off Camera Flash Workshop – December 7 & 8, 2013

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Off Camera Flash Workshop 2012. Image by Robert Mallon

Off Camera Flash Workshop

Move your flash away from your camera to create more natural images or to give your photographs a drop of magical light.

December 7 & 8 2013 1PM to 6PM
Class Size: Max 12 Location: Ishikawa, Uruma City, Okinawa (Maps and pins will be sent out)
Instructors: Pete Leong & Chris Willson

Price US$150 To book a place on the course please email me on chris(at)travel67.com I will send you a paypal request for the class fee. Payment secures your place on the course.

Off Camera Flash with Wedding Photographer Pete Leong

Pete uses off camera flash everyday as an wedding photographer. He can use it to overpower the sun, and create flattering light for the bride and groom. He’s very good a what he does, and a great person to learn from.

Off Camera Flash with Wedding Photographer Pete Leong

On the first day we will talk about the different types of strobes and how to get the most out of them on and off camera. The second day we will move from TTL to manual flash control, and from wired to wireless triggers. At the end of the weekend we will hit the beach and Pete will give a short masterclass in location lighting with a model.

Let there be light – Take that flash off your camera

Students should have their own digital SLR camera. If you have a flash please bring it along, but it is not necessary for the course. We will have plenty of gear for everyone to ~~play with~~ test out.

Off Camera Flash with Travel Photographer Chris Willson

For me, off camera flash is a useful tool that allows me to get editorial shots that would have otherwise been impossible. There’s a flash and either a trigger or cords kept in my travel bag so that I always have the option of bringing my own light to the party.

Off Camera Flash with Travel Photographer Chris Willson

And here are a couple of images of Pete and I, taken with off camera flash by Shawn Miller. Shawn attended the OCF workshop previously and now creates amazing images with that extra splash of magical light.

Pete Leong by Shawn Miller

Chris & Bear by Shawn Miller

Mingende Nature Culture Society Singsing Group, Chimbu Province

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Mingende Nature Culture Society Singsing Group, Chimbu Province – Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

The boys of the Mingende tribe. One of them was all smiles, but the others were taking things very seriously.

Mingende Nature Culture Society Singsing Group, Chimbu Province – Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

Gilpaunek Kolkole, Ele Culture Group of Chimbu Province

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Gilpaunek Kolkole, Ele Culture Group, Chimbu Province – Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

Light Painting Advanced Class

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Light Painting Advanced Class 2013

Three pics from the third night of light painting. We were creating our images as a team, so credit for each image must go to all members of the group, rather than just the person with the finger on the shutter. Thank you to Jamie, Kevin, Michael, Jonathan and Gary for coming to the advanced workshop, and of course to Trevor for illuminating us with his knowledge. We’ll see you back in Okinawa in Oct 2014!

Light Painting Advanced Class 2013

Gomena Singsing Group, Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province – Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

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Gomena Singsing Group, Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province – Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

Light Painting Workshop

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Light Painting 2013 by James Baumgartner

Last weekend Trevor Williams came down from Okayama to teach a 2-day intro to light painting workshop and a 1-day advanced course. Everyone had great fun learning to create images with light. Here are just a few of the pics from those who came on the intro workshop. I’ll put up more images from the advanced class over the next few days.

We’ve already set the dates for the 2014 Light Painting Workshop. October 10th and 11th for the intro to light painting, and October 12th for the advanced class!

Light Painting 2013 by Julia McVay

Light Painting 2013 by Kevin Kelly

Light Painting 2013 by Michael Easley

Light Painting 2013 by Sharon Fisher

The Goroka Show – Smoke ’em if you got ’em

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Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

Rolling your own cigarettes seems to be the way to smoke in Papua New Guinea. It also helps with the recycling of the local newspaper.

Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea

The Goroka Show, Papua New Guinea (Part 1)

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Goroka Show – Papua New Guinea

Goroka is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It has less than twenty thousand residents and is accessible from Port Moresby by plane. Coffee is the main cash-crop, and the town is most famous for the 3-day Goroka Show in mid-September.

Goroka Show – Papua New Guinea

The Goroka Show is a gathering of tribes from all over Papua New Guinea. In 2013 there were around 120 different Sing-sing groups participating. I’d seen some photos online of the festival and so made the journey from Okinawa to Goroka specifically to take some portraits of the various tribes.

Goroka Show – Papua New Guinea

I took the Pentax 645D camera, the 645 35mm wide-angle and the new 645D 90mm macro. I mainly used the 90mm for portraits. Because it’s a macro lens, I was able to get up close and personal.

Goroka Show – Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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A few images from around Port Moresby.

Ela Beach, Port Moresby

Ela Beach, a nice stretch of white sand with groups of local kids swimming. I was told don’t visit after dusk.

Koki Village, Port Moresby

Just east of Ela Beach is Koki village where the houses are built on stilts over the ocean. This is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. All waste drops straight down into the ocean, and the lighter plastic detritus forms a layer on the surface that washes up on the shore.

Mural at National Museum, Port Moresby

The National Museum, a good introduction to the various tribes which gave me some background information before heading to Goroka.

Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby

The Bomana War Cememetry where around 4000 PNG and Australian soldiers who died during WWII were buried. In some ways PNG bears similarities to Okinawa with many local civilians killed as a war between foreign powers raged on their land.

Parliament Haus, Port Moresby

Parliament Haus is built in the shape of a traditional haus tambaran. The front facade has a large mural, while the handles to the main doors are shaped like traditional kundu drums.

Parliament Haus, Port Moresby

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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Port Moresby Smiles

From Cairns I flew to Port Moresby the capital of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby has the dubious honor of often ranking as one of the most dangerous cities in the world and surprisingly one of the most expensive expensive cities in the world.

Port Moresby Smiles

I spent a couple of days taking photographs of very friendly people. They locals did however warn me to be wary of every other man, woman or child. Most buildings were behind walls topped with razor wire, and my “budget” family hotel the Ponderosa sent a security guard around with me when I hired a taxi driver for the day. I guess you should always be prepared, but like I said I was pretty much always met with smiles.