aperryProductions - Alex Perry - Photographer

What a beautiful family! -Mara's Mama

2010-07-15T22:24:03.878-04:00

What a beautiful family!

-Mara's Mama

Love the imagery of the rings and the creation tha...

2010-05-12T10:18:38.245-04:00

Love the imagery of the rings and the creation that occurs in a loving relationship! (not to say that creation always has to be a child, there are lots of ways to create beauty in the word...)

Tony, That's the beauty of it, it doesn't ...

2010-04-03T08:58:21.354-04:00

Tony, That's the beauty of it, it doesn't matter matter. I usually use some foam as I can wrap it around the side too. I've used a note card, a rigid piece of plastic, and even my hand. Last night I found myself without any foam at a friend's birthday party and used some cardboard I ripped off of a box....almost anything works, just don't spend a lot of money on something,

What do you use to flag off the direct light? Is ...

2010-04-03T07:03:38.599-04:00

What do you use to flag off the direct light? Is it the white card or a business card or black foam? BTW...thanks for the great illustrations - really helped.

Thanks for the great illustrative breakdown!

2010-04-01T10:03:47.933-04:00

Thanks for the great illustrative breakdown!

Thanks for sharing your experience. And nice work ...

2010-02-28T20:24:39.911-05:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. And nice work on the diagrams!

very nice! thanks for sharing.

2010-02-27T23:21:23.574-05:00

very nice! thanks for sharing.

Tom, this is as much an art and feel as you go as ...

2010-02-27T12:07:37.688-05:00

Tom, this is as much an art and feel as you go as it is a science. If you're getting color cast off of a wall, you just have to compensate. Gel according to what your final outcome will be after bouncing. Sometimes it's just a matter of getting as close as possible and what feels right. In my opinion, not everything has to be color corrected to complete neutral, some environments look a lot more pleasing when warm especially if we're used to seeing it that way.

I photographed an event last night that had brown ceilings in one spot, red in another, wall paper with yellow stripes on half the walls, and mirrors to boot throwing light every which way. It's never going to be studio quality light, but who's going to want that in that type of venue. I'm just confident that I'll be able to do it better than others.

Works great with white or light colored surfaces ....

2010-02-27T01:03:36.007-05:00

Works great with white or light colored surfaces . What if the bounce surface is a strong color such as red? Use an umbrella or soft box or color correct on PS? Thanks for the post.

Alex, thanks for the info. I'll use gels &...

2010-02-26T23:16:10.260-05:00

Alex, thanks for the info. I'll use gels & flash with either a generic grey card, then do a custom WB off the test image/grey card.

Allan, Yes. The purpose of gelling your flash is ...

2010-02-26T20:01:09.495-05:00

Allan, Yes. The purpose of gelling your flash is to match your flash to whatever color of light exists. Then, once the light sources are even, you can correct white balance so that light color looks neutral. You could WB without gelling, but either your flash or the ambient would look off.

On a side note...there is no "typical" office anymore. That's whay I always start off with no gell, take the picture on daylight balance and look at the screen to see what color the lights look like, then gel for that and try again.

--hope that helps!

Hi very good idea, thanks for the scheme.

2010-02-26T18:33:59.123-05:00

Hi
very good idea, thanks for the scheme.

Hey Alex, thanks for the post. With a generic gre...

2010-02-26T18:29:39.183-05:00

Hey Alex, thanks for the post. With a generic grey card or the calibration target, do you still have to gel the flashes 1/2 CTO or full CTO in a typical office environment like that?
Thanks,
Allan

Terrific article. Well done diagrams and a helpful...

2010-02-26T17:53:33.210-05:00

Terrific article. Well done diagrams and a helpful technique perfectly explained.

Absolutely beautiful!!! I love how the architectu...

2010-02-03T11:10:24.347-05:00

Absolutely beautiful!!! I love how the architecture and texture of the walls add and are so much a part of the photos. Especially the second one. The light really plays off the cracks! I love them. One of these days I need to order some prints. I think we need a bigger house though. All of our walls are filled.

I stumbled on to your blog. I think we went to mi...

2010-01-09T12:18:46.775-05:00

I stumbled on to your blog. I think we went to middle school together. Your photos are beautiful!

I fully concur with this design

2010-01-05T16:24:19.386-05:00

I fully concur with this design

Awesome photos man! You are better than ever. Be...

2009-10-27T18:47:10.539-04:00

Awesome photos man! You are better than ever.

Ben Feinblum