Wait for the Flush

Last Saturday I delivered an introductory lecture on the topic of off-camera flash -- appropriately titled Lighting 101 (well I stole the title from David Hobby over at Strobist.com.

The event was a bit unusual for me in that I've been somewhat reluctant to do this kind of thing for a few reasons.  First, David Hobby did it first and I didn't want to be hashing up retreaded material.  Second, Terence has had the corner on this subject at Seattle Flickr for as long as I can recall.  But I decided to do it for two main reasons: I felt I had a unique perspective on the subject and I needed people to see what I can do and how I worked since I will be offering hands-on lighting workshops starting sometime in November.

The other unique thing I did on this presentation is that I livecasted it over at ustream.com.  I did it on a bit of a whim since the even "sold out" in less than 20 minutes and waiting list grew to just under 70.  Also I was curious as to how many people who just knew me or of me from my online presence would be interested in watching online.

I'd like to say that it went off without a hitch (except for the flush, that is).  And the response was overwhelmingly positive.  Not only that I spent some time reviewing the videos and I'm rather pleased that I could actually stand to watch and listen to myself and it sounded to me that I knew what the hell I was talking about.

I'd like to thank my team who helped bring the online part of it together at the last minute (I couldn't have done it without them.)

Jill Evans for lugging equipment, setting up and breaking down and manning the chat room

Terence Tam for saving my bacon by bringing a working projector and filming a separate video

Rachel Blackman -- for manning the camera and the chat stream and technical support

John Kang for loaning me a wireless lapel mic.


If you're inclined to watch the videos, they're available for streaming in three parts:


PART 1    PART 2      PART 3


BTW,  if you just wanna jump to the flush, hit the link for PART 3.