Archive for November, 2009
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Dawn & Anthony | Engagement in Philadelphia
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Tony, they are amazing! I can’t wait to see the rest! Thanks so much.
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One of your best Tony, great work as usual.
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The pictures turned out AMAZING!!! Even the ones where reggie wasn’t cooperating hahaha. Your work is stunning :-)
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Love the last one as well!
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I absolutely love the shots – each one is better than the one before. A truly a beautiful couple and pup!!!!!!
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Great pictures Tony! Reggie is a stud!
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I LOVE the one of them on the fence with their reflection below – AWESOME! These are some really great shots!
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obviously, anthony and dawn look great and the photographer captured their happiness, but what you can’t see is how wonderful they are inside. i hope that they realize how lucky they both are. they must always remember that nothing or no one is more important to their lives than each other
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I love the photos along the fence post especially the one with their reflection. As always your ring shot is lovely.
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I want a Reggie.
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The pictures are really great, you did fantastic job. Of course you had 3 great subjects
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Sweet dreams are made of these… beautiful… really beautiful,
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That reflection shot is outstanding! Great job on the session!
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only one word W O W !!!!!!!!!
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Love the pictures….but where was Reggie’s Eagles jersey??
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Dawn, Anthony and Reggie: These pictures are BEYOND gorgeous!!! May your lives together be as beautiful as these pictures.
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The pictures are beautiful! Bri said Reggie was the best. Congratulations and keep the love flowing.
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Erin & TIm | Engagement
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Yeah Superman! You two look great!
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Oh my God, I love these. The Superman montage is GREAT! Love it! Also love the winding brick path with the trees! Beautiful!
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looooove the photos! and i loooove erin and tim!
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We love them!! Thank you so much Tony! The Superman ones came out great. I can’t wait to see the rest of the proofs!
Thanks again!
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Eastern always looks good! Great shoot!
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Looks like you had some fun on your hands there Tony!
Posted in Engagement Tagged gryphon cafe, main line engagement photos, wayne movie theatre 6 Comments -
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Joelle & Ryan | Engagement in Philadelphia
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love the first one Tony!
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Beautiful images, great use of color & space.
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….really, really cute! I love them all……..
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awesome session!
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Did you use your 35L for shot 2? im sure u used it for a lot of them just curious on the 2nd…loveeeee the sharpness amazing shots hoff
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Great session Tony! That last ring shot is so cool!
Posted in Engagement Tagged boathouse row, philadelphia art museum, philadelphia engagement photographer 6 Comments -
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RadioPopper PX Review
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Hey Tony, great review and a very clear explanation of the features. Having seen these in use first hand (by you no less), I can vouch for their performance. There’s no doubt they work as advertised. They’re definitely on my Christmas list!
Have you looked into maybe picking up a Canon ST-E2 wireless transmitter to alleviate the on-camera flash issue? Although it’s another piece of equipment you’d have to buy, it would free up another flash for use off-camera and the ST-E2 is a lot cheaper than another 580exII.
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Tony, good news: you’re wrong about setting the power independently on manual flash :) … simply set your master to M and then establish A:B or A:B:C ratios on the master… you’ll be able to set the power independently on three groups of flashes, yes in MANUAL mode. Tip jar is over there on the left.
Alan… your suggstion would be phenomenal if it weren’t for one minute detail… the idiot who designed the ST-E2 and the douches that approved it had NOT implemented MANUAL MODE on the ST-E2. Yup, you can read that again… unlike a 580EX2, the ST-E2 is NOT capable of setting the manual power of off camera lights.
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Alessandro, I was referring to the ability to adjust the on-camera flash as well as two flashes off camera. It appears that your method does work, and the post is now updated.
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Set RATIO to A:B:C and you’re good to go. Three independent flashes can be set. Once again… the tip jar is over there on the left :)
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The ST-E2 can be used on manual by holding in the mode button in for a few seconds on a 580ex. Im not sure about the 430ex as I don’t have mine with me at the moment.
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Great review BTW. Thanks so much, Glad I haven’t invested in PWs yet.
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Great review Tony but +1 on what Alessandro said to use the ratio menu but you can also set off camera to group B and on camera will behave as group A you can then adjust both in manual but navigating the menu to do this is a bit tricky but does work.
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For the comment RE: ST-E2 manual shooting…………I thought you can’t do manual shooting with the ST-e2. You can set your 580 to Manual mode but it will revert back to ETTL once fired from an ST-E2.
I could be wrong though……….
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Um, maybe you should moonlight as a reviewer b/c I would love a write up like that on anything I was looking into buying.
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My man.
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Thanks for that Tony. Very helpful, as I shoot in mainly manual as well. Nikon shooters have the advantage of integrated CLS control with our built in pop-up flash, and Radio Popper has even made a little shelf that slides into the hotshoe on the camera to hold the PX Transmitter. Thus Nikon shooters don’t have to have an additional flash on-camera, although the menu system to adjust the CLS in-camera is a little convoluted.
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welcome. you are now seeing the light.
//ed
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Tony, Thank you! ( I think the RadioPopper dudes should swap you a extra “something” for this info, cause it would have been way nice to see it on their site. (Been looking,looking,looking for some decent info on the little buggers…now my curiousity is sated.
The distance thing is a big deal for me, 75-300+ ft is normal working distances, so I am quite happy to hear (& see) a product that delivers..gonna be putting yet another dent in my equipment budget today! Manuel is a given, since ettl changes from shot to shot,even in a controlled enviroment!
Your review really helped me out so if you are ever out in Estacada, OR, you must let me buy you a beverage of your choice.
Cheers,
Julius using Canon 580ex IIs
PS.. I highly suggest making use of the in-camera menu to control your flash settings, once you practise it a couple times, its way quick! ( Just put the flash control option in your personal menu ) the 40 & 50s have this option,,I don’t have info for other cams
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Thanks for the review. This is the only one I’ve found so far that is focused on the manual adjustments capable with the Px (which is what I want, too… less running out to the light stands). And I just found a decently priced system on the FM buy/sell!
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I’m considering the whole PW vs Radio Popper comparison. I’m honestly a little concerned about getting a Radio Popper because I hadn’t heard about it until recently, and it seems like it doesn’t have the following the PW’s do.
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I got a question Please kindly explain if you can
Ok first I set 580ex II as a master right, then i set my two slave
on master it show ETTL but on these two slaves it show manual
I do not understand are they supposed to show ETTL on the slave?
Another one when I set ratio it show all ETTL, i know this works for sure. Thanks
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Thanks for the review… i will do my best to tell more about RP to my customers at BH. About to buy a system to test… selling my plus II PW.
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Hi Tony,
Thank you for your very useful RP PX review. I am just about to purchase 2 PX transmitters and 3PX receivers for my Canon flashes. I have a couple of questions, if you don’t mind: Can two photographers work together using the same channel on the Radio Popper transmitter firing the same flashes? Also,I use the Gary Fong’s flash modifier (LightSphere II) and I could not figure out how to put it on flash since the transmitter would be attached by velcro to the top of flash. Do you also use some flash modifier?
Thanks for your time,
Sincerely,
George
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Hi hope all is well, I have a question, have you ever used your radio poppers with the Flash Exposure Lock button?
Every time I try this with my Canon 5D my slave flash switches from ettl mode to manual mode while the Flash Exposure is locked and gives me a wrong flash output. I was wondering if you ever had that problem.
Thank You
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has anyone tried using the macro twin light (mt-24ex) as a master with the px system?
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Do you know if the RP’s support FV Lock (flash value lock) that the Nikon flashes have as a very valuable function?
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Radio Poppers are just great. I use them on Nikon. So far they can’t be beat on Nikon. See how I use them at vigorotaku.blogspot.com
I use the standard Pocket Wizard II’s as well.
I hope that this helps.
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Tony, great review. I’ve spent hours researching info on Radio Poppers and the latest Pocket Wizards for my Canon 5DmkII/580exII setup. I felt the same and did not find all the info I would have liked on the Radio Popper website or anywhere else. Your comments provide answers for a lot of my questions. I’m done researching now. Thanks.
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I’m looking into [like everybody else on this site] weather I need or want RP or PW’s. I hedging towards RP and use 1 580ex and 2 580exII’s and 1 550ex. I also have a ST-E2 and was wondering if the less comberson ST-E2 will do the same as the 550ex flash for settings. I’m thinking the ST will not be able to set power settings as I could with a real flash on top of camera. true or false. Can I use the plain 580ex to set up and do all needed on the 580exII’s?
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Great review – we’re videographers getting a call for avatar stills and, in the studio, I’m using Cannon 2 x 580EX11, 1 x 430EX11 and a Metz 36C-2. Canon 5DMark11 on the tripod. I fire the Cannons as per the instruction book with a long cord onto one of the 580s inside a softbox, allowing it to influence the other flashes as per Cannon instruction manual. (The Metz is for background and fires on a photocell which isn’t fooled by the Cannon pre-flash)
Could I put the Radio Popper PX on top of the 580 inside the softbox and still keep control of the menu via the long cord? It seems to me the camera should still think it has a flash on top and would allow menu control. I don’t really want my 580 on top of the camera, or to have to buy another unit to acheive my current set up (it would be an expensive way to transmit info)
This could be a useful outside set up in the right conditions, although I’m doubling up to some extent – it’s the reliability of the Radio Popper signal that really interests me.Your thoughts would be very useful – I’ve seen enough reviews not to buy the Pocket Wizards (fried 580s) and I’m almost committed to Radio Popper.
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Awesome Awesome Review, best I read on radioppers yet, just ordered them yesterday, reading more stuff online about them while I anxiously wait for the mailman
Posted in Business, Personal Tagged off-camera flash triggers, pocket wizard, radio popper jrx, radio popper px 26 Comments -
nicola:
Rockin! Love these…
dave cesare:
thanks tony – they look awesome
Emil:
You are fierce. I can’t take it.
Nick D'Errico:
These are amazing, thanks so much!
Alan M.:
awesome.
Robert:
Geesh! You are really versatile.
Sue and Scott Davis:
Wow Tony..they look great. So Dave will you still remember us when your famous?????
Julia:
Holy crap these photos are amazing. You are so talented and the guys just look fantastic! Love them.
mike gendler:
you are a talented “cat” nice work
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Valerie:
Tony – Love how all of these came out! Thanks to the sun for being out that day and setting the scene for all the great shadow shots (that were fun to do). Glad to have been able to help out on this :)
Jennifer:
These pictures are awesome!!