Whether you’ve been shooting for five minutes or five years, there will likely come a time when you’ll have to book a shoot with another person. Maybe it will be a friend or coworker and maybe it will be a full-time professional model. Whoever you’re contacting though, they’ll need to know some fundamental facts about…
What is TFP or TFCD? TFP Modeling Photo Shoots TFP is an acronym for “Time for Prints” and is a common term used by models and photographers. It can also mean “trade for prints” or “test for prints”. TFP describes an arrangement between a model and photographer, whereby the photographer agrees to shoot an agreed number of photographs of the…
Will any of the shows go on? AMIDST COVID-19 EVENT CANCELLATIONS, VENUES TAKE MEASURES TO ENSURE HEALTH SAFETY. For Japan, CP+ was the snowball that started all of this, but a wave of event cancellations are being announced in real time as the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread at viral rates. The majority of…
“Best place for car lovers…” Lights, camera, action! The time has come to roll out the red carpet for the auto industry’s hottest rides at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2020. The TOKYO AUTO SALON is an international event that focuses on endorsing brand new and innovative cars and accessories related to automotive industries. Every year,…
WHAT IS STROBE POWER AND HOW MUCH DO I NEED? Photographers love to get overly technical sometimes when talking about strobes. How to measure light output, guide numbers, falloff etc. Although that can be interesting and useful, what most people care about when buying strobes is Power, Features, and Price. UNDERSTANDING WATT SECONDS If you’re…
This year for Halloween I decided to go out the other way from Shibuya and turn things up out in Fussa, just outside of the Yokota Airforce Base on the legendary ‘Bar Row.’ Basically this is a street just down from the main intersection at Fussa Station that has 20 small bars or so. This…
Made it out to the Big Sight & Aomi Annex for this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. Usually this show is a big time event for all the car makers to showcase their upcoming production series vehicles as well as show off their concepts for the future. This year was quite a disappointment in that whole…
