EMPATHY...comes with age...we hope !

VALETINE'S PHOTO PROMO..for lovers only

VALENTINE LOVERS ONLY:
Its about time we did a valentine promotion that is open to romantic couples ( sexual preference not an issue here,nor is age so long as your over 18. No animals, birds or reptiles etc, I don't care how much you love your Maltese terrier, this is for people)
To qualify you just have to be LOVERS !!
The first 5 correct answers received at maree@ricwoods.com will claim a ROMANTIC PHOTOSHOOT including a mounted colour or B&W print.
GOOD LUCK with the answers to the questions.

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ric woods photography pool shoot-for little green frog marketing

Little Green Frog ( LGF) Marketing has used our services for years now. Jamie Gilmore the owner /director is a young and creative fellow. He and myself have, over the past 10 years worked on many projects and developed a close working relationship, it's a rare thing in advertising..a "bond".

I'm working on a project with Katie Todd (LGF) We are capturing several spectacular pools , both at midday and at sunset for one of their clients.

Below is a video grab of one of the pools and a mock up tear sheet with one of the images.

The image below was a time exposure of around 30 sec .There is a 2 x CTO (colour temprature orange full cut x 2) gelled SB600 camera right.There is a SB26 CTO x 1 in mid shot to highlight the small pot plant and 2 SB26 with CTO gels to light far pool surround.No reflections have been cleaned up at this time. It was difficult to get enough light into the pool as it was very long and the pools underwater lights were very feint blue LEDS.

The image below with spa not running was lit with the same strobes as above but I painted in the background with my torch during the long exposure for a little more depth,yes it was a bit of a sprint.This image if used would have a new sky dropped into the shot in post and a clean up of details.We had to wait so long for the pool LEDS to register the light in the sky was gone...except for the southern cross.

KiDZ KROOK3D- Keep an eye on this Newcastle band

KiDZ KROOK3D a great up and coming Newcastle band commissioned us to shoot new PR shots for them. We are ALWAYS pleased to help out performing artists, its a tough slog to get your name around with out good PR images.The days of shooting someone against a bedsheet background are over.Youtube,Blogger,Facebook,My Space etc have made us all pick our game up.
I found it helpful to stay professional on my way up as an artist photographer to remember a saying I heard somewhere " When I'm painting I'm an Artist...when I'm framing I'm in Business"


...KiDZ KROOK3D mean business.

Here are the images they chose from the shoot....you can see some out takes in the "behind the scenes" video below....You'll hear a sample of one of their tracks

It was a great shoot and we all had a buzz. You can listen to these guys at http://www.myspace.com/kidzkrooked . I think these guys will go far , they are witting their own stuff and its fantastic to see these young serious about their music.

Check them out...

MSN - kidzkrooked@hotmail.com

TWiTTER - twitter.com/kidzkrooked

FACEBOOK - facebook.com/kidzkrooked

YOUTUBE - youtube.com/kidzkrooked

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