Peter Hurley Wed, 01/28/2015 - 7:52pm

Great job last night PEOPLE! 4 Hr extravaganza Crew Cast!

Ok, don't get used to that, but we are on fire right now. I've got a ton of new people firing up their crew memberships, so we want to give them a warm welcome to the group.

Next week should be interesting with ImagingUSA going on. I'm going to try to Crew Cast LIVE from the event, so stay tuned for that.

For those that haven't submitted portfolio reviews to me for the next Crew Cast make sure you get them in there! I want to be able to go hammer time on anyone who is ready!

Catch up with you guys later,
Peter

10 Comments

Rob Sirota Wed, 01/28/2015 - 9:44pm

Hammer is the key word ;)

Maciej Blaszczuk Wed, 01/28/2015 - 11:38pm

HOw cool wa that! 4 hours of coaching!

Maurice Jager Thu, 01/29/2015 - 12:22am

On Spreecasts like that I'm happy I suffer from insomnia.. lol.. 2 AM.. I had fun, that is all that matters, really.. :-)

Chris Noakes Thu, 01/29/2015 - 1:49am

It was fun. And I left feeling more motivated then ever.

Sandra Meyer Thu, 01/29/2015 - 6:23am

I'm still a bit ashamed.... But learned a lot.
Can you tell me why I didn't see those obvious mistakes and things? :)

Chris Noakes Thu, 01/29/2015 - 6:35am

Sandra: No reason to be ashamed. We all learn and grow through all the mistakes we make. You'll take everything that was said and you'll come back with a product better then it was before... rinse and repeat, eventually we'll both reach our goals as long as we have the fortitude to keep pushing. :D

As to the why, I think for me I am so focused on the big things, the obvious things, that I simply don't see the little things. Which is normal. I'm going to start making an active effort to force myself to notice the details, while I'm shooting not after the fact. It will likely slow me up at first but eventually you'll train yourself to see and it will come as naturally as anything else we do.

Chris Noakes Thu, 01/29/2015 - 6:40am

I don't know how relevant this is but something just popped into my head.

When I was doing Search and Rescue training I was taught that the body, through repetition, becomes used to looking at things from top to bottom and left to right. And because it's so habitual we actually train our bodies to skim. We don't see the details.

As an exercise in seeing the details, what they have us do, is force ourselves to scan an area from bottom to top and right to left. Because it's unnatural the body has to actually process what you're seeing... and you catch a lot of the details you normally wouldn't doing this.

Again not sure if it applies to a photo, but maybe it's an exercise that can help us see those small details? Worth a try right.

Maurice Jager Thu, 01/29/2015 - 10:58am

Peter mentioned the 'Pre-Shutter-Release-Checklist' in the Spreecast... If you have issues with the little things and are BFAS, print the "Pre-Shutter-Release-Checklist" and gaffertape it to one of your softboxes.. Not sure if it is posted in the Protege group.

Sandra Meyer Thu, 01/29/2015 - 1:01pm

No I think it was not in the protégé group.
But when thinking about it there come a lot of pre-shutter-points to my mind. :)

Chris, when learning drawing it's the same. One shall copy an artwork but flip it upside down to really SEE the lines and not to guess where you think they would be. Think it's a similar way to train the brain.

Christopher Saint Germain Thu, 01/29/2015 - 1:34pm

I have to thank everyone who has been reviewed in the Spreecasts. I learn from every shot each one of you posts. I haven't had a chance to be reviewed yet, as I live in Korea and i am at work when the call comes up. But I will keep following along and improving, knowing someday that my gallery will be polished enough to get my chance.

I am looking forward to becoming a member of the Headshot Armada!

Chris