http://robertbenson.com/blog A San Diego photographer tries to explain himself Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:53:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Send video or still photo feed from any DSLR or video camera to portable, battery powered handheld wireless monitor. wireless video monitor from Herman Munster on Vimeo. I have revised the monitor described below, and now the receiver and related components are inside the monitor. There are no wires showing whatesover. ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/07/04/wireless-dslr-external-monitor/ I've teamed up with fabricator and video gear gurus cpmfilmtools.com to offer professional grip gear for my wireless monitor. It will be available directly from them or from me. Here's some pictures of what is being offered. Production has started and this will be available soon. The price for the ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/07/01/pro-gear-for-wireless-monitor/ Had a long two day shoot in San Diego last week for a sporting goods company. Shot models with various sporting goods. Aggressive lighting is what the client asked for... Lighting included an overhead gridded beauty dish, profoto 7a powering two strip banks, some fill light via umbrella and other ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/06/30/athlete-shoot/ How boring of a picture is this: I made it at a photoshoot in Palm Springs a few days ago when I shot an LPGA pro golfer. I knew if I shot without lights, the images would all look kind of like this (blah-sey, pedestrian, boring...). My subjects soemtimes ask me "why ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/05/29/let-there-be-light/ Here's a tear from the current issue of ESPN the Magazine. They sent me to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista to shoot olympic archers who wore a special head device that monitored brain waves as they shot... cool stuff! [caption id="attachment_2401" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photo by Jerod Harris"][/caption] http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/05/23/espn-tear-sheet/ I've deleted this video due to the annoying auto start and ad before video. Google the subject line above to view it. http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/05/22/space-shuttle-time-lapse/ Here it is: the project that has consumed my life for the past month. I put about 200 hours into this personal project, partially due to the fact that I was using new software (Adobe After Effects and a few other programs). I was initially inspired by the work of ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/05/14/fight-video/ I'm turning into such a motion graphics junkie. I've been working on a personal project that I'll unveil here in a day or so... Something that took about 200 hours to produce. A 3d moving pictures thing.... I've always been a photographer, but I feel my career path changing almost with ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/05/08/2369/ Props out to Rob Haggart at aphotofolio.com, makers of robertbenson.com and other photographer's websites. They worked the backend of all their sites so they show on the iPad. For anyone considering a site, look to aphotofolio.com. I searched all the guys when I was shopping around for a site a ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/05/06/robertbenson-com-on-ipad/ According to a guy who wrote a response in one of my blog postings yesterday, video will never replace still photography. Benjamin Chertoff's reasoning was pretty darn good, and he wrote it in a convincing way that I wanted to share: "I have one bone to pick: Video will NEVER replace ... http://robertbenson.com/blog/2010/04/22/why-video-wont-replace-stills/