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In this interview, Arnold Newman discusses portraiture and working with such subjects as President Johnson, Piet Mondrian, Picasso, Stravinsky, Sandburg, Monroe, Kennedy and others.

I was just looking at buying a Quantum flash setup and found the videos below from Quantum’s Qflash Academy. These are a great introduction to the Quantum system and they give a little taste of how a wedding and portrait photographer uses the system. These show lighting indoors and out with some problem lighting issues. One of these shows how the photographer handles a couple posed in front of a brightly lit window and corrects for that with the Quantum Qflash Trio System. This isn’t huge on details, but it’s still a nice set of photography videos for those who would like to see how professional lighting results can be attained. If you don’t have an interest in the Quantum system and already have some other flash setup, you will still see some useful video here.

Qflash Academy

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Here are the contents of the two groups of videos on the page:

Quantum Qflash TRIO/PILOT – This one is the more hands on video showing interaction with models.
Intro: Trio Intro With Rick Ferro
Lesson 1: QTTL Bounce Portrait Indoors
Lesson 2: Auto-Fill Bounce Portrait Indoors
Lesson 3: Outdoor Fill-Flash In QTTL Mode
Lesson 4: Sunny Outdoor Off-Camera Portrait With HSS
Lesson 5: BareBulb Outdoor Portrait
Lesson 6: Lighting the Room With Wireless QTTL
Lesson 7: Two Light Portrait Using Manual And Auto Modes
What Is The Pilot?

Quantum Qflash 5d-R – This one shows the features of the flash. I thought this was simply just a marketing piece at first, but I ended up liking this because it goes into more detailed information.
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Qflash
Lesson 2: Getting Started with Qflash: TTL and Auto Modes
Lesson 3: Getting Started with Qflash: Manual, Program, and Strobo Modes
Lesson 4: Getting Started with Qflash: CAMERA SETUP Q&A
Lesson 5: Basic TTL On-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 6: More TTL On-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 7: Basic TTL Off-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 8: MoreTTL Off-Camera Flash Indoors
Lesson 9: Fill Flash made easy with AUTO more
Lesson 10: Fill Flash in Manual Exposure Mode

I ran across this 3 part video talking about how to become a sports photographer and almost ignored it because I’m not really into sports photography. That would have been a mistake. This is a good video.

Before you get too excited, this does not go into great detail about becoming a sports photographer, but it has some good general information.

First, here’s a pro photographer, Harry How, who works for Getty Images. He talks about becoming a professional sports photographer. He gives a little of his background, talks a little about portfolios and the advantages of coming up in the digital photography age. Then he moves on to give lens recommendations for the professional sports photographer. He caps it off with a tour through his camera bag.

Along the way, he gives some tips for shooting basketball games and hockey goals. He shows how he uses the monopod and what to look for when buying a monopod. He also shows how he secures his photography equipment for flight and when it is unattended.

All in all, this was worth the time to watch it.

For those of you that would rather see the list than watch the video, he carries:
Think Tank bag
Velbon Monopod
Laptop Computer
UDMA Card Reader

Here is his Canon equipment list:
Canon EOS 1DS Mark III (x2)
Canon 400 f2.8
Canon 300 2.8
Canon 70-200 f2.8
Canon 24-70
Canon 16-35 f2.8
Canon 15 fisheye
Canon 580EX
Canon EF 1.4x Extender

Here are the Nikon equivalents:
Nikon D3X (x2)
Nikon 400 f2.8
Nikon 300 2.8
Nikon 70-200 f2.8
Nikon 24-70 f2.8
Nikon 17-35 f2.8
Nikon 16 fisheye
Nikon SB-900
Nikon TC-14E Teleconverter

But do yourself a favor and watch the video anyway.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3