Comments on: Shooting With David Cuerdon and Friends

By: Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:28:43 +0000

Great post Scott and just in the nick of time, I shoot part time and have a location session in a lawyer’s office coming up soon. Pictures of him and his employees for his web site. I have been experimenting in the evenings with various lighting set ups to decide on what I want to bring along. I’m going to try this setup one night this week with one of my on-staff models (wife/kids/visitors/dog) and see what happens. I really like the idea of traveling light, getting in and out, and yet getting professional results.

Paul
Hendersonville, TN

By: Shadow

Shadow — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:45:42 +0000

What’s with the “sandwich” comment? Always someone who has to be immature.

These are fantastic shots! I just discovered your books recently — they’re incredibly helpful and I’m recommending them to everyone who’ll listen. Thanks for all you do!

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:24:39 +0000

I have your book The Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers. I can not “Turn your signature into a brush” as you have outlined on page 417. After following your instructions about scanning my signature I can not go to “edit” and “define Brush preset” as it is grayed out. Any suggestions? I think you should have used a little Q.A. prior to publishing your book, as I’d list your book as just okay when it comes to being user friendly. I’ve found a few errors or very difficult instructions in it like you were not thinking things thru clearly. Luckily I got your book on 20% off….I wonder why? Dah!

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:44:19 +0000

Beautiful model and great composition!

You mentioned you used the 24-70 f/2.8, WHERE DID YOU GET IT? I have been searching for that lens for over 4 months and nobody ever has it in stock other than Amazon at ridiculous prices. If you have any “connections” with people that have it in stock that you can help me out with I am ready to buy it today .

Thanks,
Jason

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:00:08 +0000

Thanks for shareing photo and the camera stats. What was the light output? Was it manually set or TTL?
Mike

By: David Cuerdon

David Cuerdon — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:32:18 +0000

Hey Scott!

Just wanted to tell you how much fun we all had working with you!
Not only did we all get to take part in producing beautiful shots, we all had cramps in our sides from laughing so much through the day!

Anytime, anywhere, you want to do another shoot, Lisa and I are so there!

Safe travels my friend!

Cheers,

Dave

By: Marliese

Marliese — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:44:45 +0000

Guess I can pop in and say hi… =) Scott, it was absolutely wonderful working with you. Enjoy your trip!

By: Derek Owen Heisler

Derek Owen Heisler — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:31:14 +0000

Hi Scott! I actually just talked to Marliese on DeviantArt about this shoot, yesterday. She nothing but good things to say I really liked the final output.

By: Paulo Jordao

Paulo Jordao — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:43:51 +0000

Great shot. Did he use any strobe?

By: JD

JD — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:39:35 +0000

It looks to me like there is a significant back light behind and to the right of her. Also, is the light really that diffused, or was there a reflector (or something natural acting as a reflector) to her left?
Great shot!
JD

By: Jen Weaver

Jen Weaver — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:08:54 +0000

Scott, I really appreciate you sharing your lighting set up. I’m ready to buy studio lighting but knowing that for portability that i can just bring my SB800, a lightstand, and a shoot-through umbrella is great!!

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:35:23 +0000

Great lighting control for the left side, too. I would have expected to see you mention a reflector. Wish I could get that kind of dramatic shot with people but then again I rarely shoot people.