iPad portrait light array for photographers
Here's an interesting way to use 9 iPads. Photographer Jesse Rosten mounted the set on several pieces of plywood, maxed out the brightness on each and had assistants move then around while he shot his model. In fact, the iPad arrays were the only light sources for this particular shoot.
Was it a publicity stunt? Of course (and well done). But watch the video after the break. The photos came out well! We hope Jesse borrowed the iPads because 9 x $499 is $4,491. Still, it was a fun idea with nice results. Good work, everyone.
If the name Jesse Rosten sounds familiar it's because we recently featured his awesome "iPad + Velcro" film. Now we're eager to see what's next.
iPad Photoshoot from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
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Here's an interesting way to use 9 iPads. Photographer Jesse Rosten mounted the set on several pieces of plywood, maxed out the brightness...
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The sad part being that a single Kino Flo Diva light-kit goes for around $1,350.
Three of them is $4,050.
A Field Monitor, which displays what the camera is aiming at easily goes for $800.
Pro-photography is expensive.
That is ridiculous, and now I'm jealous.
November 09 2010 at 5:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI tried using a single iPad as a ring light generator, after seeing people do this with a monitor with sone success, but there wasn't nearly enough light from it. 9 is just nuts though!
November 09 2010 at 5:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, definitely agree, this is just plain stupid. Seriously? iPads for lighting sources? Completely, flamingly STUPID.
November 09 2010 at 4:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis wouldn't be bad if he had some sort of app to allow him to manipulate the colors and brightness individually from a single location. Right now they seem to be using the photo app which isn't terrible, but could be a lot more convenient.
Also, that's got to be heavy.
Not such a stupid idea. You can use colors to give different tints to the models, even combine them with white and other colors. If you dig a little in the price of those pro studio lights and reflectors, you'll see that they are awfully expensive. I'm sure some company will come out with an adaptable TTL kit to plug to your latest Nikon 99000 or so.
The expensive strobes have slightly better lights, and filters aren't that terribly expensive.
This was a publicity stunt and nothing more. Makes me kind of wish these stunts weren't so widely covered by tech blogs... but then there's that one stunt which just blows you away with it's originality/boldness (this is not that stunt).
Im sorry but this is just stupid. Use regular lights for christ sake.
November 09 2010 at 3:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPublicity stunt. Now you've heard of him.
November 09 2010 at 3:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI totally agree. Who is there right mind would spend $5,400 for some half-ass lighting?
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