Updating the lazy leg lightstand has been on my to do almost since posting the original tutorial. Although easy, effective, and cheap, the hitch pins never seemed like the best solution to the modification.
Several visits to hardware stores, confused sales staff ‘you want to do what with that tripod?’ and a little bit of luck ‘check out a plumbing supply store’ and I’ve got a new better, sexier, (as sexy as lightstands and hardware can be) quicker, solution to the lazy leg modification.
Everything has changed: the only similar part in this modification is when you drill out the rivet which connects the supporting arms to the lightstand’s leg. Nothing has changed: The lightstand modification solves the same problem with a very similar solution. The only thing different is we toss out the hitch pin and add a sliding collar, known as a ‘Split Ring Hanger’ which can be found at your local plumbing supply store.
The original blog post and video can be found here
Whats on your bucket list?
No, not the olympic medalist, sky diving, everest climbing list. I’m talking about your ‘Big Goals in Photography’ list. You are on your death bed, what photography related objectives must have achieved by this time to die without regrets?
Having a photo bucket is more than ego strokes and bar stories.
The list keeps you on a focussed path towards milestones in your personal, artistic and business goals. Without an idea of where you want to go, how do you know if you are getting there?
As artists we don’t often have the milestones set up for us with massive group celebrating, we don’t have a university commencement ceremony and wear funny hats, we don’t have ribbon cutting on a new development. Having a list helps recognize your achievements on our paths in life.
Success; what do we define it by? A bucket list is a great way to track successes. If you mark success at a specific point, will you have the same drive to continue working? If success is single destination, you are finished once you arrive there. With a list you continually track your progress, growth and achievements, without coming to a definitive end to your learning.
‘Get a picture of me/taken by me, into a magazine’
I made this goal before I was really interested in photography, however its now one of the lines on my photography bucket list. On July 21st 2010, I crossed it off. The image is in Bike Magazine’s 2010 Photo Annual. Although I partially completed this goal earlier (photo taken by me) it wasn’t fully completed until today.
A sample of my list;
-Photoshoot from a Heli -Photo of me or taken by me, in a magazine. July 21 2010
-Cover
-National Geographic (pretty sure that one is on every photographer’s list)
-A whole bunch of specific photographs (but those are secret till i get those shots)
I hope you start your own list if you haven’t already. And share with others when you’ve crossed one off. Share with your friends, -photographers or not- and celebrate the milestones, and successes. To share with this photo community, share on this blog, or, I’ve created A Flickr Group which you can join, and when you scratch one off your list share the moment with us!
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been out doing a lot more Mountain Bike shooting. I’m really excited to be back outside with the camera, as I’m coming off an injured knee.
However this leaves a bit less mental space for preparing a blog for this week. So instead of talking on a new topic this is a little retrospective entry of some favorites from the past year.
One shot from this morning with Pike;
Calgary is currently extending the LRT (Light Rail Transit – Not often underground subway) past our major skate park. I’ve been eyeing up the construction for months now, waiting for the chaos of heavy machinery and construction to align with angles in the park. This morning Pike and I did some shooting before getting rained out.
Note; Stampede in Calgary is an awesome time to shoot, before getting to the park I wrangled a free Pancake-Hashbrown-Scrambled Egg-Sausage breakfast.
On the evening of Canada Day I had the priviledge to shoot a great Canada Day Party put on my Diamond Productionz, and Nights by Design.
The event was hosted in an old Bank of Nova Scotia, with 60 foot ceilings, 2 balconies, tons of marble, it was a truly awesome party.
To see the rest of the images from the night click on the picture above to go to Nights by Design’s Facebook Page
