09th Jul 2007
i’m on vacation
WHEW…Sol & I are officially going to go on vacation tomorrow. Flight leaves at 7am, will be out of the house at 5. No, I haven’t packed anything yet…
I’m going to try to enjoy the Black Hills of South Dakota, Jackson Hole WY, Grand Tetons & Yellowstone. We are there for 2 weeks. Problem is, Sol & I are totally up to our ears in editing… We shot 4 weddings, 2 e-sessions, 1 ttd session, 1 rehearsal dinner in the last 8 days…oh, we traveled 5000+ miles to do it. Virgin Islands, Captiva Island FL, Riviera Maya Mexico….whew…We just landed yesterday in the Atl Studio from that adventure…
SO, needless to say, i’ve got some work ahead of me while I am on vacation. I will likely NOT be updating flashflavor…sorry, please hang out. We return on July 23.
In the meantime, i’d like to get a little feedback about flashflavor!!! At this point, we have averaged a solid 500 unique visits per day, since FF’s birth… thanks for hanging out!
Is flashflavor working for you? Do you like the posts? Does the format work? Anything constructive would be helpful for us… Please drop a comment or send me an email. Participation is KEY
info@mattadcock.com
Cheers & thanks for stopping by!
PS: if you have an image that you would like to submit to FF, please do so. I am looking for strong PJ moments. Just remember that I may not have time to reply to every submission.
Matt
*****UPDATE*****
HOLY MOLY, i’m addicted!
to the internet…
Yes, we traveled thousands of miles to visit the beautiful black hills and they have internet in this state park where we are staying… I am going to be in trouble if Sol catches me out here again chatting away…. 
As I sit here watching Bison and deer crossing the road in the distance, i’m motivated to reply to some of your feedback:
Thanks SO much for offering feedback, and i’m humbled by the nice words… seriously, thanks for taking the time to visit! I’ve had tons of emails coming in with helpful comments and ideas. I need this stuff! In the day of web 2.0, its crucial to understand what your audience is thinking and feeling… Its almost as if this site is a living and breathing creature… I feed it and it talks back…
I really appreciate the participation, very much. I am glad this site is working for everybody… I would like to thank David Hobby, at www.strobist.com for motivating me to get FF started. Lots of you have commented that you were directed to FF via his awesome site. I think we all owe him a big THANK YOU for what he does!
With wedding photography today, I’ve felt the need to be a motivator and share my ideas and thoughts…FF has been a great outlet to do so! With the amount of weddings we are shooting these days, we will hopefully have enough material to keep this baby going. One day, we will be offering a workshop and hopefully there, I will be able to discuss some of our techniques on a person to person level!
Cheers!
matt
Feedback? I love your blog. I love seeing your images. I love the effects you get with a couple of strobes and being in the right place at the right time and I love the fact that you are sharing all this with the world. Your RSS feed is top left on my iGoogle homepage
Not much feedback there except maybe to keep up the good work.
Bart
my only suggestion is to post more! haha
i love your site and am learning so much!
I absolutely enjoy reading posts on this site. It really helps to stretch my creativity.
Thank you.
You’re coming to my home area (Wall, SD). Hope you enjoy the Black Hills.
Regarding your site, I appreciate when you show beautiful images and tell how they were created. I would appreciate knowing what type of post processing you do to get a certain look, if there is any done.
Peace,
Brad
I’ve been loving your blog! It’s really inspired me to amp up my flash techniques and get creative - with some awesome results! Thanks for taking the time to share!
Not to repeat what has already been said, but I enjoy reading your posts/seeing other people’s work- both provide good inspiration. I would love to see more posts about both lighting and post work, but I understand how hard it is to post a lot. Keep up the great blog.
I love ff! Thank you for posting such useful info. In turn, I make sure that I can help out other photographers in any way I can. Building, and being a part of a strong photographic community is so important. To always be my best it is important to keep learning. Post lots and keep up the good work!
Your work is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us. I look forward to reading and learning more from you.
Thanks again!
Al
Great site. You guys are on my list of “check out every day”.
The only suggestions I can make are:
1) post more
2) include technical details on the photos - lens, exposure and aperture, flash type, setting, and location (you often do some of this, it’d be nice to see it ALL every time).
3) show us more shots - through flickr, maybe?
As an incentive - more regular posting will result in an exponential number of visitors. Just a thought.
(I also found you through Strobist. David rocks.)
Love your posts, really enjoy learning from your work. Format is great - particularly like the way a real photo is dissected so that we can learn how to use similar techniques in our own photography.
Inspirational and educational; can’t ask for much more. Thanks!
I am such a fan of this technique!!! In fact, I’m just a Matt Adcock fan period! Love it and LOVE that you are sharing the light tips! Please don’t stop!
HOLA ALL, I would really like to thank folks for taking the time to comment and give me suggestions…
I’ve been working on a few ideas… especially starting a flicker group for Flash Flavor
http://www.flickr.com/groups/411184@N20/
Basically, we are looking for participation… Feel inspired by one of our posts? Did you create an image? Please share here!
I will be traveling and getting back into the office mid week… More coming soon
Cheerios,
Matt
Hello everyone, I am a wedding photographer, and I have a wedding the coming Saturday, I would like to know if : My two Hensel’s, the 500 pro plus 500, that have built in radio slave (slave capability), and my 500EX II that I will put on a tripod set as slave, will cooperate with the Pocket Wizard II ?I will buy one these days, and I attend to mount it on my Canon 400D ? Should I go ahead with purchasing the Pocket Wizard ? And secondly if possible, how must I set my Canon rebel xti ?
I am sorry for posting this question on this conversation, but I really can’t find any satisfying answers anywhere else. Does any one have knowledge of this things ?
Kostas