Here's what I got and want to do . . .What do you suggest?

[gahspidy]

Steve, it would be my pleasure to be able to hang with you and shoot around town. I would have the most to gain from that scenario. If your schedule ever brings you out this way be sure to drop me a line. NYC is great and alive but Brooklyn is rich with street flavor and many crumbling old shoddy places that I can see you setting up some of your awesome model shoots.

Thing of it is I'm feeling very limited in always waiting for the right conditions and happening upon scenes. When I look at the works of photographers such as yourself that set up and control their shooting environment, I realize that I need to learn to have more control of my "set" and create the type scene that I vision. This means learning and applying the use of lighting and other equipment so that I can aquire greater control over my subject and environment. btw, the latest model shots I have seen in your Ezine are fantastic. The Windy City Winter series. I think I saw the one with the girl in a hallway with a fire escape sign posted on Viewfinder?
Anyway, thanks again for your help. Your a generous one and PR and it's members are lucky to have you.

[MJS]

Hey Gary, I would also like to travel the streets with you in NYC sometime in the not too distant future. Check out the head shot I did with a portable strobe set up in the home portrait thread. Not much time to get the shot for publication and done with 2 pocket strobes, 2 by standers, a reflector and smal shoot through umbrella. I carry the portable stands in an old tripod bag, along with the extra strobes and umbrelas, one shoot through and the other a black backed white one.