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Mongolia part 1

July 16, 2009 • Blog, Workshops

bw3aMongonlia was fantastic!  Endless rolling grassy hills, huge sand dunes, pristine lakes and friendly people make this a varied and interesting photography destination.  Our guide, Anand, was one of the best and deserves huge credit for arranging a lot of our photo ops.  And this trip wouldn’t have happened without the hard work of Mirjam Evers and Photo Quest Adventures.  I was lucky enough to have one of the first Elinchrom Quadra flash units to take along on this trip and really give it a tough trial run.  This pack endured hours of kidney-jarring four wheel drive roads, rain, sand, inconsistent power and even yak dung!  The Quadra performed flawlessly.  I really enjoyed the benefits of this pack when photographing portraits and needed to shoot a lot of frames fast.  The instant recycle times of the Quadra allowed me to shoot blazingly fast, and controlling flash output via the Skyport system was a huge advantage.  This image is of “Zoloo”, a throat singer, on the shore of Lake Hovsgol.  Nikon D3, 24-70mm lens, 1/250 at F10, ISO 100. Shot with the Quadra using a 39″ Elinchrom Octabank, triggered using Skyports.

mongoliandanceraDancing and throat singing are a big part of Mongolian culture, and I was thrilled to photograph one of our dancers, “Tsegii”.  Her mesmerizing dancing along with Zoloo’s throat singing was a powerful experience.  Nikon D3, 24-70mm, 1/250 at F16, ISO 100.  Quadra and 39″ octabank used, triggered wirelessly by a Skyport.  

The Quadra is going to be a mainstay for our lighting needs in the future.  It packs a punch, can take a lot of abuse, and recycles like a flash pack in the studio, except you are in the middle of the Mongolia in a sand storm!

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