I’ve been playing around a lot with Strobist techniques in the last couple of months, sadly using only one lonely strobe. This will all change, though! Yes, we at Techy3 will have 2 more flashes *and* a 2 umbrella kit coming in soon. Kevin and I will be sharing them. So what does that mean for our clients? Professional studio lighting - on the go, anywhere you like, at anytime of the day! Even at high-noon!

One flash has been loads of fun to play with and two more will really open up the possibilities. Here are some samples of what I’ve been doing so far.

Is a lot of fun!

I gave up trying to paint the actual shapes we needed for a current project, so I thought, why not just make them Illustrator brushes? I’ll post a step-by-step tutorial on how to import real brush strokes into Illustrator soon. It’s really simple with Illustrator CS2’s new features.

This beautiful gourd was found at a local craft fair here in Hilo, Hawaii. I love how it’s almost a perfect circle and that some of the flower’s petals are curling up, adding a dynamic dimension to it, almost like the flowers are still alive.

Hand-cut and wood-burned, you can tell it took a lot of work with all the detail. I don’t remember the name of the artist, but the little marking on it says “Maekane”, I think?