Archive for 'travel'

Have you ever had any *massive* hardware failures right in the middle of a shoot? (cameras, lighting, etc.)

Yes in Hawaii one time it rained in the middle of an outdoor shoot and ruined three lights, several battery power pack and a light meter. This was all the light I had with me on location and on the island. Can you say break out the reflectors? The job must go on! Ask me [...]

ask me anything!

This is something I have just started you can ask me anything! I will also be posting the answers to the questions I am asked here in the blog. http://www.formspring.me/markdaughn

San Francisco, meet up, models, etc.

Wow, it’s February already……what happened to January and all those good intentions of a newsletter every month? Hmmmm, I think it was Costa Rica, coffee, beach, jungle, waterfalls, beautiful models, and lots of shooting…followed closely by LA and more shooting. Lots of video production. Editing, editing and more editing. Oh yea, did I mention the [...]

Bahamas Workshop… this one is going to be great!

September 13th, 2009 – 1:06 am

http://www.markdaughn.com/bahamas2009/ You don’t want to miss this workshop! More details to come

location

June 22nd, 2008 – 9:46 pm

It comes up pretty regularly in my profession. It’s an accountant sitting there going, “Excuse me. Why in the world do you need to spend so much money to go to Fiji or Tahiti or the Dominican Republic to do these shoots?

a much deserved vacation

June 15th, 2008 – 9:28 pm

Alright guys and girls. Next week I’m actually gonna be on the road. This will be the first week of being on the road with the blog. I will try really, really hard to find a way to get online and get you some posts and things to keep this thing rolling. This is the [...]

mark’s wine list – conundrum

May 28th, 2008 – 1:02 pm

Okay, okay – so it has nothing to do with photography. But as anyone who’s met me knows, I’m a wine guy.  I’ve been really enjoying Conundrum lately, which is only $24 a bottle. The really nice thing about this white wine is that it’s great to drink any time, it’s not pretentious, and models [...]

mapquest vs google maps

May 28th, 2008 – 12:56 pm

Okay, this is one of those times I just have to rant. I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know why people are stilling using it. Mapquest. If you wanna get somewhere, come on people, use Google Maps. Mapquest, quite frankly ummmm, sucks?