This May Sound Weird, But I Fell In Love With a European Travel Plug Adapter
Heads up: This is NOT a sponsored post – I’m not using an affiliate link or any of that stuff, but I’ve gotta tell you about this little marvel I used on my trip this pas week.

I’ve been using travel plug adapters for traveling to Europe for years, and I’ve never felt any particular attachment to any of them (no pun intended). I have a handful of different ones, and none of them have been all that great (and I really didn’t pay much attention to any of them) until I found this one on Amazon by a company called TESSAN (I had never heard of them before). I just got back (last night) from a week-long trip with my brother to Switzerland, and I have to tell you – I’m in love, especially at just $14.99. And yes, I know you can find adapters cheaper than this, and I already own a bunch of them, but I’ve never loved them. This one, I love. Love!
It’s got two regular 110v US-style outlets and two USB outlets below that (so four plug-ins in all). It all goes into just one European outlet, which is great because, more often than not, there will just be one single outlet (not two, one above the other, like you usually see in the US, unless you’re staying at an Int’l Hilton or Marriott). Plus, the Euro plug prongs extend outward, and that’s big because most of the European plugs are recessed (I have some old adapters that either fall out or don’t extend out far enough so you can use them).

It works in these countries: Italy, France, Spain, Iceland, Germany, Israel, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, The Netherlands, Turkey, Austria, Finland and more.
By the way – when I ordered mine I got one for my bother, too. He loves it. Loves it! Here’s a link to it on Amazon. Get two. Give the other to your brother. He’ll love it. ;-) OK, lots more to share from this trip (including photos, and other travel tips), but I’ve got to board the next leg of my flight home, but here’s wishing you a great Monday. :)
-Scott
Creative Solutions For Photoshoots with Christina Sauer, Gilmar Smith & Guests | The Grid EP. 551
Creative Solutions For Photoshoots with Christina Sauer, Gilmar Smith & Guests | The Grid EP. 551
This week on The Grid, Christina Sauer is joined by Gilmar Smith, fresh off her trip to WPPI where she presented in the Nikon booth! They discuss Gilmar’s creative approach to her colorful and fun photography. Also on the show is Dan Harlacher from OnOne presenting their new plug-in, Sky Swap, in Lightroom. Tune in for another great episode!

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Guest Blog: Portrait Photographer Aundre Larrow

Editor’s Note: Aundre is one of the instructors for the upcoming iPhone Photography Conference, so I wanted to share his guest post from 2019 where he shares his insights for lighting and editing photos of diverse people. In addition to this, I also wanted to highlight two films he created on the iPhone since this post to show what’s possible! Below are Flower and Float. Watch these, then make sure you check out his session during the conference!
Whenever the topic of access comes up, we as digital artists love to snipe and gripe. “Man if I shot that (event, celebrity, etc.), I would have done ____, ____ or _____. But whatever, they always give the great jobs to this mope.” Flip the conversation to privilege, however, and see how everyone starts to get uncomfortable.
I mean think about it. What’s the last photo related event you were at? What did you see? Cameras, booths, whatever. But what was the crowd like? Let me fill you in: it was a group that skews older, male, and white.
Now pause.
That in itself isn’t bad, it’s just a reflection of mean income and wealth. Before the emergence of the smartphone, photography was too expensive for the layman to just pick up casually. Cost was and still is our biggest deterrent.

The question I wanted to ask with this piece: what happens when that lack of access/abundance of privilege effects our ability to story tell and leaves large portions of stories untold or shot voyeuristically?

The skinny: subjects see images that don’t fully resemble themselves. Communities see stories that don’t tell the whole tale. Everyone feels the images aren’t honest to their story. The heavy: It continues to leave stories untold or half-assed ones that are lazily told whilst shutting out photographers who may be able to do a better job.

Let’s start with the skinny. You may be in the demographic I described earlier: older, white and male. You are a talented photographer and you want to do more story telling about people of color. What can you do to ensure that your subjects look at your work and get excited?

It All Starts With The Hair
Do you use a hair light? Like a dedicated light for your models in your three light system? If your subject has dark hair, it will absorb a lot of light. Adding a hair light adds separation and helps bring out detail and texture in the hair that could otherwise be lost if only working with a single light. A few of you will chuckle and say of course. Well then great! You’re done, you can stop reading. Nah, I’m playing. Keep your butt here.
(more…)About Me

Scott is a photographer, award-winning author and the original “Photoshop Guy” as well as the CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for Photographers, Photoshop and Lightroom users.
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