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Children of the Corn

January 21, 2010 by David Bergman

I recently worked with Taddy Porter, a cool band out of Stillwater, OK. Their record label hired me to produce a music video for the song Shake Me.

I spent about a week on the road with them and shot the video entirely with the new Nikon D3S DSLR camera. I’m really happy with the finished product and can’t wait to post it. The label is planning a big launch in the next month or two, so it’ll be out soon enough.

In the meantime, here’s a portrait I did of the guys somewhere in central Pennsylvania. I scouted this location while driving around with my assistant and thought it would be perfect.


(Nikon D3, 24-70, ISO 200, 1/250, f/22)

After I got permission from the farmer who owns the land, I set up four SB-900 strobes (one for each guy) and shot away. I did the post-processing using Nik’s Color Efex Pro and Totally Rad’s Dirty Pictures plug-in.

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  • By Rami Saarikorpi on January 22, 2010

    Looks Cool! :

  • By T. C. Knight on January 25, 2010

    I couldn’t make 4 SB’s look this good if they came with Joe McNally attached.  Good look David!

  • By Shelley Stonesifer on February 03, 2010

    Great work Berg. It looks like a painting.  (I still haven’t figured out my damn SB-900. ) –Shelley

  • By Jason Molinet on February 03, 2010

    Excellent bro!

  • By Dianna on February 03, 2010

    Love it, Bergman!!!

  • By Gloria on February 03, 2010

    As always wonderful photo!

  • By bill on February 03, 2010

    nice to see that Carrot-Top is getting work these days.
    ——-

  • By Dave on April 19, 2010

    Nice picture and great article.little tikes car



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