the orbis™… AS SEEN ON TV!
Well, it’s been quite an exciting week. I knew that New Zealand Fashion Week was happening and have to admit I didn’t get too excited even when I heard that global celebrity icon Pamela Anderson was being flown in. But that all changed when I heard that Pamela’s PR people had issued an edict that she was ONLY TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH RING FLASH !!!! Needless to say, a Profoto, Alienbees or any other big ringflash setup just wasn’t going to work in her crowded press conference, so the orbis™ ring flash came to the rescue of the photographers keen to shoot the event.
Here’s a shot from the press conference…
photo © www.thealist.co.nz (with permission)
Picture the scene. Photographer walks towards… large bouncer. Pamela Anderson press conference lies tantalisingly close, beyond his broad and hefty shoulders.
“I’m sorry ma’am, you can’t get in. Your name’s not on the list You haven’t got a ring flash.”
“But wait!” says photographer, SLR on one arm, flash ready to go. “I’ve got an orbis™!”
“Oh, that’s fine then ma’am, of course, you may pass. Even in those shoes.”
Now that might not be exactly how it went down, but it was, I like to think, probably close.
Oh wait, I nearly forgot. Then later that night I got a call from an old friend who, with an eagle eye, caught a snap on his camera phone of the orbis™ at the press conference on the TV news that night.
So it’s official. The orbis™. As Seen On TV !
Have you seen the orbis™ on TV, on a billboard or in a magazine? Send me a photo and if we use it I’ll send you a limited edition orbis™ T shirt!
