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Shizzam! It’s the Pocket Wizard!

Posted on August 24, 2007

I am shooting my first wedding tomorrow, so naturally I had to get hooked up with the Pocket Wizard Plus AKA “the world’s most reliable remote triggering system” (up to 1600 ft away). I know. Uber Cool.

Pocket Wizard Plus C-U

Shizzam! That’s the noise it makes when it fires: Shizzam!!

Here are some shots of me and the Rebel and the 580 & 430Exs

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getting to know and love the wizard and the magical things he can do.

Lisa and camera with pocket wizard

Lisa and Pocket wizard with 580

Don’t you want a Pocket Wizard now?
So much.
Am I getting paid to promote the Pocket Wizard? No.
Should I? Definitely.

Dear Pocket Wizard,

Please sponsor me in my pursuit to become an uber photog. If you sponsor me or donate monies into my sad shell of a bank account, I will shamelessly promote your product until the masses speak your name in their sleep… P-Wizzz. zzz. must buy. must have. more more more.

Heart,
Lisa Bettany.

Lisa Bettany is a world renowned photographer, travel writer & tech entrepreneur. When she is not capturing the beauty of the world or making iPhone apps, she enjoys flying small planes, reading books about Spitfires, hiking in the mountains and drinking tea.

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  • jorees
    August 25, 2007 at 4:49 AM

    Cool photos Lisa. It’s good to see you scored some good lighting equipment. Good luck with the pocket wizard at the wedding.

  • Nate
    August 25, 2007 at 4:30 PM

    Cool little device you’ve got there… though not very sleek. You look gorgeous BTW.

  • rtd13
    August 27, 2007 at 7:29 PM

    It looks like you’re having too much fun, probably put you on a watch list south of your border. Ron.

  • Lisa Bettany
    August 28, 2007 at 5:01 AM

    @jorees — pocket wizard worked like a charm.

    @Nate — it is indeed an awesome lil gizmo. whatcha mean not sleek!?! with that gigantic antenna, i’m pretty sure i could, like, communicate to lifeforms in outer space. BTW thanks. i try.

    @rtd13 — it’s 5am, i’m still up. yah. still. i have no witty replies left so *high five*

  • rtd13
    August 28, 2007 at 5:59 AM

    yeah, it’s 6 in the a.m. just got done shooting the eclipse, all out of wit. :)

  • Lisa Bettany
    August 28, 2007 at 2:06 PM

    @rtd13 — yeah, if i wasn’t so busy being a model, i might have hit that up. but as i mentioned earlier, i was in a photoshoot, cuz of all the modeling i was doing.

    PS. there was an eclipse??? i need to get out more. seriously.

  • Daniel Weinand
    February 14, 2008 at 12:07 AM

    Yay for Pocket Wizards (that’s how i found your blog btw)… Got mine today. We should all get paid by Pocket Wizards for telling other people how grand they are. And by Apple (oh I would be so rich!)

  • Mostly Lisa
    February 24, 2008 at 7:20 PM

    @Daniel — lucky devil. i wiiiiiiish these were my pocket wizards, unfortunately they were only mine for 2 days. such a tease…

    PS. i don’t think anyone gets paid for pimping apple shizz.