Weaving the Fate – YouTube Guitar Tutorial Videos
A series of YouTube tutorial videos produced for Universal Republic recording artists Weaving the Fate from Columbia, SC.
Rayovac Battery for MacBook Pro: A Cautionary Tale
A case against aftermarket laptop batteries, by Columbia, SC based photographer Brett Flashnick.
PPP at the SC Book Festival
This is an open invitation for everyone to join me for special panel discussion of the Palmetto Portraits Project at the SC Book Festival this Sunday, May 20, 2012 from 2:20-3:10pm. The festival and panel are free to attend and will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, located at 1101 Lincoln Street, in [...]
Speaking at SC Center for the Book 2/16/2012
I’m excited to announce my first speaking engagement of 2012. On Thursday, February 16, 2012 I will be speaking about my participation in the Palmetto Portraits Project at the South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book). This program is presented in partnership in cooperation with [...]
Auburn upsets No. 10 South Carolina
Thoughts, photo gallery and gear used on assignment by Flashnick Visuals, LLC owner/photographer Brett Flashnick as he covered Auburn’s upset of No. 10 South Carolina for the Associated Press.
Over the Double Rainbow
A major storm rolled through Columbia, SC yesterday afternoon while we were editing images after an early morning assignment for an editorial client. Thankfully we only lost power for about 10 seconds, and had no other damage. After it was all over Brett saw this amazing double rainbow outside. He grabbed the Canon 5D MKII [...]
Navy at South Carolina Recap
A photo gallery from Flashnick Visuals, LLC owner/photographer, Brett’s assignment from the Associated Press to photograph the Navy Midshipmen as they rolled into Columbia, SC to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks for the first time since 1988.
Beginning the National September 11 Memorial
Four years ago Brett Flashnick was asked to photograph the first of many structural beams for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum as they rolled out of Owen Steel Company Inc., in Columbia, S.C. on September 10, 2007. Two massive, freshly painted I-beams were loaded onto a 50-foot flat bed trailer for their journey across the United States to Ground Zero in New York City.
Published – U.S. Army Toughens Fitness Test
Yesterday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to be the only photographer for a civilian media outlet on hand for a closed demonstration of the U.S. Army’s newly revised fitness tests for soldiers. Back in the days of print, I would wake up and head to the news stand to get a copy of whatever publication [...]
It Keeps Snowing
A photo gallery of snow photographs of the Broad River and Saluda River during the snow storm on January 10, 2011.
The Power List
I just found out that Command Sergeant Major Teresa King, who I spent a day photographing back in September of 2009, after she was named the first female commandant of the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School, was named to Oprah’s “2010 O Power List”. Congrats to CSM King, who is an amazing person. It doesn’t [...]
The Creative Drain Continues
After reading the story The Day the Music Died in The State today, about how Richaland County just shut down all of the bands that practice at the Sumter Street Storage sheds, I really can’t help but wonder what can be done to help make this area more friendly to the creative community. The [...]
The Week in Pictures Oct. 30 – Nov. 6
As I checked my Facebook page before heading out for a 12 hour photo day on Saturday, I was a bit perplexed when I saw that friend and fellow shooter Chris Keane had left me a note for me to check out MSNBC’s The Week in Pictures for Oct. 30 – Nov. 6, 2008. Much to [...]
Stand Up!
I went out this afternoon to photograph last minute campaigners under the grey skies of election day, and ran into friends Katie and Megan from the Lindsey Graham for Senate campaign, who were cheering on motorists as they made the daily mass exodus out of downtown on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Even Lt. Governor Andre Bauer [...]
Just Vote!
Retired Army veteran, Walter Anderson, 74-years-old, waits for his turn in a voting booth at Burnside Elementary School in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
Making it work: Behind the scenes of a ground remote…
I have received several emails from readers and people who have seen my shot from the 2008 Carolina Cup Races, that I posted a few weeks ago, so I decided that I amy going to demystify how you make a shot like this work, by using a remote camera. For those who don’t know, a [...]