Comments welcome, more from this series to come...
Yesterday I requested the day off to go to the Mum concert in San Francisco. Well, everyone that was going canceled, so instead I photographed around with Kris. This was one of my favorites.
Here is the first of many shots I plan to post from the Arizona strobist meetup. Fielding and I drove over 700 miles, slept a total of about 8 hours in almost 3 days and took hundreds of photos with almost 30 other photographers and 7 models at the event. It was a blast and good use of my vacation time.
This was a shoot right at sunrise in the graveyard with Brianna. Comments always welcome :)
Strobist info:
Quantum Q flash positioned to camera left shooting through a 43" umbrella. The rising sun was behind the model to camera right. Nikon d200, 80-200 f/2.8
Model: Brianna
Its been about a month since I've posted anything and I haven't really been doing much shooting. I did a product shoot for a local camera repair shop, I've been working on a pinup calender for the last 4 weekends with my buddy Fielding (our first real job for our new business) and I've finally picked up some studio lighting giving me a reason to shoot a gas mask I've been meaning to use in a photo. (I have big plans for a set of those masks) (I really like parenthesis) (oh ya, I forgot to add a period to the end of that last sentence) (.)
Also, I'm getting ready for our big trip to AZ for the upcoming strobist meetup. If anyone if going, drop me a line.
Some technical notes:
First photo: Nikon D200 @ 24mm, f22, a single interfit 600ws strobe at 1/32 very close with reflector dish, self port hand held
Second photo: (I think Fielding was shooting, we both set up lighting and took turns shooting, we also worked with hair and makeup artists):Nikon D2x, 28-70, f/8, interfit 600ws w/large octobank high and to camera right with a diffusion screen just in front of the octo, a shoot through umbrella to camera left, silver umbrella for background and snooted hair light on opposites behind
Third photo: Composed of 3 exposures: 1) lens off, casing on. 2) casing carefully removed. 3) lens mounted with casing removed. Camera was placed on a piece of glass with white paper underneath and lit with 3 diffused lights (one directly above and 2 on either side). Shot with a Nikon d50 and a 55mm micro (my ebay camera at work).
Fourth photo: A shot from a solo overnight trip to mono lake. It figures this was my favorite shot from the trip (not landscapes of the lake) Nikon D200, 12-24, 15-20 seconds
A few nights ago, a friend and I loaded up on caffeine and music to prepare for a very long night of shooting. We setup and began exposing the moon every 20mins from about 1am to 6am during the lunar eclipse over Pyramid Lake, NV. I shot both 4x5 and digital and here is the result.
Please note that the position of the camera was not changed during the multiple exposures and none of the "moons" were repositioned or drawn in with Photoshop. While the sun was down, multiple exposures were made for the brightness of the moon and as the sun finally came up, a final exposure for the foreground was made.
I was a zombie a few hours later when I had to go to work, but I think it was worth it.
As always, comments welcome...
In the spirit of Hot August Nights, a national classic car event held anually in Reno, here is a time lapse from way back in September 2006 that Fielding, Mike and I did. We used a Nikon D2x, a manfrotto superclamp, an articulating arm and Mike's '73 Nova. The drive takes us through downtown reno at night.
There is a pretty cool hood perspective in the later portion of the video, but I must warn you that this was just thrown together with no editing (notice the ccd dust spec, sorry).
While I'm sharing clamped car shots, here is one of my 1970 Pontiac Firebird. The camera was set to fire 1 second exposures continuously with the cable release locked.
Comments welcome.
Here is part of a series I'm working on. I've withheld this shot for some time now because I am not sure about it for some reason, perhaps too busy. So after going back and forth, I've decided to post it with hopes that you guys will have an opinion either way. Please click through to the full rez version, otherwise the photo looks over-sharpened and too contrasty.
Here is a photo from one of the recent wildfires in Reno, NV. The choppers were filling up directly behind us as the fire burned in the distance. This blaze lasted 3 days and started less than a week after the nationally covered Angora fire only miles away near Lake Tahoe.
Specs: Nikon D200, Tokina 12-24mm, Performance camera strap :)
As always, I love feedback, good or bad.
Here is one of my favorites from a day of shooting with some friends. I really think this would be a nice series of photos. Note that the photo looks a bit over sharpened until viewed in full size.
Comments welcome.
I altered the colors slightly on the one with the streaks (changed the sky color a tad bit). Which do you like better?
As usual, comments welcome.
