NYC Visit

I was recently in NYC on business.

This is the view from my hotel room on the 38th floor looking west across Ground Zero to the World Financial Center (the building in the middle is where my office is).


This is a view of Jersey City looking across the Hudson River. This photo was taken from behind my office in the picture above.

Wicked Tired

I have been burning the candles at both ends lately. Finance Manager by day; hack photographer by night. I just received a promotion and . . . am learning a new job, am training my replacement, am preparing for a business trip to NY for a week, am preparing for vacation to Seattle the following week, am trying to be a present boyfriend, am trying to be an engaged Dad, am trying to finish back-to-school shopping, . . . am wicked tired.



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SB800 in shoot-through umbrella @ full power over camera and slightly right
2 Viv 285's left and right at 1/16 power postitioned to capture only the specular highlights
Shutter 1/250 @ f20

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Candle Holder (Part II)

Man! I had so much fun last night experimenting with the lighting setup of the candle holder! Here are two more pics from last night. Similar to the Part I below, there is very little processing (just the minimum: levels, a lil' sharpening, etc.)





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1 Viv 285 shot through umbrella slightly camera right at full power
1 Viv 285 camera right at 1/16th power
1 SB800 camera left at 1/16th power

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Candle Holder (Part I)

No retouching - just adjusted levels, reduced image size, and applied unsharp mask @ 80% and 0.5 pixels.



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1 Viv 285 shot through umbrella slightly camera right at full power
1 Viv 285 camera right at 1/16th power
1 SB800 camera left at 1/16th power

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