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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Your Fear Attracts It . . .

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1 Viv 285 through umbrella camera left at full power
1 Viv 285 high camera right at 1/4 power for highlights
1 SB800 camera right 1/4 power gelled for color shot at background

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Shannon and Aleah

Shannon and Aleah had a great time goofing off together Saturday.

The obligatory 'rabbit-ears-behind-the-head' shot . . .


Aleah's hair done princess-style . . .


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2 Viv 285's left and right
1 SB800 shot through umbrella camera left.

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Mogollon Rim - Summer Storms

The family and I went camping with some friends this past weekend up at the Mogollon Rim. We had some crazy weather; lots of thunderstorm activity. Here are a few photos taken from camp.

Campsite:


Looking south:


Looking north:

Scared Of Your Own Shadow

My grandmother bought me this hand-carved/hand-painted wooden zebra when I was 5. She bought it stolen off some scary dude on the street probably trying to score money for drugs. There is still a handwritten price tage on the bottom for $95 (and that was 30 years ago!). The background is an actual zebra skin that Liz bought while on safari in Africa.



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One Vivitar subject left
One Vivitar camera right
One SB-800 overhead illuminating background

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Cold Snap in Phoenix . . .

. . . the temperature has dropped 8 degrees . . .

. . . . . . and I'm friggin' freezing! Oh wait,

no, I mean sweating my ass off!

Anyway - here is a reminiscent memory of winter . .

Mogollon Rim, AZ taken in December

Sidelit Self-Portrait

Nothing fancy - sidelit self-portrait. This was actually one of the test shots to get the exposure correct of the two flashes on the sides; once complete, I was going to add a third diffused light to illuminate the center of my face a little bit. Turns out I like the effect better without the third light in the center.



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Two Vivitar 285's to the left and right of subject and slightly behind (maybe 30 degrees?).