Lake Powell

Petey, Liz, and I spent Memorial Day weekend boating and camping at Lake Powell. We were there last Memorial weekend too but the boat broke down over 40 miles from the marina resulting in a very expensive tow. We had our minds set to 'reclaim' the weekend this year and we did so even more than I expected. Unfortunately I have very few photos because I was terrified to take my camera out with the combination of wind, sand, water, and alcohol consumption. That just seemed like a recipe for losing and/or ruining my camera. Anyway, here are a two . .

This is the view of a red butte adjacent to our campsite.


Starry night . . .

Baths are good . . .

. . . napping during them is not.



Strobist Info
SB-800: Fired 1/16 power camera left via commander mode by on-camera flash (fired 1/16 power).
Ambient Light: None
ISO: 100
Aperture: f8
Shutter Speed: 1/250

Hooray Beer

Beer is yummy and makes me happy . . .



Strobist Info
SB-800: Fired 1/8 power camera left inside fridge via commander mode by on-camera flash (fired 1/8 power).
Ambient Light: 40 watt bulb in the fridge
ISO: 100
Aperture: f8
Shutter Speed: 1/5

Hooray - Outdoors Finally!

Okay - So my pic today is outdoors, but I have to admit the model was disagreeable and hard to work with! ; - )

Anyway, self-portrait with 3 light sources and post-processed in Photoshop . . .



Strobist Info
SB-800: Fired 1/8 power camera right @ 105mm via commander mode by on-camera flash (fired 1/2 power).
Ambient Light: Sunlight almost directly behind camera.
ISO: 100
Aperture: f11
Shutter Speed: 1/250 (set 1 stop below sky exposure)

Outdoors? Nope - Still Indoors . . .

Not sick of indoor shot/lit crap yet? Don't think you have a complete idea of all the little items in my house yet? Super! You are in luck because here is another 'indoor-shot-lit-crap' pic for you . . .

Hurricane Lantern candle holder . . .


Strobist Info:
ISO: 100
SB-800: Fired 1/128th directly overhead and snooted.

Too Much Time Indoors!

Okay - so it seems obvious from several of my last posts that the Arizona summer is almost here and I am spending more time indoors; hence you are victim to my experimentation of indoor 'product' lighting. Sick of it yet? Hope not because here is more . . .

Glass candle holder:


Strobist Info:
ISO: 100
SB-800: Fired 1/16th camera right (snooted) about 30 degrees behind the candle holder toward the camera.
Ambient Light: Halogen lights (home, not photo) camera left
Aperture: f11
Shutter Speed: 13 seconds (meterered for the ambient light)