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)

Shannon at the Zoo

Our zoo has a small area where the children can play in water (which is a big deal since we live in the desert and water is a valuable commodity).

Antique Belgian Waffle Maker

About a two years ago Liz and I stopped by a garage sale and found a cool chrome antique toaster/sandwich-melter thingamajig. It was great but didn't come with the antique plug required to use it. So a year or so later, Liz finds this very cool antique Belgian Waffle maker (pictured below) complete with cord (incidently, same cord as required by the toaster thing). So we now own two cool old chrome kitchen appliances that we can only use one-at-a-time (since we only have one cord).



Strobist Info
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 30 seconds
Aperture: f11
Flash: SB-800 set to 1/8 power and gelled for incandescent light camera left at 10 o'clock. Long shutter speed set to accomodate the 2 mini-MagLites that were providing a small amount of fill and 'glint' on the chrome.

Newbury Pottery

My Sweetie went out to visit Woods Hole, MA (which is near Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod). There is a very cool pottery shop there called Newbury Potter (www.newburypottery.com) that has all kinds of wonderful ceramic kitchen items. She brought me back an olive oil dispenser (which we use daily). A visit to their website might inspire you to find something your kitchen can't live without. . .



Stobist Info
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 3 seconds
Aperture: f16
Flash: Slightly camera left at 1/16 power gelled for incandescent light along with 3 candles camera right and 2 mini-maglights camera left to provide a small amount of fill to remove shadows (hence the long shutter speed).

Kalimba

My sister and her husband make native instruments (mostly African) ranging from Kalimbas and Rainsticks to Congas and Bongos. This is a Kalimba she gave me many years ago made from a coconut shell. It still sounds as sweet as the day it was made.



Strobist Info
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture: f7.1
Flash: Directly overhead fired into a homemade macro box comprised of a white sheet and printer paper at 1/8 power.