AZ Strobist Meet - Jerome (Part II)

Here are 2 more from the Strobist meet-up.





Now, if I were a real photographer, I would have taken this picture. (Great photograph Carlos!)

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AZ Strobist Meet - Jerome (Part I)

So the AZ Strobist meet up was a great lot of fun. About 20 photographers and 1/2 dozen models. I will post up some more pics from the shoot when I have a few minutes to get organized.



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Overpowering Sunlight

I have wanted to play around with the concept of ovepowering sunlight with my lights but just haven't gotten around to it until now - and even then had to work with a disagreeable model! ;-)

Anyway, this is what I came up with . . .



Strobist Info:
Shot at 1/1000th ! !
2 Viv 285's at full power to the left and right of subject.

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Getting ready for Halloween

Much to my surprise, when I got home from work on Friday, Liz and Shannon had been out doing some light errands during the course of which, they stumbled upon a 'hand-candle' with wicks in each finger and bones in each finger which are revealed as the candle burns down. It was a sweet gesture and well-timed after having a tough week at work. Happy Halloween . . .



Strobist Info
2 Viv 285's left and right at 1/16the power
1 SB800 behind subject at 1/8th power

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NYC (Re)Visit(ed)

Sadly the busyness of my daily routine has kept me out from behind the camera lately. As such, in the interest of preventing my site from going too stale, here is another shot from my NY visit. I hate having to pull out the 'B Team' shots, but until I can get some sweet freshness, this is what you get.

Seattle . . .

. . . and no real photos to speak of (Gasp!).

We visited Seattle for 9 days and I have no 'photographs' to speak of damnit! But the first night we were out, I was tackled on a Seattle street by my buddy during drunken horseplay. Did I mention I had my D200 in my backpack and heard a resounding 'THUNK' when I hit the ground?

After that I was terrified to take my DSLR with me anywhere because each one of us fools was rowdier than the next and I thought I would rather come home with my D200 in tact. So what do we get instead? A pic from my years-old point and shoot at 3 megapixels. (I probably wouldn't have even posted this except I have been so busy and neglecting my photography as well as this site - so I didn't want my rabid readers to lose interest because of dormancy - insert smiley winky face).

Anyway, this pic was taken while wandering the streets of Seattle after a daylong binge at the KEXP BBQ (shortly after fearing the destruction of my D200 mentioned above and while tending to my bloodied knees and elbows).

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.



Strobist Info
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.



Strobist Info
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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