Quick shoot at the Capitol

They guys wanted to get together for some photographic practicionation (i just made that up).  We ended up at the Capitol and though I was not particularly "feeling it" I found an angle and wanted to try some strob shots and here are the results.  The color version looks so-so but I feel it says more in black and white...what do you think?

Strobist info:  three speedlights (sb800, sb600, sb28)

1. Key camera left on a stand and snooted at 1/8 power
2. Fill on a VAL at camera right and in close at 1/32 power
3. Rim light on stand high behind subject at full power
Converted to BW in cs5 and silver efex

San Francisco

San Francisco has long been one of my favorite places to travel to.  I had a little extra time on my last event to make it over to a new location to shoot the Golden Gate.  I tried to make it by sunset and was lucky enough to have a cab driver know exactly where I wanted to go.  He even drove me around to a few more spots that I didn't know existed that I will be visiting next time around.  I was hoping for a few clouds to help make the scene more interesting, but as luck would have it, it was clear as a bell.  Anyway,  all in all I am very happy with how the image turned out with help from Nik Silver Efex and Moab Slick Rock pearl paper. 

P.S.  Prints available by request and price varies based on paper and size. Just send me a note.

Chicago for Turkey Day

So,  Welcome from the windy city and Happy Thanksgiving to all.  This one is different for me since I'm having to work...haven't had to do that in quite sometime.  We do only have to work till 2:00 today and then it's off to Daley Square for T-day festivities and dinner later in the evening with the team.  There hasn't been much time to take many pictures but the view from my room is nice.  Anyway,  hope everyone has a great day.

700 +bhp....and that's no joke!

So today my Dad and I took the ol' girl out for a spin and found a great place to grab some pics. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.  Hope you enjoy them too.  Thanks for letting me drive Dad!  :-)

 '56 Ford Victoria

Easter Weekend Pictures

Just a quick post with some pictures from over the weekend.  I bought a new lighting boom and was giving it a test with the beauty dish I made a while back.  I'm very happy with the light that this money saver creates.  Thanks go to the Strobist and David Tejada for the how-to.

I've also included some family pictures (ambient light only) that we took as well.  Hope you like what you see.

Dad and I with our best mean pose!

 

NOLA

Just a quick post of some shots from around the "Big Easy"...probably more to come later.

Who knew Gene Wilder would be in New Orleans!

Bourbon Street

Viki with Gene!

La Fittes Black Smith Shop

St. Louis Church

TFB...No no no, not that...The Flash Bus man!

The Flash bus rolled into town today carrying two very good photographers, David Hobby (Strobist Blog) and Joe McNally (National Geographic Photographer).  Both specialize in small off camera strobe photography.  The day was very informative with each taking each half of the day to discuss their processes and problem solving.
 

 

David "Strobist" Hobby

Mr. McNally

Joe working the light set up for the bus models

Just an idea of how dark is was in the hall...and this is overexposed

Got lucky and caught all the flashes going off...let there be light!

The Final Image

At the end of the event Joe decided he'd like to try and light up the tour bus using just speed lights...8 in total on and 1 in the drivers seat of the bus and 1 each on the models for 11 total speed lights...It was pretty interesting to watch the process which only took about 20 mins to do.