White box vs DYI Beauty dish
Beauty dish camera right 42" reflector left For your eyes only
attached to a stand
Mounting
The machine
80 yrs old! he always has that driveway done before I'm out of bed! 18-20" and it's still falling, oh my aching back!
Snowing again AGAIN!
Milk is my Kryptonite, what's my Super Power? Never getting sick :P Remember this shot? View On Black Twitter | Facebook
Duck!
Snow flare
Snow flare-2
Anatomy of a GEEK
View the Fat on Black Testing the new BG; I don't like the wrinkles, and the ones in the background too. Strobist info: SB-900 24mm 1/32 right front eye level in beauty dish SB-800 28mm 1/16 hard left high into softbox 42" white reflector left D700 50mm ƒ1.4@ƒ4 ISO400 1/250 CLS fired via SU-800 Now when arrows won't penetrate Cupid cracks the pistol He shoots straight for your heart And he won't miss you Happy Valentines Day! Twitter | Facebook | Blog
Valentines Day out take
Lighting test shot. I decided to desaturated the BG, I like the results Thanks for all your comments and support! On another note, I have once again come down with the dreaded tag! Grumble, grumble, grumble LOL! I have the spirit just not he time! I will keep it in mind though :P As always you guys rock! Viva Flickr! Looking for Stobist info? Click here
Happy Valentines Day
Every time she hears this song (4:09 sec in) she throws these hearts I loved the idea of capturing it for Valentines Day <3 Strobist info: 600W Strobe Right 1/32 into softbox SB-900 18mm Left 1/8 into softbox SB-800 28mm 1/16 gobo between camera into white umbie 90 deg right D700 85mm ƒ1.4@ƒ4 ISO200 1/250 CLS fired via SU-800 Strobe fired by internal pick up sensor Some funny comments on my last pick! Keep em coming! Happy Valentines Day! Twitter | Facebook | Blog
Strobist info- Happy Valentines Day
Set up for this shot Strobe fired by internal flash pick up sensor. This was only possible because of the higher power I used on the remote flashes
Cupid -D
Drops of Jupiter
View On Black Did I mention I took a bunch of these? BTW this was taken with the 105mm under an umbrella as ice cold water was dripping on me from the roof :P Twitter | Facebook | Blog Thanks for all those who become Fans on my FB page! It's nice to see you up there!
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White rose
Bald Strobist100
One great Senior
Meet Kate She was a wonderful model to work with! (It's easy shooting pretty!) She came by to have her senior portrait taken by no other than me :D I also had the pleasure of shooting with an other Flickr photog on this too. He got what I concidered the KILLER shoot of the night too! As soon as he posts it I will link to it. I'm going to be a crappy contact tonight :~( Sorry too many photos to edit. Also I am getting up early to actually go over some wedding details that I'm shooting for the same Photog! Very excited about shooting a Wedding in May! So I bid you adieu! Oh yeah some more picks are up on Facebook Become a Fan while your there I can use all the help I can get! :D
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Bald Strobist
White rose
Kate is a High School Senior Just in case I confused anyone :P I didn't have the luxury of taking a set up shot really, since this was an actual client I didn't think it appropriate... I do however want to document the lighting set up for my own reference and in case anyone else was interested.... Shots below courtesy of this guy Miller for MVP! View On Black
Kate, after Post
View On Black Figured I give you guys (and my eyes) a B&W break! I do love Silver Efex Pro software and it's a keeper. This was from my portrait session I did back in February. Testing yet more software. This time it's Portraiture 2. For smothing out skin tones. It works really well and is easy to use, BUT with one big draw back; if the subject has brown eyes and shadow in the skin tone it masks the eyes and ultimately softens them. I was able to adjust it most of the time, except for one person. No mater what I did I couldn't get her skin evened out and not soften the eyes. Further testing with brown eyes is needed........stay tuned Anyway if you want to compare check out this one I posted a few weeks back
Congratulations Kate!
Another great senior!
So this the geriatric version LOL! Looking for the pretty girl? What to see a Great Shot? It's worth it, trust me! This is my friend Matt who asked me to take his picture for Facebook. He was a bit surprised when I showed up with all the gear! The Strobist info was simple SB-900 through a shoot through umbrella left 35mm (forget power setting duh!) white reflector on the right black sheet as BG CLS fired via built in pop up D700 85mm ƒ1.4@ƒ2 ISO200 1/500 (to cut back on the light shining through the sheet from window) So more shots of Kate coming up stay tuned..... Twitter | Facebook
Eff Cancer
I would like to thank Bodyinmotion for the inspiration for this shot. Thanks Keren! (sshh don't tell anyone, your version is better :~) Details about this on my blog. No worries there's a short version up there, but the the long version is better. Since I'll be out of commission for a while, and the weather so nice, I decided to shoot some bokeh Looking for some Strobist info?
Eff Cancer
I would like to thank Bodyinmotion for the inspiration for this shot. Thanks Keren! Details about this on my blog. No worries there's a short version up there, but the the long version is better. Since I'll be out of commission for a while, and the weather so nice, I decided to shoot some bokeh Looking for some Strobist info? SB-900 28mm 1/16 into white umbrella (umbie) 6' hight to the right SB-800 105mm 1/128 snooted 10' back left D700 85mm ƒ1.4@ƒ2.0 ISO 2000 1/250 CLS fired via SU-800
