Aquamarine:
I fooled around with the tremendous amounts of fog we have had here in Alabama recently. It’s kind of ominous. If I get a chance, I’ll definitely take a walk and see what I can see.
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Roots:
Took advantage of the ridiculous amount of fog this morning… and took a few pictures. I wish there were more birch style trees around… I think alot of vertical lines would be really powerful in the fog.
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Happy Birthday Dad!:
Saturday was my dad’s birthday, so as per my commitment, I asked, nay, insisted that I take his picture. This time I was wise from previous sessions, and set up the lights and all before I got him in the room so that when he arrived, he merely had to smile for a few minutes, and then he was done. Of course, that’s not all I had planned. In the middle of the session, my brother brought up the birthday gift my brothers and I had pitched in to buy for him, and snuck up behind my dad. I told dad that I was going to change the lights, and they might flash very bright, so “go ahead and close your eyes.” So very sneaky. We put the gift in front of his face, I told him I was done, and he should open his eyes. What a great double take. He never saw it coming. It was a great day.
Strobist Info: I was beside a window, camera set to cool so the sunlight appeared blue, and a full CTO cut on a SB-900 on the right, a Lumiquest SoftBox III on the SB900 to give it some softness. Behind the sofa was a SB600 with a Lumiquest Big Bounce providing a hairlight/flare. I believe I’ll use a similar setup again… the big bounce is a really great hair light.
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Flare:
Flair. John Luke has it. He always kindly sits for me when I’m testing lighting setups. Today is my wonderful father’s birthday, so while dad shaved up I set up lights with J.L. I ended up beside a window, camera set to cool so the sunlight appeared blue, and a full CTO cut on a SB-900 on the right, a lightbox on the SB900 to give it some softness. Behind the sofa was a SB600 with a Lumiquest Big Bounce providing a hairlight/flare.
The whole thing feels really minority report to me. Replace my amazing little brother with a chiseled model and you might be able to pass it off. Anyway.
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Panorama:
I was recently honored with the opportunity to shoot an event at the historic Birmingham Theatre. I’m a terrible event/portrait photog, so I contented myself with views and details of the magnificent theatre.
This shot is a 20-30 shot panorama using the 28mm 2.8. I think I had it set to F/8, and around 15 second exposures. It took a while to take, and even longer to stitch. I think the end result was worth the effort.
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Alabama Theatre Chandelier:
I was recently honored with the opportunity to shoot an event at the historic Birmingham Theatre. I’m a terrible event/portrait photog, so I contented myself with views and details of the magnificent theatre.
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Zombies from the zombie walk at UAB earlier this month.
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Going to be pseudo blogging from the iPhone using tumblr from now on, prepare for more awesome and rather random thoughts to come!
