Another home game gave me the opportunity to photograph some more basketball and to continue to tweak the lighting in the gym. Once again I used the SB800 and SB600 cross lighting the gym. Again I mounted the lights in the abandoned clock baskets … [Read more...]
More basketball – lighting an entire gym with 2 speedlights.
Last month in this post I talked about how I lit a high school basketball gym with two speed lights. The thing that I wasn't able to get right the first time was the location of my lights. I had to put them both off to one side and higher the … [Read more...]
Lighting an entire basketball gym with two speed lights on 1/4 power
This weekend I had the opportunity to shoot a girls varsity basketball game at the local high school. Some of you know I have another website where I shoot some sports as a way to help pay some of the photography equipment. This summer … [Read more...]
How does that beauty dish adjust anyway?
How does that beauty dish adjust anyway? That's the big question and it's the thing I did not explain it very well. So here goes. Really, it is just a built up mirror on three bolts that can slide in and out of the dish. The big thing is that … [Read more...]
Senior Photo Cover
I got to do senior photos for the team. We did the regular group shots, captains together, keepers together, individuals...etc. then I took time to try one cool shot. Each year the Seniors for the Varsity soccer team get an autograph book that … [Read more...]
Memorial Day weekend in review…Baseball and Soccer… what weekend.
Wow, what a weekend. I shot a U12 baseball tournament this weekend. It was a small tournament, 12 teams, two fields, and two days - Friday night and Saturday. I did get some pretty nice shots but the orders haven't exactly come … [Read more...]
Lots of Photos this weekend!
I had the chance to shoot on both on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was at Gene's Daughter Leiah's Birthday party. We did a full glamour shot set up. Lieah and her girlfriends had their hair and makeup done, played the Wii, and … [Read more...]