I had the pleasure of photographing Allison for her senior portraits. She is a really sweet young lady with a wonderful future ahead of her. She had lots of fun doing her senior photo shoot. She was quick to "strike a pose" and was just beautiful … [Read more...]
RadioPopper RPCube Announced – Canon DIY Cube Working
The email from Radiopopper finally came out tonight. The guys at Leap Devices have made the following announcement: "The RadioPopper RPCube will be available for purchase Monday, May 3, 2010 at 1pm PST for $29.95." I've said it … [Read more...]
Strobist Sports Portraits – Setup #2
The second setup for the Strobist Sports Portrait shoot was a one light setup outside. I used the same White Lightning 1600 with the 7" 20 degree grid outside in the beautiful clear day. It was bright out there! The plan for this shot was to … [Read more...]
Strobist Sports Portraits – Setup #1
Last weekend Jason Lykins and Shad Ramsey of Red Door Photography just outside of Cincinnati hosted a Strobist Meet-up at their large studio. If you're in the Cincinnati area, you should check them out. The do wonderful work and they support the … [Read more...]
Black and White Pin Up Shots
Here are a few B/W pics from the pin-up shoot. Using black and white pictures seem important to me when shooting this style picture. The last one isn't really 100% black and white but it has an old photos style look that I enjoy. The … [Read more...]
Fantasy Moon Pin Up
One of the goals that I had during the Pin Up shoot last weekend was to create a "Fantasy Moon Pin Up" image and I was able to complete that goal. Below is the final result. I'm pretty happy with the final image. I experimented with the … [Read more...]
Cosmetics Beauty Ad
I had a great time hanging out with the people from the Northern KY Wedding and Portrait Photographers meet-up group on Sunday. The organizers setup a very cool meet-up where 7 photographers setup "advanced lighting" shots and then demoed them to a … [Read more...]
Light and Pixels 365 Project
Are you familiar with 365 or picture-a-day projects? The idea of a 365 is to record a picture each and every day for a year. Some good photographers have done 365s - Dustin Diaz, Wizwow, and many others. I've decided to do one too and post … [Read more...]
Thank you Wizwow
It's pretty cool when you get noticed by someone you respect. I had the honor of such a notice yesterday when one of my images was featured on Lighting-essentials.com (LE). Lighting Essentials is run by Don Giannatti, aka Wizwow. Don is a … [Read more...]
That gritty look
In my last post I experimented with a look that is popular in many ads - in particular sports ads. Nike and Adidas ads are loaded with the look as are many others that want to have an intense, gritty look to their photos. This blog entry … [Read more...]