Computer geek by day, Photographer when I'm awake.
This pressure gauge was found while cleaning out Mom's garage. Her dad was a big fan of steam engines and this was likely a favorite of grandpa's. The set up was a SB600 with red gel pointed at a white board behind the gauge. A SB800 with … [Read more...]
I've been doing some product photography and though I'd share my setup for a wine bottle shot. This should be a good practice run for a job I recently quoted. This is the final photo. It would be used in an online website catalog. The job I … [Read more...]
Please welcome Alysse to the LightandPixels.com photographic family. Alysse is a beautiful young model that is getting started in spectacular fashion. Alysse is headed to college at my old Alma-mater, Hocking Technical College to study … [Read more...]
A friend and fellow photographer and I had the opportunity to shoot a local young and rising model Brandi (brandidandee@gmail.com). The shoot was held at a local state park. I brought along a Alien Bee AB800 strobe/monolight, a beauty dish, a … [Read more...]
One of my favorite photographers work to follow is Joel Grimes. Joels is pretty famous for his "three point lighting" setup of models, athletes, musicians, or other characters mixed with a HDR background. I really enjoy the look of Joels three … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
