Computer geek by day, Photographer when I'm awake.
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...]
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...]
Sorry that I've not been active posting for some time. I've got a huge project in the works and it's been taking almost every free moment. I hope to make it public in the next month or so. So stay tuned, it's gonna be good! That said, … [Read more...]
I worked with Mike H. (MM# 1436925) to create some Sportrait (Sports Portrait) shots. The weather didn't allow for outside shooting so we did a simple back drop and created some hard edge light shots using strip boxes with grids and a large … [Read more...]
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...]
Sometimes the obvious just dawns on you and that's what happened to me. I realized that you can use a single RadioPopper JrX Studio to control two Alien Bees with one receiver. All you need is one phone splitter and one long phone wire. … [Read more...]
I shot a horse today. Yep, a horse. It was fun. I brought out the big gun and fired away! Bam, Bam, Bam - 7 frames / second! You gotta shoot a hores in bursts like that because horses are FAST! Actually I visited a friend who has a … [Read more...]
Here's a quick tip for us RadioPopper users. Consider using color to match your RadioPopper JrX Studio transmitters power adjustment knobs. Identifying color is much faster than looking at dip switches and numbers are too hard to see from any … [Read more...]
Just a little reminder for those of you that may have forgotten. One of the most basic and important things I've learned about photography is that when you're using flash, ambient light is controlled by adjusting shutter speed. Flash exposure is … [Read more...]
Wow, we had a great time! I'm already looking forward to the 2010 get together at the lake. This year, like last year was filled with tubing, skiing, and eating. I'm still working that off! Besides spent lots of time on the water, we able … [Read more...]
