Jade

I did a photoshoot with the fantastic Jade Davies. She found herself in need of a senior portrait and I was oh-so-happy to oblige.

We got a couple really good shots:

She and I both LOVE black and white, but the one color photo in this series is too fantastic for me to pass up. One of the reasons I love it so much is that Jade wears glasses…. all the time. When she took them off, her eyes just sparkled. Photographing those eyes was a true privilege.
Jade is also (when she has a camera) a fantastic photographer. Some of her best work is her self-portraiture so I was honored that she let me photograph her (rather than doing it herself). Because I like her style so much, I decided to shoot (and process) a little outside of my usual realm of comfort to better match her style and vision. This explains the more-contrasty feel of these photos.

To come: I have no idea. I’ve given up predicting what i’ll be posting here.

another random photo

This is from the photowalk in Estes Park.

Photo Contest!

Woohoo!

One of my photos was chosen as a finalist in the Summer Shutterbug contest over on Emily Murdock’s blog

The winner will be chosen by votes, so please head over and vote for your favorite picture. (especially if mine is your favorite!)

http://emilymurdockphotography.wordpress.com/

Flower

Shot this yesterday in my mom’s garden.

Done taking pictures and sitting in front of the computer for a bit. Time to go read something on paper.

’78 Trans Am

First off, I stand corrected. ‘Twas a 1978 (not 79) Trans Am.

*Drool*

It is truly an amazing car. Roni Gibson, the model of the evening, was fantastic.

Here are my top 4 picks from the evening. (They look even better em-biggened)

Notice, it has a custom bird.

I really should start doing setup shots… not that anyone who reads this blog cares about how I lit the car/model.

My car kit now includes 4 hotlights. 2 on stands, 2 that sit on the ground. Total of about 800 watts. + my SB600 strobe for the model.
I did my research between strobes and hotlights, and decided to go with hotlights simply because they are SO much cheaper, and because the car isn’t going anywhere while I’m shooting it. The camera rests on a tripod, the model is told not to move, and I have room for long exposures. Most of these were between 1/60 and 1 second. Quite the range, but when we showed up and parked the car at 7:30 yesterday, I had a bunch of sunlight left, so at F8, and ISO 200, I still had plenty of room for 1/60 or 1/100. 2 hours later as we were finishing up shooting, I we had nearly no sunlight, so at F8 and ISO 200 i was about 1/3 or so.

I’ll probably buy one more light for the kit, as well as another extension cord… That way I’ll be able to spare lights for the little details.

Looking forward to getting more cars in front of the lens. Next up (hopefully) a 1967 Mustang that is still in fairly good condition!

TTFN!

Simplicity

Rather than torturing you, my faithful readers, by posting one or two images each day from the photowalk, I uploaded all of them to Flickr (using the AMAZINGly easy Flickr Uploader) so that you as well as everyone else who went on the photowalk can see them!

Here’s the link!

(For the record, I am now a huge fan of using the Flickr destop uploader. It is a drag-and-drop super-easy-to-use application. If you use flickr, give it a try! You can even drag photos from applications like iPhoto!)

Photowalk : Estes Park, CO

I was able to take part in Scott Kelby’s worldwide photo walk yesterday, at the walk in Estes Park.

It was quite enjoyable, watching 40-some other photographers wander around downtown taking pictures.

At first I didn’t think I had anything worth looking at. It wasn’t really my day. Upon further reflection (and going through the photos), I realize I have a couple decent shots.

Here are photos 1, 2 (we’re only allowed to submit 2) and then my runner up:

1

2

Runner-up

Overall, I’m really glad I went!

To come: a shoot with Roni and a gold ’79 Trans Am, as well as a few more shots from the photowalk.