Monday, September 12, 2016

berries

 photo ROB_8412_zps3gdjuskn.jpg i have been doing a few close up studies lately and think i am going in the right direction.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

2016 vacation

 photo ROB_4819_zpsk5awxmaz.jpg  photo ROB_4744_zpscnp6jumg.jpg  photo ROB_4655_zpsbjdxpgv6.jpg  photo ROB_4905_zpsw3xyjfp5.jpg Had a great vacation this year and just took a few photos trying out a new to me 14-24mm lens.

Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Animaritime

 photo ROB_2800_zpsjk8widqo.jpg  photo ROB_2809_zpscndq6mun.jpg  photo ROB_2807_zpshhiq5wpj.jpg  photo ana1_zpsleypwrba.jpg  photo ROB_2804_zpsr1e9qlmw.jpg Fredericton streets looked great last weekend so i took a few shots while out for a little walk.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

portrait

 photo ROB_5672sm_zpslaitzryf.jpg I recently had the pleasure of shooting images for an exciting fundraising campaign. The posters will be out soon and i can't wait to see them.

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

top light tester

 photo ash7_zpsskkru2zh.jpg My top stand in / light tester got to work it again today. This was a setup for a magazine feature inside spread. the photo may run over two pages so was trying to come up with a composition for this without placing the model in the gutter (centre). i was stuck so ash nicely said just shoot from the side, idiot. I added the idiot part as she never would, but should. the main light umbrella is a new one we got which is 72" and oh so sweet. Go big or stay home.

Friday, March 04, 2016

photo effects

 photo 201602_plant_design_1239bsm_zpsklpdocff.jpg I downloaded a new effects plugin today and had some fun with it. it is made by on1 and is called effects 10. I found some great presets and filters in it and the nice part is it attaches itself to photoshop and lightroom. The second part of my post refers to my conversation with the model you see in this image. I told him he should give up his career choice of an engineer and start modelling. I can honestly say that was the first time i had ever said that to anyone. More often some may say don't give up your day job , but not in this case. Just a natural i guess. The third part of this post is that you will notice that i have used lighting that i would tell people to never ever use. The dreaded copy lighting, on a person you say, no way. The eyes give it all away. In my defence, i was shooting groups of people and was trying to get some light on all faces. We also did individual shots but they were less important to the client. I did try to balance the light so the main was on the right side and fill on left, with the fill being less powerful. I also had two lights on the background to make it white. The fourth part is that there is no more to tell.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

professional light tester

 photo victoria_zpshcivecyb.jpg Its funny how you stumble upon your favourite models and its wonderful when you do. I take a lot of scholarship recipient photos and usually like to set up one or two off camera nikon flashes. I of course then need to test my setup and am lucky to have my client at all the presentations. I usually take a handful of test shots and then am ready to roll. Over the past little while this has added up to a significant collection of great testers. Perhaps a show will be had one day, you never know.