Tag Archives: lighting

Techie Talk – Mystery Shadow

While processing a project, I’m perplexed by a strange shadow randomly occurring on some images. Here’s an example.  The following images were taken with the exact same settings from the same angle and shot within 30 seconds of each other. The top image has a shadow across the top. The bottom image is clean –...

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Self Portrait (Sort of…)

My golden opportunity arrived!  I was being interviewed for The Strand’s, our building complex, quarterly newsletter.  The following is my “self portrait” to show off some of my work and the products I offer, such as the line of “whimsical” frames and designer “Coach-like” quality photo handbags. For you techies, here is the set up to create...

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Techie Talk – On Location Bio Photo

In a previous post, I talked about playing with a directional light set ups using my camera flash units, Nikon SB-800′s.  The image above is using the Lastolite 15″ softbox + SB-800 on the subject and another SB-800 bouncing off an umbrella to light the Wells Fargo stage coach in the background.  ISO set at...

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Practice Your Vision

I saw a piece on the National news about an ice festival in China and it inspired me to try to set up something different to showcase Françoise Weeks latest sculptures for bridal bouquets.  Françoise’s vision requires a lot of technical “behind the scenes” research in terms of structure, architecture and materials to create such...

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“In wine one beholds the heart of another” – Anonymous

This quote holds true for both wine and food.  Winemakers and chefs meet to create an extraordinary culinary experience that truly comes from their hearts to benefit the Classic Wine Auction (CWA) in raising funds and awareness for  pre-selected non-profits that benefit Oregon-based children and families. This slide show is from the November 11 dinners: –...

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