Today was my volleyball shoot with Nina, a model I came across on ModelMayhem.com. I’d been wanting to do a sports/athletic session for awhile and I had a great time in the process. This session was a little different from
New Cell Tale
My cell contract ran out a couple of weeks ago, so we ran by Verizon tonight to see what type of phone offerings they had for me. Aaron had recently gotten one that I really liked; the top slid up
T-Mommy
Using the same lighting technique as yesterday, I kept my Master flash on the camera and placed my slave on the high shelf of our closet. I positioned Traci at a good spot in our nursery and had her hold
Flash Face
Just playing around with the Master/Slave setup of my flashes. I’ve got my main flash firing on-camera (gasp!) around 1/8 power, and an optically triggered rim light firing at around 1/4 power. The flash on the camera had a CTO
Is that a wizard in your pocket…?
I took a series of photos today for Wednesday’s GeekInspired entry, how to trigger your flash. I won’t lie to you. These Pocket Wizards cost $188 per unit. But I love them. They are by far the most dependable trigger
Crosslighting
I revisited this technique because I have a athletic shoot coming up this weekend and I anticipate doing some crosslighting with the late afternoon sunlight. This photo was taken around 2pm with the sun toward the back of the candle.
Mah Crib
Yesterday, while Traci’s parents were up here, they kindly helped us go pick up our baby furniture from USA Baby. Ron brought up his truck and, even though there was a 20% chance of rain, we weren’t too concerned about
Turn and Burn
Traci’s family came up today for a late celebration of Father’s Day and an early celebration of Ron’s birthday. We made homemade egg rolls which were friggin’ awesome, then we hung out while Ron opened gifts and Katie vogued for
WAT FLASH
I took this shot as the leading image for today’s post on GeekInspired, Flash Photography Tips.
Boog’s Birthday
Today was Boog’s birthday (I’ll refrain from posting what number birthday it was), so I met up with her and the folks after work at her new condo. We visited for awhile and then ate at Chili’s. It was good