Put Me in Coach!

I've been wanting to create an image like this for some time now. I had a cancellation and decided to make lemonade out of lemons. Finally got my lens back after being away for repair for almost a month and half! I've been shooting everything with either my 85mm or my 17-40. I was screwed if I needed anything in between but made it work and zoomed with my feet. This was lit with a couple of gridded strip boxes on either side turned almost all the way up (ab800's). I had an Einstein 640 through a gridded beauty dish for the key and I filled the shadows with a 64" softbox behind me . http://flic.kr/p/jCU589

Boys Will be Boys

Having a little fun with compositing and my awesome son. I'm finding that it makes much more sense to place the subject closer to the background in order to sell the textured background composites because when used as an overlay layer the shadows help to sell the image! Lit with a large Octabox camera right feathered in front and a silver reflector camera left for fill. Still working on the chalk writing. Anyone know of any great tutorials on this? Should I be using the paint feature with my Tablet to get better results? http://flic.kr/p/jAZ9Lm

ATV in the backyard

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Arboretum Motocross Adventure

Taking my composites up a notch with Erin Erb and her Kawasaki. I'm sure she can't wait to take it to the dirt for real sometime soon. There are over 25 layers in photoshop to make this image work and as with any project I learned some things I might do differently next time. Remember, if you can get it right in camera without photoshop, DO IT!!!! This holds true for portraits just as much as composites. Over all, I'm pretty happy about the finished product here. Strobist info: Lit with beauty dish boomed overhead and camera right to light most of Erin. Stripboxes were placed camera left and medium height to give the rear of the bike detail. Another strip bank was placed camera right about even with the front fork of the bike. There is one more light behind the camera through a large octa for the very important fill. It was large enough so as not to call attention to itself, but without it I would have had a very dark engine compartment and amongst other lost details. http://flic.kr/p/jf9wT5

Intertwined

I had an awesome experience with Thomas and Justin of duo XY Trapeze. These gentlemen are amazing at what they do and capturing even just a glimpse of their skill with my camera was so enjoyable! Here's their website if you are interested in checking out more, including some video of them in action. www.duoxytrapeze.com/ These photos were taken at Sanca, School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts. An awesome open space for artists to practice their craft and teach other young children and adults alike amazing new skills! www.sancaseattle.org/ Check here for how this images was created, including a video of the before and after... www.nakeanworkshops.com/blog/the-big-stage/ ‎ http://flic.kr/p/jbxRdE

DuoXY Flying high

One of the first images of our shoot. I tried the same cartoon noise filter in photoshop to see if it would work in this application amongst other fun tricks. I used the new Render Lighting effects to create the stage light effects from both corners of the frame. I think it adds a nice dimension to the image. Check these guys out here www.duoxytrapeze.com/ Check here for more about this shoot and a video showing the before and after edit of intertwined www.nakeanworkshops.com/blog/the-big-stage/ ‎ http://flic.kr/p/jbxQTw

Goldilocks and her Kawasaki

-One of my favorite images of Erin in front of her 250cc Kawasaki we managed to get into the the studio Wednesday. Oh yeah we busted out the fan baby! The lighting was a little more tricky than I was used to. I pulled the grids off the softbox eventually but think they were still on at this point. They were placed between Erin and the bike in order to perform double duty. I needed them to light both Erin as rim lights but also add definition to the bike. I could have lit the bike with the main light as well as Erin but that would have been much more flat. I think the striplights help bring her away from the bike and keep them as separate entities. Not an easy feat with the space we were working with. We had a light gridded and attached to a rafter above to light the background and last but most important a gridded beauty dish boomed above to light Erin. http://flic.kr/p/j74je4