May 5, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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After working the Currituck Lighthouse, I headed over to the Whalehouse. It’s a cool, old building that with the morning light and clouds just grabbed my attention. The range of light in the scene was 7.5 stops so I had to use HDR to capture the detail in the clouds which were what really made the whole scene. I also used the 24PC-E because the drama of the architecture was lost using a straight 24mm lens.
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After I finished the above photo, my good frinds Scott Kelby and Jeff Snyder came around from the backside of the Whalehouse. They told me there were some real cool rocking chairs on the backside. I went and checked them out. They were cool but even though I played with them for a while, I just couldn’t make anything come to life. That’s OK, I really like the overall shot of the Whalehouse.
Photos captured by D3, 24 PC-E / 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 4, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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DLWS Outer Banks (OBX) started hot and heavy today at Currituck Lighthouse. This is a cool lighthouse built very untypically, pretty far inland and is unpainted brick. It’s a neat lighthouse and with the success I had the other day, I decide to stay on the track and shoot off in the distance to include the trees surrounding it. I started by shooting underexposing -2 to make sure the scene was looking nightish because I knew I would be adding the light beam (yes, that was done in PS). That underexposure created noise which was easy to deal with using Dfine so the rest was a cake walk.
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Then we had the briefest touch of color which I exploited in NX2 and then finished in PS by adding the beam. What’s a lighthouse without a light, just a house!
Photos captured by D3, 24-20AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 4, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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The challenged continued, how to make the best possible photo of this cool lighthouse. The challenge is to have a “normal” looking lighthouse, not have it tilting over or disappearing into nowhere while removing unwanted elements around while still including those that are important. Up close didn’t work for the lighthouse but did for removing unwanted elements. What happens when we move back? Walking back so now we’re 150 yards from the lighthouse, it is perfectly straight but yuck, look at all the crap to the right! I’m still not happy with this. More to come.
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Now here’s a photo I like. The interior of the lighthouse is just got the most juicy light, every candle just dripping with romance, mystery and depth. Just frame and click.
Photos captured by D3, 24PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 1, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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The DLWS staff started its scouting (what we call goofing off together) today for our upcoming DLWS Outer Banks event. We headed down to the tallest lighthouse in North American, tallest brick lighthouse in the world, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. It’s one very cool lighthouse! It’s also a challenge to photograph with its 265′ height and surrounding landscape. To eliminate the “stuff” one gets really close to the light house. You get close and then….
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Photo captured by D3, 14-24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Apr 25, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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Ah, yesterday was simply a great day! Sharon & I were hosted by Adorama & Nikon to lead a shoot in Central Park with 20 really nice shooters. It was nothing short of a really marvelous day, thanks to all who joined us. The morning shooting started off a little slow but as the day unfolded and especially after lunch at Tavern on the Green, the photography was just marvelous. This was the first time Sharon & I walked Central Park and we simply enjoyed every moment of it.I shot everything from 14-24AFS to 200f2 which includes the 24PC-E for some miniature work. It was great!
The photo above was taken at highnoon with the light at its nastiest and was part of the 1 flash demo we did using Jim (who was a really good sport). Jim enjoys his cigars so it was that smoke that made him the perfect model. The final shot you see here was taken using FPSync, 1/4000 at f/5.6 so to blow out the DOF and the distracting background. The SB-900 had a 81a gel in the filter holder and was shot through a -1 stop Trigrip. it couldn’t have been easier.
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Here’s another favorite from the day, Belvedere Castle. Had to hang out over the edge to make the shot. Love the fun!
I wanted the folks who joined us to see what I shot during the day so I created this slideshow of 73 images. Since you happen to be out there as well, you can take a gander. Enjoy!
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Thanks to Adorama: Jeff, Harry & Monica and Nikon: Mike & Chris and all the participants for making it all happen!
Mar 13, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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