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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Mar 12, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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We try to do something special the last shoot of each DLWS. We’d done the rainforest, rainbows, dramatic beaches and canyons so what was left? Fire! Paul is a fireknife dancer here on the island that lit up the night with amazing skill and athletic abilities. The folks at the restaurant not to mention the DLWS gang had one helluva show.
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McNally once again worked his magic with light. All of these images are lit with flash, I’ll defer to Joe’s napkin diagrams to explain his stragies. But Joe’s such a genious, he made it possible for everyone to shoot through his system by setting up a couple of banks of speedlights and having 4 SU-800s for foks to trigger them. Just that part of the shoot was cool for me.
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All of these are a one flash solution to the lighting. What Joe can do with just one light is simply amazing. Paul’s ability to perform with fireknives still has me shaking my head. He performed and modeled for 90min! He said his hands had so cramped up he couldn’t sign his name on the model release when he was done. It was a spectacular end to a spectacular week.
We want to extend a special thank you to the staff of the Kauai Hilton, our hosts for this event. Jaye & Jodi went beyond the extra mile!
Photos captured D3x, 200VR / 24-70AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 12, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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Wednesday afternoon at DLWS, Joe McNally uses the whole afternoon to teach small flash. Normally he starts in the classroom, going through a couple of flash scenarios and than takes the class outside for the finish. It’s one of the DLWS participants who is often the model for all of this. Being in HI, we decided to do it all outside and with a Hawaiian hula dancer. Anela is a sweet highschool junior who did just a great job. And if that opportunity for the DLWS gang wasn’t enough, they had Joe & myself in the pool with our 200f2VRs photographing her (it’s the 1st time in 33 events I had time to participate, darn special!). I did hear a chant go up for a moment, something about lighting them up, dropping the SB-900s in the water. I’m very happy to report that the only thing to go swimming was the model, joe and myself, no gear!
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Joe does one helluva a job teaching flash, making it look so easy and the results so killer. Both of these photos were lit with flash but you’d never know it looking at the photos. I’ll leave it to Joe’s napkins to illustrate and explain his lighting strategy. I just love the opportunity to shoot next to Joe, he is so generous to share with me what has taken him decades to master. He is THE definition of a pro, thanks Joe! Other than his floating around with a inflatable green crocodile life preserver, Joe was all pro!
Photos captured by D3x, 200f2VR on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 12, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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Holly cow, another DLWS has come and gone! And what an event it was. We took the DLWS gang down to Hoopii Falls, a really great place the staff had visited last week. It requires walking down a hill of slipper than snot mud. Needless to say, some folks kissed the ground (cameras and folks taking no hits). Than if that wasn’t enough, when we reached the bottom, we were in time for a major down pour. Did that affect our gang, not for a second!
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It is an absolutely gorgeous creek feeding the falls! The top photograph is looking down the creek, the bottom photo is looking up the creek, both taken from the same locale. Both images were taken using the HDR technique I’ll be teaching at the upcoming Photoshop World. The reason why was because of the light coming through the canopy above. I had a 11 stop range of light to compact. Oh yeah, just as many fell trying to slip up the hill as coming down. And the mud, it was worth it! I have a MooseCam from the shoot and more images. I’m hoping that I get a little caught up and get it up in a timely matter so stay tuned.
Photos captured byD3x, 24PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film
Mar 11, 2009 | Landscape Photography
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The luck-skill just keeps on building. The Waimea Canyon which has been socked in ever since we’ve arrived had its veil of fog lifted this afternoon in glorious splendor.Racing literally up the hill, we reached the first overlook just has the gorgeous rainbow had appeared. 45min later the rainbow was still present, not changing very much. That made for a ton of great images!
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At the same time the clouds slowly passed by with just the right aperture to let a beam of the sun paint the walls of the canyon. Wow! We moved down to another vantage point for a different perspective and what did we find, another rainbow. Double Wow! I was in a rut, shooting with the 45PC-E the entire time with a .6/2Stop split grad attached. It was simply a wonderful afternoon and good fortune smiled on us.
Photos captured by D3x, 45PC-E on Lexar UDMA digital film
