Nov 23, 2011 | Field Reports
I just received this email from Nik…how cool is this?!
Happy holidays! we’re running our annual Black Friday/Cyber Monday special for our direct customers. The promotional pricing shown below runs from 11/23 – 11/28. Use promo code – moose
Dates and time:
* 11/23/11 at 9am PST to 11/28/11 12 am PST
Promo detail:
* 20% off individual Nik Software products
* $100 off Complete Collection for Lightroom and Aperture
* $200 of Complete Collection Ultimate Edition
Now you can have this power in your photo finishing!
Nov 22, 2011 | Field Reports
Sharon & I were just talking about print sales in 2011. We are simply amazed just how fortunate we are in how many folks have purchased prints. At our last DLWS in Moab I was thinking the same way so to say thanks to those folks, I gave them all a 24×30 print which they took home with them. Sharon & I were talkin about how we could say thanks for everyone for such a great year. So we came up with this little something. Between now and Dec 10th, our gallery prints are half price (S&H extra)! Now being a good capitalist, I’ll sell anything and in this case, that means that any image you see like here on the website, over on our Moose Aviation, in my book Captured, any of those images can be printed and sent to anywhere in No America for arrival before xmas. You can head here for ordering info, just remember to cut the price in half. And THANK YOU for making 2011 such a terrific year!
Nov 18, 2011 | Field Reports
Just finished my talk at Google and had a helluva an audience! I think when I asked my dear friend Mike Wiacek what he thought summed it up best. “The parts I listened to were great!” Friends! :-) I totally changed up my presentation and did aviation, wildlife and landscape, all in an hour. We had a great day and thank all the folks especially those for standing in the back since there were no chairs, for sticking with me. Remember, photography is all about sharing!
Nov 17, 2011 | Field Reports
Ya baby, I’ll be at Google (San Jose, CA) tomorrow talking about my favorite topic…..photography. Just what exactly am I talking about? I only have a clue but I’ve not made the show yet. That’s right, while I drive over to the Bay Area today and spend some time with our good friend David Cardinal (creator of DigitalPro) I’ll put the show together in my head. I can tell you that it will be a show like I’ve never done before because heck, if you’re going to be presenting at the home of innovation, sticking with the norm just won’t do. So if you’re in the neighborhood, I believe I go on at 1PM and hope to see you in the audience!
Nov 15, 2011 | Field Reports
I listen VERY carefully every time Joe is teaching flash. The one thing he stresses that 99.9% of photographers miss (they are locked into numbers) is start with ONE light. Since I already acknowledged my short coming, I stuck with this basic precep, one light and I went with the sun. I also took this to the reinactors and went to working with just one. The light was killer and it was perfect, it was reflected light from a white wall. This giant light source was perfect and Walt was the perfect character actor!
Now I was in my zone with the light so then I just put my finishing touches to the photo. I went down low, shot at f/2.8 and let Walt do his thing. This is the file right out of the camera, not a single thing done to it in post. When I do this and see these kinds of results then I know I made the right call at the camera. Reflected light on a character, perfect!
Photos capture by D3x, 70-200VRII
Nov 15, 2011 | Aviation, Field Reports
I love this line from Dirty Harry, it just rings so true. Now I’ve been incredibly fortunate to watch Joe McNally work his magic for nearly a decade in situations his videos don’t come close to depicting. I also know light and a little but of flash. I also know I’m no Joe McNally, what he does with flash and people is simply not in my skill set. I own has many flashes as Joe but I’m not stupid enough to think I can do what he does. I’m no Joe McNally! So with that determined, how do I make the most of this situation? That’s what photographers do, they solve problems. I go with my own strengths and that’s available light. And with that big silver reflector of a B-17G “Sentimental Journey,” I went to mental work.
These guys were simply terrific! They knew their history so when they suggested this scene of prepping engines, I went for it. The light from the fading storm was enough to create the drama and their body language started to tell the story. I started to feel the grove and in my mind started to see possibilities and so started to work the scene. Once in my mind I realized flash wasn’t the way to go for me this moment, pieces started to fall in to place.
Photos captured by D3x, 24-70AFS
