Nov 27, 2009 | Field Reports
We’re wrapping up our mammoth fall road trip (starting 15 Sept) in grand fashion with our friends at Kelby Training. With the huge response to those videos we’ve already created and that are posted, we came down to make more. There’s only one guy when it comes to the making of videos I want to work with, we just call him Scriv.
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Now to know Scriv is to love Scriv. While many perceive him as a worry wart, perfectionist and a panic attack waiting to happen, I know him as just this video creative genius. Video is SO much more work than stills because you have to build so much more into the presentation for the story to come across. But after seeing the infamous “Bison Commercial,” one knows this guy and knows he knows his stuff which is why I only work with him. But, it comes at a price (the creative secret, note the director)!
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After shooting not 1, not 2 but EIGHT videos in one day, this is what happened to my poor friend Scriv. And the really bad news, we’re not done!
The top photo is a Jpeg saved out from a video clip made by the D3s. This is a feature in the Video Editing menu in the D3s. This is a “Fine” Jpeg and in the video creating process, being able to save out a Jpeg from the clip is a very cool and creative thing. One of the videos we shot was on the D3s. It should be posted shortly so keep tuning into Kelby Training to check it out. It will have you up and using this new tool in snap!
Photos captured by D3s, 50f1.4AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Nov 26, 2009 | Field Reports
Not being on the table is one of them!
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Wishing you all the best this holiday!
Nov 25, 2009 | Field Reports
Haven’t been to DLWS, wonder what Joe teaches at a landscape workshop? Well, thanks to Nikon’s Learn & Explore you can get a really good taste. Joe’s has a multi video show on his magic with flash. You can check it out here for yourself. There’s more than one show, be sure to watch them all. You’ll be glad you did!
Nov 25, 2009 | Field Reports
There we were at Miami Int’l waiting for our flights, sipping our Starbucks. Whenever I’m at an airport, I try to get a view of the tower. You see, a number of Art of Digital’s ago, Jay Maisel had this killer shot of the tower with a plane taking off perfectly perched on top of it. I’ve always wanted that shot but have had no luck. So while in transit today, we found the perfect view of the tower so I watched and watched. While I didn’t see any planes, I saw this cloud that I thought in B&W would look kinda cool. So I grabbed the body and headed over to the window.
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I headed over to the window quite excited that I might have a cool image. I hit the shutter release, scaring the crap out of a person sitting there, which then shocked me back into really looking at what I had in the viewfinder. My mind saw only what it wanted to which wasn’t the photo. I had rushed over to the window with the wrong lens! Damn! I had the 50f1.4 attached. So I ran back over to the seats to switch lenses.
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I got back over the window, the person now prepared for the burst and put the camera up to my eye. Damn, the cloud had moved and the photo no longer there. It doesn’t happen very often to me, but I hate it when I grab the wrong lens for a fleeting shot. Is there a cure for it? Other then being smarter, I could have switched into DX mode because with my nose up against the glass, getting closer wasn’t an option. It just means I have to keep looking, waiting and remember the lesson next time the opportunity presents itself.
Photos by D3s, 50f1.4AFS / 70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
Nov 24, 2009 | Field Reports
On Tuesday night, Joe took the DLWS gang to an amazing locale with this amazing view of the Manhattan skyline. It was a crystal clear night so after shooting a whole bunch of 600mm views of the skyline, I made a quick three image pano. Not normally what I do, I’m so glad I did because for me, it best captured the gorgeous view. It’s just a simple handheld pano assembled in CS4 using Photomerge. Click here to see a larger view of it.
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One aspect that I really like about it is you can see the gradation across the sky from the sunset on the right to the darkening night on the left. And I really like the city light themselves. Mr. McNally really knows his NY! Thanks Joe for sharing it with all of us!
Photo captured by D3s, 70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
Nov 24, 2009 | Field Reports
One of the aspects of photography that gets me up early is the unknown. Yeah, you plan to get up early to go to this place or photograph that subject but not until you are actually in place do you know if your plans are going to work or fate is going to take over. Well, such was the happenings of our Monday morning in Central Park with DLWS.
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World, say HI to Harry! The sun no sooner broke over the park then the gang found Harry and his owner playing on the lawn. He’s a great dog and his owner a really nice person so Harry had his first modeling session.
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Harry was a natural! He would fetch the ball, come back, put it down and then pose without a que. I watched for quite a while in the background as the group just had a ball photographing this very photogenic dog. He seemingly could strike any pose and you see here. This was the “act like you’re leaning on a chair” pose. What a star!
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Seriously, for the rest of the day, the word went out that the dog paparazzi were cursing the park! Even McNally pulled out the EZYbox to photograph another bull dog. It was great fun. I grabbed just a couple of shots on the fringe, I kinda felt left out of the fun.
Photos captured by D3s, 70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
