09
Mar 10
The locker room, this is my fourth photo into my series of working on the mountain. Here is the place that I go every morning to suit up and get ready to head up on the mountain. I can’t think of any other place that is as hot or as smelly as this locker room. As you can see I started to sweat just taking this photo after being done with work for the day. It was a pretty interesting photo to light because of the space and the idea I had. But it came out great!
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: One SB600 above and to camera right with snoot. Another SB600 to camera left with grid aimed at boot. Last SB800 above to camera right aimed at snowboard.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 16mm ƒ/2.8 Fisheye | ƒ/7.1 | 1/160th | Triggered with Nikons CLS.
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09
Mar 10
This is my third image for my series of working on the mountain. This one is all about the cold, frigid ride up from parking to all the shops and hotels at the base of the mountain. There is no better way to wake you up in the morning than to take a nice breezy ride on the Cabriolet at eight in the morning. This is a really cool shot because I normally take hours to get the photograph I’m looking for but in this case I only had a few minutes in the morning. What I had to do was get on the Cabriolet, whip out my tripod, set up my camera, focus and cross my fingers that something would come out. I was only able to get six frames but my excellent timing skills resulted in a good looking pose with another cart passing by. Let me know what you think!
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: Morning sun to camera left.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 18-35mm ƒ/3.5-4.5 | ƒ/18 | 1/160th
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09
Mar 10
Must be in a dark mood or something considering my last portrait was pretty dark and now this one is too. I actually have been wanting to do a photo like this for a long time. Where my main lights are simply rim lights on either side. I was planning on my face going super dark because of it. But since my studio is a super small white room I got some light bounce back on my face and liked it. So I decided to put a silver reflector below me to kick up even more light and give me some creepy catch lights as well. I really like how the zipper pops and leads into the curves in the hood. It took me a while to get the hood looking right but after a few hours I finally got it. I’m pretty pleased with this photo it just might be one of my favorites.
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: Two SB600s on eitherside behind me with umbrellas. Another SB800 behind me for a background light. One silver reflector below and in front.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 50mm ƒ/1.4 | ƒ/5.6 | 1/320th
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09
Mar 10
I have always wanted to use my iphone as a light source. Today I did just that, it was sort of a pain because I had to hold it up above me and get the lighting right. But I managed to pull it off. It was really surprising to me how much exposure was needed to get the shot. I was shooting all the way up at ISO 6400 and wide open. You can see all the grain from the high ISO but I think it kind of goes with the photo. So my phone put out a lot less light then I thought it would, but its still nice to know that I have a light source if need be.
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: iPhone hand held to camera right.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 50mm ƒ/1.4 | ƒ/2 | 1/100th | ISO 6400
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08
Mar 10
I’m super stoked I finally went out and bought a roll of seamless black paper. I have been wanting to do this for a long time and I’m glad I did. Instead of having the typical lightstands hold up my background I went to my local home depot and bought a couple of wall hooks for a closet pole. Then I also grabbed a ten foot dowel and mounted all that to my wall and it works fantastically.
So with this image I really wanted to show off my new background paper and my studio space. As you can see there isn’t much space the ceiling is only six and a half feet high. I believe the length and width is about 12′ x 12′ so it may look a little longer because I’m zoomed out to 18mm but don’t be fooled this is a very small room for a studio. It does a great job for head shots or half-length photos, anything past that the room becomes way to small to work in. But its still a little slice of photography heaven for me. As for the lights in this photo I not only wanted to light up the room for the photograph itself, but I also wanted to show off my lighting gear as well.
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: One SB600 acting as background light, but really lighting me. The other two flashes are just for show.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 18-35mm ƒ/3.5-4.5 | ƒ/4.5 | 1/320th
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