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May 10
Like many new year resolutions, my project 365 went up in flames. But not without purpose! What happened? I just got to busy working my multiple jobs. It just got to the point where I didn’t have any time for my personal project anymore. This is a good and bad thing. Good because it means I’m making money and paying off my huge loan. Bad because they were looking so awesome.
It may appear that I only photographed until day 34 but I actually kept on shooting. I just didn’t have time to edit and post them everyday. I actually made it to day 64 that is 30 un-posted photos you get to look forward to in the future. And to anyone who takes on this challenge I promise you wont regret it. The only regret I have was not being able to complete it.
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12
Mar 10
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: Background: SB600 with defuser. Main: SB800 with grid on face Hair: SB600 off to right hitting ceiling.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 50mm ƒ/1.4 | ƒ/3.5 | 1/320th
First things first.. no, I did not have a death in the family. Now thats out of the way this was one of those photos that really evolved from the original idea. It started out with me just standing there in normal clothes because I had no clue what I was really going for. All I knew was what my lighting set up was going to be. After I decided I looked lame with the clothes I was wearing I decided to Bond it up with a suit jacket. Lucky for me I had just the jacket for the shot, in real life it is way to small for me but for a shot like this it worked perfect and looked great! Then I decided to go with the challenge of shooting all black on black, so I grabbed my black shirt and tie. I also learned how to tie a great looking tie from You Tube so thank you You Tube. So now I looked like a stud in my suit I just had to come up with an interesting shot and the normal looking head on wasn’t doing it for me today. So I went with a looking down pose, and I’m glad I did because I love the shadows the grid cast on my face from my hair. Overall I think it turned out pretty good for being a black on black photo. What do you think?
09
Mar 10
The Lift is my sixth photo in my series of work on the mountain. It can be by far colder than the Cabriolet when there is a good breeze going. How did me and my trigger man get this photo? Simple we were both just doing our job. I was riding up to my zone at the top of High Meadow and he was down the run shooting action photos. All I had to do was yell down at him to let him know I was coming. When it came to cropping the image I decided to go with a more artistic crop working with the shapes from the lift. I also love the fact that its snowy, it really shows that snow or shine were up there working on the mountain. As for my pose in the photo I decided to mimic what 90% of punks like myself do when riding up and see the camera man below.
Trigger man: Joesph
Strobist: Snowy overcast day.
Camera info: Nikon D80 | 70mm-300mm ƒ/4.5-5.6 | ƒ/7.1 | 1/1600th | ISO 400.
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09
Mar 10
The Gondola, my fifth photo in my working on the mountain series. Who wouldn’t love a good fifteen minute ride up and down the mountain every day? I know I sure do! It gives me some good down time from standing all day long. I would have to say its my favorite part of working on the mountain..apart from photographing of course.
Trigger man: Myself
Strobist: One SB600 on camera.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 18-35mm ƒ/3.5-4.5 | ƒ/13 | 1/125th.
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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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