Sunday, August 10, 2008

Night Sesh - Steve Ross

FISHEYE
Steve Ross | Sarasota, Fla. | Frontside Flip | Fisheye | August, 2008

Or

WIDE ANGLE
Steve Ross | Sarasota, Fla. | Frontside Flip | Wide Angle | August, 2008

Let me know what you think?

Strobist Info - Lit with construction lamp seen in shot + 800 w/s Lumedyne head at 25 w/s with a 1/2 stop diffuser to camera right pointed at Steve.

Photoshop - Shadow +Highlight work, and slight curves adjustment. Also sharpened a bit.

Adobe Camera Raw - Messed with the color temperature, recovery, sharpening, vibrance, and saturation.

Lens - Sigma 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye

*(Wide Angle Conversion made in CS3: Filter/Distort/LensCorrection/+50 Distortion.)

Got Kicks?

Well, Manny certainly does. Not only are the shoes in the photo part of his collection. All in all manny has an oustanding 50+ pair of Nike SB's, Classics, Blazers, Dunks, etc.
Shot this photo last night around 2:00 a.m.
Thanks to Weather.com (partially) we didn't get rained out.
Lit with (2) Lumedyne heads. Both to camera left, the one closest to me had a shoot through, white, umbrella above manny pointing down at him. The 2nd head was a couple feet farther to the left, used to light each pair of dunks. This light was equipped with a DIY grid spot light modifier. The final shot is composed of 5 or so shots, allowing me to highlight each pair of shoes.

Manny "Kick King" | Sarasota, Fla | Main St. Alley | August, 2008
Manny Rangel | Sarasota, Fla. | Main St. Alley | August, 2008

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Oh yeah, I have a blog...

So I have not been good with keeping this updated, but thats going to change.
Ahh the procrastinator in me...
I've been shooting for Portfolio class as well as my own enjoyment lately.
Using the Lumedyne's as well as natural light, since the 2nd charger I got stopped working.
But I get a new one tomorrow and I have a shoot planned with Manny alongside a few of his kicks
.
Thanks for looking at this. Enjoy

Sarah - Sarasota, Fla.
Sarah | Sarasota, Fla. | Abandon Mobile Home Park | July, 2008

Sarah - Sarasota, Fla.
Sarah | Sarasota, Fla. | Abandon Mobile Home Park Clubhouse | July, 2008

This shot was taken with all natural light, in the clubhouse of the abandon mobile home park
which was at one time engulfed in flames. However there was a beautiful shaft of light coming
through the corner of a wall and the ceiling which is godly...
Janel - Sarasota, Fla.
Janel | Sarasota, Fla. | Ringling Bridge | July, 2008

Lit with a 800 w/s Lumedyne head to camera right with a 1/2 diffuser at 50 w/s I believe.
I love the emotion on her face, however my teacher didn't think it was a strong portfolio piece.
I Just love how you stare right into her eyes, as if she's telling you something, anyhoo.

Janel - Sarasota, Fla.

Janel | Sarasota, Fla. | Ringling Bridge | July, 2008

Lit nearly the same as the previous one, can't forget to ad the suns beauty as a 2nd light source...

Sarah | Sarasota, Fla. | Abandon Mobile Home Park | July, 2008
Sarah | Sarasota, Fla. | Abandon Mobile Home Park | July, 2008

All natural sunlight, some ACR work and a little sharpening in CS3.
Manny | Point of Rocks | Siesta Key, Fla.
Manny | Siesta Key, Fla. | Point of Rocks | June, 2008

Lit with 2 Lumedyne heads, placed at camera left. One with a homemade gridspot directed at Manny's head,
while the other is lighting the rest of his body as well as the foreground a bit.

Manny | 5 Points Park | Sarasota, Fla.
Manny | Sarasota, Fla | 5 Points | June, 2008

Lit with a Lumedyne directly in front of Manny.

Sarah | Point of Rocks | Siesta Key, Fla.
Sarah | Sarasota, Fla. | Point of Rocks | June, 2008

Lit with the Lumedyne. Shot with the 50mm f/1.8
Downtown2
Intersection of Ringling and 301/N. Washington | Sarasota, Fla. | July, 2008

Shot with the Sigma 15mm f/2.8 and then de-fished in CS3. Then the security busted us, and didn't hold back his thoughts about we should be shooting girls in bikinis or something of that nature...

Thats it for now, new stuff soon.

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