Archive for January, 2009
New Studio
I just put my new studio together and tried a couple test shots to see how it looks. I think the pictures turned out pretty good for being my first attemp with my new lights and white seamless background.
These pictures were taken with 1 strobe shot with reflecting back into an umbrella on camera left, then I had a reflector placed on camera right for fill flash. I used a second strobe to blow out the background and make it completely white.
In the next image I just added the green background in Photoshop.
Draper Utah Temple & Photowalking Day
Saturday was a photography day! First I got up early to get some shots of the new Draper Temple. I am really happy with the results I got. Getting there before the sun comes up is key. It was a really cloudy and rainy morning which made it a little miserable. I constantly had to keep my lens clear of spots. To help increase the blue in the sky I set my white balance to tungsten. This gives the white balance a cooler (temperature) look.
After that I met up with Luke Isley and went up Big Cottonwood Canyon. I can not remember any time I have ever been up that canyon. I have gone up Little Cottonwood a lot. But we found a spot near the road and hiked about 10 min off the road to get some stream shots. I used my polarized filter to keep glare to a minimum. I shot at a slow shutter speed to give the water the silky look. I also have a ND filter that I can put on, but didn’t need to because of the overcast day which made it dark enough to get the longer exposure I was looking for.
Then we had a photography meet up with the Photowalking Utah group. It was at a greenery called Cactus and Tropicals. We had a really great time taking photos with a great group of people.
To see more pictures from this trip. Click on the following links:
Taken in a lightbox
Few of the kids
Just playing around tonight, got a couple nice ones of the kids. It was the first time I used my new reflector to give some fill light.
These were taken with a flash shot through an umbrella on the right side and the reflector on the left.
Camera position is standing above and looking down over Mom's shoulder while she held her.
Mason acting silly as usual
Same picture as the first one, but in color. I love her blue eyes!!
I’m excited, coming this next week I will be getting my studio strobes. I have my white seamless background so hopefully get some nice shots in the coming weeks.