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Head Shots!

Working on some head shots lately and thought I'd share a few

Been a while...

So it's been a pretty busy time since my last post. I have moved to the West Coast and now live in Silver Strand. I have spent a bit of time traveling the west coast line and have to say the scenery here is amazing. This shot is of Pigeon Point Lighthouse near big Basin and the Redwoods. For a grey overcast day thought the post work really made this shine!

Lesson in Light

Yesterday a couple of friends and I went to a photography seminar in Miami. It was a really interesting event for several different reasons. While I has heard or read about most of the techniques Joe McNally talked about. I had never seen them put into motion. Watching a guy like that will kind of put you in your place as far as where you are as a photographer.

 After the awe had worn off I think the most interesting thing I learned is that a subject is not really that important. What is important is how you light it.

 During the show he would take several people from the crowd and take their pictures. While a couple of people did have slightly interesting features none were walking out of there with a modeling contract. What he was able to do was use various lighting styles to give each person a unique photo. Each face or form required a different style of lighting and each came out amazing due strictly to the lighting.

 Today I (as I'm sure most from that show are doing) tried a couple of tricks from the show. I didn't have any people around and decided to use really boring subjects to see if I could light them interestingly, but also do it quickly. (The other thing that impressed me so much was his operational tempo.)

 These are the two I took today. The smelly pot thing was my first shot of the day and was my favorite from that shoot. The second was some green chives in a drinking glass. both are kind of boring when you think about it. I also wanted to use something really reflective to see how much trouble it would be. For someone who uses off camera flash for hours at a time underwater I still have a lot to learn about using flash above water. Here are my two..

Also, on a side note. Neither one of these were put into photoshop. I tried some pictures with the intent of photoshopping, but these were still my favorites at the end of the day. I realized it is a lot easier shooting on land, because I know now that I can just go and reshoot it the exact way I want instead of trying to manipulate in photoshop.

 All in all including setup this took about 5 minutes of my day. Took longer writing this article than it did making the pictures.

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Photos for Sale!

I decided this would be the easiest way for me to sell photos of peoples dive trips in the Keys. Instead of having to carry a lot of expensive water sensitive equipment aboard a boat to be able to showcase the days photos, I will upload them through this site and they can pick and choose which photos and videos they would like and order them in any format they desire.
If anyone has any suggestions or comments about this I am all ears.
The site to find your photos and videos will be
http://offaxisproduction.smugmug.com/
Enjoy!!