OK..OK...I Get It

OK..OK...I Get It
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

For years I've thought "how can there really be THAT big a difference between my 18-200 and Nikon's 24-70mm 2.8.......um, wow!!
This shot may not show off the amazing sharpness, but the color rendition and bokeh is insane. Plus it focuses at the speed of light....I get it now.

Strobist - SB900 in Lumiquest III held camera left.

Apples In Stereo - Dance Floor

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Photorealism

Last night Bravo debuted Double Exposure, a new reality show based on fashion photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani. I've always admired their work and I was hoping for a behind-the-scenes look at how they make their amazing images.

Instead, they fought over who had the bigger hotel room. I’m sure this had more to do with editing out the technical, and leaving in the only drama the show’s producer’s could find. That's the basis of any reality show and in order to watch any of these shows, you have to accept that premise.

They can’t really discuss lens choices, f-stops, and modifiers without your average viewer changing the channel...I’d be bored if Hell’s Kitchen showed someone stirring a roux for an hour too.

I’ll keep watching though, just for the quick glimpse of a beauty dish, location idea, and, who am I kidding, Indrani’s not that bad to look at either.
By the way, I though her ‘aztec shot’ was better than Markus’.

Wow !!! PS5 Content Aware Fill FREE from Microsoft

Sneak Peek at Microsoft’s Mind-Boggling New Photo Fuse Feature

Beck's Back !!

Great new Beck song

Janelle Monae - Tightrope ft. Big Boi

Side By Side #14

Side By Side #14
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

14th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

Lighting - Dynalite in a stripbox camera left and behind...Dynalite in a large softbox (with black paper covering 2/3rds of it to make a stripbox) camera right and behind....SB600 in a westcott shoot thru umbrella above and slightly left....silver reflector for fill camera right....SB900 with CTO gel set to 1/16 behind my head and pointed at Botero 023 grey collapsible background.

Self Portrait 5-26

Self Portrait 5-26
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

After a no-show model (If I had a dollar every time that happen, this would have been shot with a D3) I decided it was self-portrait time !!

Lighting - Dynalite in a stripbox camera left and behind...Dynalite in a large softbox (with black paper covering 2/3rds of it to make a stripbox) camera right and behind....SB600 in a westcott shoot thru umbrella above and slightly left....silver reflector for fill camera right....SB900 with CTO gel set to 1/16 behind my head and pointed at Botero 023 grey collapsible background.
Retouching in Lightroom (nothing weirder than staring at your own face magnified 10x)

Funny and a great idea !!

How to Get Your Camera Back When You Lose It
digital-photography-school.com
Andrew McDonald has a strategy just for you that will increase the chance of getting your camera back. He took the following series of images and leaves them on his camera so that anyone who finds it and scrolls through his pictures will see them.

Catch !!

Catch !!
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

Beer & Portraits 2
Hanging out with some friends...a few beers...a few strobes and a camera.

Strobist - SB900 with a shoot-thru umbrella camera right. SB600 with red gel pointed at Botero backdrop behind subjects head.