Family Portrait '09

Family Portrait '09
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Family portrait near our house in Ringwood NJ....(yes, this is New Jersey)
I lugged two strobes, stands, and umbrellas for this shot. Thanks to our friend Kim for taking it (otherwise, I would have had to lug up my tripod too)

Strobist - SB600 camera right with a shoot thru umbrella and an SB900 with the same on the left. I brought up two shopping bags with me and filled them with rocks to weigh down the light stands. Unfortunately one of them fell anyway and, of course, it was the expensive SB900!! It survived, though I'm thinking of making a flash case like the one for my iphone, to absorb some of the impact.

Sweet Elements

Sweet Elements 1
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Cake photos for a great pastry chef Jen at Sweet Elements in Montclair, NJ
www.sweetelement.com/

Strobist info - SB900 with shoot-thru umbrella left and behind cake same on right with SB600. SB26 with Orbitz ringlight for fill in front.

Sweet Elements 2

Sweet Elements 2
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Cake photos for a great pastry chef Jen at Sweet Elements in Montclair, NJ
www.sweetelement.com/

Strobist - SB600 and SB900 at 10 and 2 from the cake with shoot thru umbrellas and Orbitz ringflash for fill.

Diner

Diner-4
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Shot a diner in NJ for an architectural firm this week

Owl's Well

Ren Fair 5
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Owl at the Ren Fair in Tuxedo NY

Pop!

Ren Fair 2
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Jousting at the Renaissance Fair in Tuxedo NY

Born To Ride-2

Born To Ride-2
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My son Evan having fun on his favorite mode of transportation.

Strobist - SB900 camera right with a shoot-thru and a 1/2 CTO.
SB600 camera right, behind subject with the same

Slow shutter of 1/20
ISO200

Toasting Marshmellows

Toasting Marshmellows
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My niece enjoying a marshmallow in our backyard.

Strobist - SB28 camera right and behind subject with CTO gel
SB600 camera left and behind subject with CTO gel
SB900 with Orbitz ring light on axis

I wish I added a stop to the ring light and dropped the other two a little, to avoid the blown out facial highlights....I also should have added another CTO gels at least to the rim lights.

I didn't even get a marshmallow after all this, they were all eaten when I was done....struggling for one's art :)

Yo Soy Fotographo

Yo Soy Fotographo-1
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I had some work down in Salem County, New Jersey(lot of soybean plants). I can't believe this is the same state I live in, from the Bergen County burbs...to the lakes and woods of western NJ....to the Jersey shore...this is a great state if you have ADD !!

Strobist - SB900 with shoot-thru umbrella camera right just to fill in some shadows and my shadow.

Dining Room & Morning Light

Dining Room & Morning Light
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strobist info - SB28 and SB26 bounced off the ceiling...SB600 with lumiquest III softbox pointed at cup and SB900 pointed at back of closest chair. with netflix envelope on top to prevent spill.

I've tried to shoot my dining room before and it just doesn't work as a whole room, sometimes half the room shows enough to get the point across. I also have a bag of 8-watt bulbs that work great for interiors since you can use a slow shutter without blowing out the lights...but I couldn't find them so I shot it at 1/100 which was ok since it was bright out and the light was pouring in anyway.