No photograph

I haven't put anything up recently and have been busy with snow and a million other things. I have been playing with a bunch of different brushes today, I made this scene with no photographs at all. It is okay, a little over done but I really wanted to play with some new tools I got.

Next project

I started working on the next project in my down time. I am going to put up my first background. Not completely done with it yet, but this is the rough copy.

Old Darkroom

I wanted to try some new lighting and some panoramic ideas I have had, but have been waiting for warmer weather. Since that isn't going to happen for a while I went out anyway. While I was out I found an abandoned building that had a darkroom in it. I thought it was awesome so I tried to make a good panoramic.

Lighting is key

I really want to light everything I do in interesting and new ways so I can learn more about lighting and so I can create amazing photographs. I was reading through articles in some old photo magazines my agent gave to me and came across an amazing way to use lights. I was able to turn $200 dollars worth of lights into at least $1,000 dollars worth of lights with an infinite potential to add more and more light. Here is the shot I took, I am pretty happy with the outcome and I am going to keep experimenting with this to make phenomenal shots.

NJ trip

I went to New Jersey today to potentially photograph some waterfalls. They were interesting but no great places to photograph it from. I ran into at least 5 people with $5,000 plus worth of equipment taking snap shots of the waterfalls. I did stop at an older castle looking building and I thought I would take a shot and see what I can do with it. There was no good place to shoot from so I shot from way below and corrected for perspective more or less. Something to put up on the blog I guess.

New Lights

So a retired photographer read about my show and wanted to give me some equipment. I ended up getting some ancient light stands, background paper, and strobes. I decided to start playing with them today trying to set up different situations and get used to how they work. I grabbed a box of my dad's african masks and made a little set up. I think they came out pretty good. I didn't experiment with the lights as much I should have though. Once I found a good set up I just kept it at that. I need to find someone to sit in front of my camera for a few hours so I can try all different set ups with the two strobes I got. They both have giant beauty dishes on them, I really wish I had a big soft box or octabank for them.

After the show

I had my first show saturday that was amazing. I then didn't eat for two days and was horribly sick. I am starting to get better and trying to work on the race project as much and as best I can. Here are some good shots I took recently.