Day 218 – CTO

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Sep 232010
 

Don’t ask me I have no idea what it means. I think I kinda understand what it does though. You put this on your flashes so that the color matches that of incandescent lighting so if you are indoors set your white balance to incandescent/tungsten and everything matches correctly (you can do this with florescent as well). One really cool side effect is outside you can turn blue skies even bluer. Check out my favorite example of this here (LINK) No its cool I’ll wait.  So I was playing with this just to get a feel for things.  The only thing changed in all the images is the white balance.


85mm f/22 1/200s WB set to flash


85mm f/22 1/200s WB set to tungsten

And just for fun here is a BTS shot. On both of the above shots I use the on camera flash set to ttl -.7 And I don’t know what the other flashes were set at.  The flash behind the umbrella has the CTO gel and the flash on the background is bare.

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Day 217 – Pick A Peck

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Sep 222010
 

I have taken this same picture three different times, and I have yet to like one of them.

180mm f/5.6 1/800s
I struggled with my flashes on this picture, I am not sure what I am doing with them yet. I think they were struggling power wise as well.

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Day 216 – Concentrate

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Sep 212010
 

I started a Adult Ed class yesterday on Stock Photography. The first day was very interesting, I don’t know how much I am going to take and apply (meaning I think I will be keeping my day job), but learning is learning right. I got home fairly late so I didn’t have much time to think of a shot or set one up… So on camera flash and a telephoto lens and here you go.


190mm f/5.6 1/200s

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Day 214 – Playing With Lights

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Sep 192010
 

Yesterday was very busy.  I spent time in the basement working on the bedroom and made really good progress on that.  Then we drove down to Fillmore for a couple of events that we needed to attend.  I took pictures,but none that thrilled me; so panic time. We were staying at some friend’s house and she has all kinds of really nice trinkets around the house. So I went hunting for something I could play with.

I found this really cool bowl that reminded me of waves. I happened to have a blue gel and was able to make this. I am not entirely sure what flash setting were; I can say the speed light with the gel was snootted (this that even a word?). Then the bare flash was set far back at a very low power just to give it highlights.

160mm f/6.3 1/1250s

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Day 213 – Perfection

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Sep 182010
 

No not the photo, Although I am very pleased with how this turned out. A BLT with garden fresh tomatoes and sourdough bread is perfection, no ifs ands or buts.

200mm f/22 1/200s speedlights through umbrellas to the right and in front of the subject

I got playing with shutter speed and the lights in my bedroom and thought that this was worth sharing as well.

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Day 200 – Run’n With The Buffalo

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Sep 052010
 

Yes, it is a very lame Van Halen homage.
So for day 200 we went out to Antelope Island for the annual kite and balloon festival.  While it was quite a bit of fun; I enjoyed last year a little bit better.  It seemed like they put a little more organizational effort into last year’s.  This years, however, was fun in the fact that we had guests with us.  I had already gotten my mandatory buffalo picture, and then this guy came up next to the road so I thought I would try something a little different.  This is very close to what I had in mind. I am trying to get some other pictures up onto my main site as well so be on the look out there.


55mm f/22 1/640

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Day 193 – Second

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Aug 292010
 

I got a second flash yesterday. I started playing with it over the weekend. Here is the boy blowing up a balloons for a birthday party. He stated that this was what he wanted to do when he grows up. Anyone know of a professional balloon blower upper association :)


200mm f/8 1/160s flashes all over the place

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Day 192 – 88 Days And Counting

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Aug 282010
 

My neighbor in the spring went out and got a turkey for his backyard. Well it was a hen and it laid eggs which then hatched… so now we have little turkeys hanging out around the house. If I can catch one, fresh free turkey for Thanksgiving.

200mm f/10 1/50s sb-600 @full power in hot shoe

FYI 88 days until Thanksgiving

PS I got looking at this bird again and realized that it is not a turkey at all. It is some sort of grouse (I think that it is a sage grouse). That’s ok they taste good as well :)

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Day 191 – Happy Birthday

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Aug 272010
 

This was not my idea, but sometimes I cave to the pressure of family. We had a birthday in my house recently, and this is one the cards that came.

200mm f/14 1/160s

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Day 190 – Moon Set

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Aug 262010
 

Driving into work today was this gorgeous scene.  The moon was setting and the sun was riseing and the colors were soft and beautiful.  I had to pull over and take a picture.

200mm f/11 1/160s

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