and the award goes to…
This is unexpected: I just won second place in the Faces of Canada – People category of Vistek’s Capture Canada contest. As of this writing it’s not public yet so consider this a scoop ;-)
Here’s the winning photo (which you might recognize from another post):
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ring light, ring bright.
The ring light look has been a staple of fashion photography for years. It produces perfect catchlights as well as a very clean, shadowless look. Which isn’t something I thought I’d like to be honest, since I pretty much live for the shadows and the contrast between light and darkness. Yeah… I’m a bit of [...]
that multiple exposures thingy
I’ve said it before: Zack Arias’s blog is a must-read for me. I love his pictures and I love how much he shares with the community. This week he posted a series he shot with the band Living Things where he used the Multiple Exposure mode on his D3 which also happens to be available [...]
hilite and arias
Started playing around with my 6×7 Hilite from Lastolite. I have to say that in my very small studio it’s shaping up to be an absolute godsend. Especially for the seamless-white-background-high-key-look I’ve been using for portraits. Given the dimensions – we’re talking around 8 x 9 here – I had a hell of a [...]
Softlighter
I was in Boston for the Easter weekend and picked up the Photek 46′ Softlighter II. It’s an umbrella that doubles as a softbox. I had to hack together a Manfrotto clamp, light stand and flash bracket to get my SB-900 to line-up with the unit correctly (when mounting the flash on the bracket it [...]
jamal x3
When we made our last payment on the car two years ago, my girlfriend said: “ok, let’s find someone to clean the house!”. So Jamal and Bouchra have been coming in every two weeks since then. And we’ve become friends along the way. So this morning I was trying to figure out a look I [...]
