Lighting

CyberSync radio slaves – Product Review, of sorts…

September 9, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  , , , , ,  |  No Comments

More of a pre-test pre-review.  Being a big fan of wireless slave flashes, I was looking for a cheap alternative to the 180 buck-a-pop pocket wizards.  Paul C. Buff in all his alien weirdness continues to put out solid affordable...

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a man and his doggg

August 5, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  , , , , , ,  |  No Comments

Good buddy Darren Sheely is working on a photo project in which he photographs intimate portraits of his friends.  My turn was up last week, so we took a little walk downtown with my dog Jeb to get these shots. ...

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Do it to Julia – Band Shots

I spent the day shooting with the band Do it to Julia on Saturday and had a blast.  They had several scenes with themes in mind and we went at it.  The top one is my favorite, but the rest...

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Couples portrait

June 8, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  , , , , ,  |  3 Comments

My buds Jacob and Brittney have been married one year as of yesterday.  Britt wanted some portraits of themselves that they didn't get during the wedding day, so we went back up to the spot of their ceremony and went...

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making people look cool

June 4, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  , , , , , ,  |  3 Comments

i get the question all the time:  "Paul, how do I take a picture to make a person look cooler than they actually are?" Find a model that isn't cool Create a dark and gloomy atmosphere by darkening out the background...

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shoot through it!

I had a quick little assignment today at work, and I'd like to take a moment to introduce (to those that have never heard of it) the shoot through technique.  What you need: an external flash a shoot-throughable light disc thing a technical...

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Comparison…

May 25, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  , , , , , ,  |  4 Comments

The first crop I made of this image looks like blood to some, obvi it's wine, right??  Maybe not, I made a different crop, to include the bottles in the shot.  It's seems a little more distracting to me, and...

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What to do on a rainy Sunday…

Can’t play outside? Want to avoid movie overload? Keep yourself entertained and explore your creative side, take pictures, why not?

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Wine to Water shoot

Spent the evening yesterday with Doc Hendley of Wine to Water doing a photoshoot for a story that a mag is running on him.  Used my ringlight and a few SB-800 strobes for the dark super-hero like look.  Doc was...

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ringlighting

May 12, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  , , , , ,  |  No Comments

I was testing out some lighting techniques today for a shoot tonight.  Using my Alien Bees ABR800 ringlight, and a few Nikon SB800’s I created this image.  I’ll post the shots from tonight later, check back.

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