Posts Tagged ‘BOONE’

The key to being creative…buy new stuff.

Nothing motivates me to be creative like getting new stuff. The Nikon D300s arrived in our office and we took it through the riga-ma-roll of pushing, twisting, and ooh-n-ahhing. The great thing about this new still camera is...

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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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Serial killers

June 26, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE  |  , , , , , , , , ,  |  1 Comment

These are some HDR portraits we did today.  Amazing how you can make someone look so devious with post-processing tweaks.  Here is a screen shot of some of the adjustments I did in Photomatix.  Here's some other info so I...

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Howard’s Knob Sky

June 22, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE  |  , , , , ,  |  No Comments

Driving home tonight I was enamored with how the clouds were forming and how well the colors were coming out.  So I did as any well meaning photographer would do and took a quick trip up Howard's Knob (while managing...

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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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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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