The Duchess
Canon 7D, 80mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 100
Continuing with the Chicago Girls series. This week starts with a slew of girls who looked positively regal. Both their costumes, hairstyles and attitudes looked aristocratic.
Looking Up
Looking Up
Canon 7D, 80mm, f/11, 1/250s, ISO 100
Another shot from the 1001 Nights session. There were some truly magnificent costumes that night…
Lady in White
Lady in White
Canon 7D, 80mm, f/11, 1/200s
A few weeks back I was invited to shoot another costumed party, this time with a 1001 Nights theme. The diversity of costumes was great, and I experimented with high-key or approaching. This is one of the interesting white on white shots of the evening.
Horizon
Horizon
Canon 7D, 80mm, f/13, 1/250s, ISO 100
I’ve started using my proper studio lights to do a new series of camera porn. First I wanted to shoot the Horizon 202 which isn’t quite as spanking new as it looks. It’s a very cool camera even though I’ve only been able to shoot half a roll before the Curse of Lenin’s Mummy locked the camera on me. Now I’m looking at a steep revision cost, but I don’t care, it’s that cool. These shots are processed in Lightroom with a light filter in Snapseed.
Lonesome Cone
Lonesome Cone
Canon 7D, 96mm, f/8, 1/3s, ISO 200
In many ways this shot is the polar opposite of Pinecone in Darkness posted last week. It’s harder to light a subject over a white background than over a black one, I think, but I managed to pull off something that works here, I think. Edited in Lightroom with XeL 2.0
Pinecone in Darkness
Pinecone in Darkness
Canon 7D, f/13, 1s, ISO 200
Still life is as much an exercice in technique as it can be an artistic endeavour. I’ve long been fasinated by Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 and without any illusion of getting anywhere near his mastery of light, I’ve been experimenting with similar in the studio still life concepts. I did a fair amount of work on pinecones, and this one is one of the most interesting results, I think.
Vintage Camera Porn #3: Dana 120
Vintage Camera Porn #3: Dana 120
Canon 7D, 80mm, f/11, 0.8s, ISO 200
To say that the Dana 120 is not a good camera is not criticism, it’s stating the obvious. Its cult status is mostly the result of a niche love for blurry pictures. And it looks funky and weighs nothing…
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