Wow! That’s about all I could say after returning from Vegas teaching a flash workshop for Photo Quest Adventures. Las Vegas is full of interesting people to photograph, and we had lots of great models over the weekend. I would have been happy just walking around the strip with camera in hand to photograph the Read More
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rock climbing shoot video
Here is a look at the photo shoot from the other day and gear we used.
strobe and rock climbing
Thanks to the help of Bogen, I was finally able to get an image that has been on my list for awhile. I have photographed rock climbing for years with available light. I’ve added flash to some rock climbing images, but generally from below the climbers. What about having lights right there on the vertical Read More
more winter fun…
The snow just won’t stop falling out here! We had to go out again today and work on more winter images. Today we shot cross country skiing against the snow covered trees, a great winter scene. We followed a similar formula as yesterday in terms of lighting except we used a small softbox on one Read More
winter arrives
The first big snowstorm of the season arrived today, and school was cancelled for the kids. Our neighborhood turns into a winter recreation zone with kids sledding, snowshoeing and building forts everywhere. I couldn’t resist going out and shooting in the snow, but the challenge was keeping my gear dry since the snow was still Read More
Belly Dancing under the Brooklyn Bridge
Just spent a fabulous weekend in NYC teaching a flash workshop for Photo Quest Adventures and catching up with friends. Talk about access…we had a little rain one day so Mirjam Evers just got us into Bathhouse Studios, 4000 sq. feet of shooting space with huge cycs and incredible backgrounds, a photographer’s dream studio. We Read More
mountain biker
We found a location near the Wyoming border recently that I have wanted to shoot at before the snow flies here in Colorado, and since it is snowing today we were lucky to get it done. Often times what drives me is location rather than subject. I keep a list of locations written down that Read More
racquetball
When you live in a smaller town, say 100,000 people, you start to think you have found about every location to shoot. Sometimes I just get in my car and drive around hoping to find some abandoned truck or gutted house that would make an interesting location. On one such trip I found new racquetball Read More
rock hopping
I recently went to Wyoming with a friend to work on some new stock images. We found a fantastic location in the Medicine Bow Mountains. After shooting some available light images of Steve boulder hopping, I knew the image needed some light to spice it up. We used two Elinchrom Rangers and one Quadra to Read More
Jumping Jack Flash
Always fun to see my images in print, especially when it is an advertisement. Look for this ad in photo magazines, this one was in Digital Photo Pro Magazine. If you want to see how this image was done, check out the earlier blog post and video of behind the scenes. Thanks go out to Read More
Quadra vs rattlesnake
Had a great holiday weekend camping and climbing with friends in Penitente Canyon recently. Penitente Canyon is an incredible place to rock climb, a magical canyon with rock buttresses and….rattlesnakes, lots of rattlesnakes. We had 6 young kids in our group, and almost every trip down the trail resulted in a rattlesnake sighting. I had Read More
Katmai coast
Just in from photographing bears on the Katmai coast on a tour organized by Photo Quest Adventures. We had incredible weather, 25 bears at a time right near us, and lots of cubs. Every year these giant coastal brown bears pack into the streams to eat spawning salmon. This year there was an incredible return Read More