Studio Class at Syx's

Just sharing some photos from our studio class that took place a few weeks ago. It was great having the opportunity to shoot such uniquely different models.

Purple Fringe

I'm noticing that several of my images have this purple or blue fringe. Is there some technique to avoid this.

Thanks ..... Nancy

Kikon Users

NIKON D300 body only : $1767.75 (CDN)

http://www.dunneandrundle.com/

Photoshoot at UBC Tower beach

Just want to share another picture here. Marc mentioned that we can talk about it when we have the flash class. This was shot last summer with my girl friend at UBC Tower beach. We waited for the sunset to capture that orange shade in the middle.

External flash at almost direct angle towards the subject. ISO 500, 1/160, and f6.3. Was using P mode, but could probably use a better combination of these now.

Marc - what's the ideal combination of ISO, S speed and F no. in these situation?

I definitely want to learn more about the settings in the external flash. THANKS.

Fish eye - happy Church's chicken

Just have to share these pictures - hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Just funny, that's all. Yeah, fish eye lens aren't just for big animal head shots ^.^

Shutter speed plays

Some shots with various shutter speeds - some old and some are very recent.

Richmond night market - the night was completely dark. 0.8 second and ISO 160. Tant color and the sky created a good color contrast. No edits from computer, straight out of the camera.

The following ones are at night clubs - this is just a still picture, followed by a shot with shutter speed at 1 second while rotating the camera.

Follow pictures are set at 0.4 second while catching people playing with their ring lights....

Looking for some advice on Nikon equipment

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice on a Nikon film SLR and lenses I have an opportunity to purchase. At present I'm shooting with my Nikon D50 and am quite comfortable with it. I have an opportunity to make an offer on a Nikon F-401X with the following lenses and flash.

• Nikon AF Nikkor 35-105mm, 1:3.5-4.5
• Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm, 1:2.8
• Flash, Nikon speedlight SB-22
  

I have no idea what to offer for the above film SLR and the included lenses and flash. If any of you can offer some advice I would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Dave

How to kill some time with PHOTOGRAPHY this weekend..

Hello everyone,

Well, it's supposed to be my afternoon off and what do I do....looking at photograhy on the web and letting you all know about my latest find!

I have known about this series for a while, but haven't checked it out lately. This guy, George Jardin, is touring the country and interviews some of the top photographers (being paid by Adobe). He's got a bunch of very interesting podcasts available for FREE download.

I may just kill my whole afternoon listening and watching...

In addition to the interviews, he's also got podcasts with tutarials for Lightroom, also free. Note that he has got an interview with Jay Maisel and Gregory Heisler, both of them are coming to Vancouver in May for Master Workshops.

Here's the link to the site!

Enjoy the show(s)

Playing shutter speed with Toro!

Took my husky (his name is Toro) to Steveston's fish market last weekend after Marc's talk about shutter speeds. It was a beautiful day with bright blue sky - so I decided to lie down on the floor to capture the background (yes, people walking by were looking at me weird).

First shut - set to S mode and ISO 100. Using 1/200 shutter speed. Realized that because I was quite close to my Toro, 1/200 can't quite freeze his movement. His eye is a bit blurred.














Then I used 1/400 of a second - much better freezing of the actions. Obvious to tell from his eyes.















Just for the sake of it - I decided to use a longer shutter speed - so I set it to 1/4 of a second - eh...kind of lost Toro completely.














Lesson learned - adjusting shutter speed depends on fast your object is moving, this is relative to how far you are from the object. Pretty simple stuff. Also, the picture at 1/200 looks fine on my view finder until I got home and looked at it in photoshop. Another lesson for me to zoom in on my camera to make sure it's clear even if it looks fine on the view finder - it's too small afterall.

ps. D80 and 18-70 kit lens used.

Here is a bad shot on the same day - not sure if it is because of the sun or what - the color looks not exciting. It's under sun light so I didn't adjust for WB - similar image came out even if I adjusted it to "sunlight" WB. Any comments anyone??

Maybe I should just take it from a different background as Toro's color blends in with the rest of the image??

INFRARED Digital taken for a spin!

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend!
I taught my long-exposure BW workshop, and had a great time playing with an Infrared converted Canon 20D that one of the students from the US brought with her. One of the great joys of teaching is letting yourself be inspired by your students, and this group featured many very accomplished photographers. We shot for 2 full days and could not have picked a better weekend as the weather miraculously cooperated and gave us 2 days of sunshine and dramatic cloud formations.

The images I am posting for now are all taken with the infrared converted 20D Canon. I will talk more about this in-class this week, but couldn't wait to share some right away. The following images have received just minor processing, mostly contrast and selective tonal adjustments. They were taken with exposures of up to 12 minutes, which smoothes out the water and clouds as they are moving across the sky. Shooting locations were Point Roberts in the US, White Rock, and Stanley Park.

The conversion of the camera is permanent meaning you have to commit to the infrared look. The conversion of this particular model was done by Lifepixel and costs around $450. Check out their website for more info and to see lots of example images.

And now, onto the photographs:

Best Magazines

I've been browsing the shelves looking at different photography magazines. Love the read for ideas and inspiration, and occasionally techniques. Anyone have any favourites they would recommend?

Thanks ... Nancy

Showing Motion

After listening to Marc talk about his use of 1/15th sec shutter speed, I decided to go out to play.

I call this "power walking". ISO 100; F16; 1/10 second; handlheld


I was amused at the "stretched" effect of the bus, and liked the sense of peaking through the windows at what was beyond. I was particularly fetched by the reflection in the bus window that stayed clear despite the bus blurring (you need to look at the image larger to see this). ISO 100; F7.1, 1/15th second; handheld.


This silly kitty was sitting on the counter of a local florist, waving it's paw up and down. I amused the cooperative owner taking this shot. ISO 200, F8, 1/15th sec; handheld.


Fun exercise, and it is helping me learn to handhold the camera for longer exposures.

Cheers ..... Nancy