1st Year Layout Mayhem Continued

Ashton Smith proved to be a very patient model for 1st Year Student Katherine Clark.  Sitting in a tub for an hour covered in oil, makeup, and eventually stage-blood was not a problem for her.  Check out Ms. Clark's blog at

http://katherineclarkphoto.blogspot.com/

Real Use Macro

This week I shot a 1:1 of my Gerber Paraframe II knife.  I left it as is so you can see the blemishes and dust that it carries every time I pull it out of my pocket.  Shot with a Nikon D700 for a 5 second exposure @ f16 with a 60mm macro lens at ISO 200.  I used a Speedlight to provide illumination.

Layout Mayhem with the 1st Years

Just recently I had the pleasure of assisting 1st year Katherine Clark on her Design Lab Layout shoot.  Look for more of these adventures next week.

Here's to the Lovers!

It's just Red Day to me, but Happy Valentine's Day to all the sweethearts out there.  Even though I was tired the other night, I had to take advantage of the awesome fog out.  On my way home I stopped and shot this with a Nikon D700 at f4.5 with a 30 second exposure, ISO 200.  My trusty MiniMag and passing cars provided the script!

A Taste of What's to Stack.

Here's a shot of what's to be focus stacked this week.  It should prove to be interesting.  This was shot with a Nikon D700 at 1/10 @ f36, ISO 200; elevated sidelit by a 750 hotlight.

Ahhh.... More Macro.

For pleasure, I shot this marble for macro class the other day.  I rigged a special snoot to become a light pedestal using a tungsten mini-light.  I really like the depth and color.  Shot with a Nikon D700 for 4 secs. @ f40, ISO 200.

Come On Groundhogs and Spring!

I took the dogs out last Sunday to enjoy the amazing weather.  Rules be darned- I split the horizon and added some of our buddy "Fill" to illuminate the animals.  Can't wait for spring!  Shot with a Nikon D700 at 1/125 @ f8 with a SB-800, ISO 200.