Field Lighting #10: Horsin’ Around with Engagements
It’s been a while since I’ve put up a Field Lighting post, and Junction kept me from posting anything too extensive, so I have a little catching up to do. In regards to the last Field Lighting post, nick b pretty much nailed it beyond naming the exact light source behind the model to camera [...]
Field Lighting #8: High-speed lighting…flowers!
Yes, flowers. I’ve been holding this one nearly a year, and it’s the right time to talk about photographing flowers in Texas! The rain has been coming steady throughout West Texas and the Hill Country, and from what I’ve heard on the phone and via the Web, the Spring flowers are coming on in full [...]
Field Lighting #6: On-camera flash utility
It’s been a little while for a Field Lighting post, but I have a few in the bag. Assignment work and research has been keeping me away, and it looks like it’s just going to get heavier in the near future, but hopefully I can squeeze in a few remnants of my existence on the [...]
Field Lighting #5 – Forensic Anthropologist, Robert Paine, Ph.D.
A few weeks ago, I posted a “guess-how-I-lit-this” shot, and a few of you responded, both on the blog and on Facebook. The shot, as well as those included in this post, were created for a story on real forensic science work at Texas Tech University, for their alumni association’s publication, The Techsan. I have [...]
Field Lighting #2 – Paul Heinrich, Sysco Senior Director
This is the type of shoot I like to be a part of! I photographed a book last year that allowed me to meet several prominent individuals in the food industry, and Paul Heinrich was one of them. This shoot came together fairly quickly, having only a week to book a flight to Houston (not [...]
Painting Buildings…with light!
I could be writing today about a certain announcement that a certain computer manufacturing company made yesterday about a certain device that will relatively change your life. But I’m not. Actually, there are so many blogs and news articles out there about Apple’s new iPad, that it would be pointless to the “I-wish-it-had-this-and-that” discussion that [...]
Big Light is Good Light!
Like a lot of photographers out there, I’m addicted to big light! For most of the portrait work I do, the sun is just not big enough, relatively speaking. I like explaining this to students. The sun is a huge star, not the largest in the solar system, but no lightweight either. However, since it [...]
The Return of Mighty Joe
OK, OK, OK, it’s been a while. It’s been a heckuva past couple of weeks, but it’s been productive. Teaching is a great job! I can’t tell you how fun it is to be able to lecture and discuss something you love, and I’m fortunate enough to do so in conjunction actually fulfilling that passion! [...]
