Day Two Hundred Fifty Six
September 13th, 2009 | 63 Comments| [permalink]
365, sunday, strobist, portrait, fashion, erincaton, stubby, 200mmf20g, nikon, d3, betseyjohnson, sanfrancisco, downtown, city, dedfolio, featured, dress, alley
256/365. Downtown woman — better catch a cab
Today I had the privledge of being featured by Yahoo! as an avid Flickr user. In the next couple days or so (not really sure when), that'll show up on the Y! Corp Blog :)
Regarding this shot (and the other two that follow it) were taken somewhere near Market, Mission, and 1st.
The whole experience was interesting seeing as how Erin and I are both photographers, and we were being shot & filmed. It's one thing if I'm behind my own camera (or Erin's) and vice versa for Erin... but it was a bit crazy coming up with interview answers while being filmed (Erin snapped one off of that happening) and being waken up before 10am on a Sunday.
ANYWAY, this happened because of you all, the awesome Flickr community....
which brings us to a final point why most end up on my photo stream... yep, just admit you're a strobist setup junky ;)
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Day Two Hundred Fourteen
August 2nd, 2009 | 76 Comments| [permalink]
365, sunday, strobist, twolights, sb900, nikon, d3, erincaton, portrait, night, evening, dark, dof, bokeh, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, stubby, 200mmf20g, softbox, softlighter, dedfolio, featured, betseyjohnson, dress, model, fashion, beauty, sexiness, erinishawt
214/365. Modesty Appeal — or reserved hotness?
Yeah, we could come up with titles all day. Anyhow, another night in the sketch. We had several drunken groups pass us by... some said nothing, others made themselves just look dumber.
man: "wooo! take it off!..."
man2: "are you guys shooting a porno!!??"
erin: "no."
man to me: "eh bro, you don't need a zoom lens if you know what i'm sayin'"
me: *raised eye browe & nod*
setup, camera, and strobist info: see here
Day Two Hundred Thirteen
August 1st, 2009 | 71 Comments| [permalink]
365, saturday, strobist, erincaton, hotness, tehsexy, dress, betseyjohnson, fashion, highheels, heels, missiondistrict, sanfrancisco, umbrella, twolights, nikon, d3, 200mmf20g, stubby, sb900, dedfolio, featured
213/365. untitled — check out the hotness that is Erin
It always helps when... Erin helps. In this case it's two fold. First and most obvious, she's my bestest model and lovely wife. Secondly, she has equal care for our surroundings. She near ran off one guy who was calling her "mama bebe" and walked in our shot a few times.
Other than that, so far it's a good weekend. setup geeks, do your thing.
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Day Two Hundred
July 19th, 2009 | 107 Comments| [permalink]
365, sunday, strobist, erincaton, portrait, nikon, d3, 85mmf14d, threelights, softbox, umbrella, gel, yellowdress, hotness, model, beauty, fashion, betseyjohnson
200/365. I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way ~ Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988))
Go to toon town and view large
So, it's been two hundred days. It feels like a decade ago since day 100, and even a distant childhood memory since I was eating crab on new years day with good friends.
Nevertheless, nothing will take away the fact of the present... of still being tired.
Tonight we watched Roger Rabbit on Netflix; hence the quote. It suited this shot quite well too.
And lastly, my wife is crazy hot. Too hot for strobist info on this 200versary day.
Cheers!
Day One Hundred Seventy One
June 21st, 2009 | 87 Comments| [permalink]
365, saturday, strobist, erincaton, portrait, twolights, sb900, nikon, d3, softbox, umbrella, dress, betseyjohnson, fancy, model, twist, spin, sohot, wife, love, dedfolio, featured
171/365. Never, never gonna give you up ~ Barry White
have a dance
Despite avoiding "Crazy Mike" (a drunkard passer-byer who wouldn't leave us alone), we managed to grab a shot for the night. Erin bought this new under dress thingy (that's the technical term) from Betsey Johnson (same place where the wedding dress was purchased), and it makes for pretty awesome twirling! :)
But of course it was freezing and windy outside so this had to be done quick.... so this is one of four shots we got out of the series.
Alright... and on with some Q & A from emails...
Q: "The distances, flash power settings, aperture, and ISO settings don't match Guide Number (G.N.) of your flashes in your diagrams... help me understand?"
A: Anyone curious enough to break down my shots from the strobist info set may often scratch their head around the numbers.
If you've tried to duplicate these setups, take special note that there are other things that contribute to altering light such as light modifiers themselves. This includes the umbrellas, softboxes, and gels. Not to mention in other cases you have to account for feathering, whereby when a light is not directly pointed at a subject, but simply feathered off in another direction.
Q: "What font is that in your photos?"
A: Although answered a dozen times, it's Trajan Pro. It's a very pretty serif font. I recommend "if" you're going to use it in your photos, you should at least buy it (I did). There are a million other fonts out there, try some of those.
And finally, for the strobaholics, read on...
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Day One Hundred Sixty
June 10th, 2009 | 83 Comments| [permalink]
365, strobist, erincaton, portrait, tuesday, betseyjohnson, clothing, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, dof, bokeh, nikon, d3, sb900, hat, mia, paperplanes, bw, featured
160/365. All I wanna do is, and a, and take your money ~ M.I.A. (Paper Planes)
This is Erin wearing one of her new Betsey Johnson sweaters. It's completely awesome. I'm too tired to think of more than a description than that. strobists read on...
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
