Day One Hundred Ninety Eight
July 17th, 2009 | 63 Comments| [permalink]
365, friday, strobist, erincaton, portrait, nikon, d3, sb900, twolights, umbrella, 85mmf14d, marcjacob, clothing, fashion, dedfolio, featured, boots, skirt, erinishot
198/365. Curiosity
Omagad, my wife is so hot. Really, you've got to view this photo large to truly appreciate it.
And she totally rules for taking off her sweater in the cold, windy fog above the Marina at the Lyon and Broadway stairs.
Also, she just got this new Marc Jacob's skirt with vintage top.... it's like lingerie, but for public outing. It's awesome.
Lastly, there are some other details on why we were out at Lyon & Broadway (street view link).
Alright, enough details. Here's what you probably want...
setup, camera, strobist info: see here
Day One Hundred Eighty Nine
July 8th, 2009 | 108 Comments| [permalink]
365, wednesday, strobist, erincaton, portrait, dress, fashion, studio, smile, cake, nikon, d3, fourlights, softbox, grid, 580ex2, pocketwizard, dedfolio, featured, erinishot, 85mmf14d
189/365. When she walks, she swing her arms... instead of her hips ~ Cake (let me go) — have you waited for her for so long?
So... the return of stubby (the 200mm ƒ/2.0) didn't happen. Nikon mixed up my orders and sent back my old D700 (which will now be up for sale).
On this photo itself, Erin and I rigged up the Flash Bullet studio. For a second I thought about doing my usual Flickr/90second edit... but there was just too much good stuff (about 5 minutes worth). Plus it really shows how we work together when shooting with each other.
So without further waiting, it's definitely worth your time checking out the setup, camera, and strobist info video (via iPhone 3Gs - hosted on Youtube).
strobist info (for those who prefer text):
SB900 @ 1/2 in 28" softbox high and above
SB900 @ 1/16 @ 35mm direct left
SB900 @ 1/64 @ 200mm into 1/8" grid direct right
580EX2 @ 1/128 @ 105mm front left
Day One Hundred Forty Two
May 22nd, 2009 | 108 Comments| [permalink]
365, portrait, erincaton, boat, imonaboat, cruise, sanfrancisco, nikon, d3, sb900, onelight, strobist, cuteshoes, cutefeet, heels, bay, bayarea, ocean, featured, dedfolio, 2470mmf28g, skull, poison, thighhighs, yeahthoseareprettyhot, hot, erinishot, sofreakinghot, friday
142/365. Everybody look at me 'cuz I'm sailin' on a boat ~ Saturday Night Live
(view it large! so worth it!)
As part of our anniversary weekend, Erin and I went on a boat cruise. We waited, waited, and waited long enough... and the infamous pink skies never came. But I was determined to get a photo anyway simply for the plain fact that we were on a boat!
Funny story though, we almost had a near strobe death experience. Apparently I didn't tighten the flash as much as I should have, and it fell right off the adapter and 'almost' into the ocean! The batteries did spill and we lost one of the AA rechargables (we are now awful tree huggers). But as usual, I always carry extra batteries in the SB-900 case (I love these cases!!).
Anyway, enough with this sappy story, I have wine and cheese that must be eaten — you strobo junkies, do your thing.
setup, camera, strobist info: see here. Thanks to this gal for holding the light
