Day One Hundred Thirty Seven
May 17th, 2009 | 49 Comments| [permalink]
365, strobist, sunday, night, evening, bokeh, dof, sanfrancisco, missiondistrict, firehydrant, sb900, nikon, d3, pocketwizard, gridspot, umbrella, ohwowtheregoestheweekend, 50mmf14g, featured, postalservice, air, song, music
137/365. The stale taste of recycled air ~ The Postal Service
Today Erin and I did a photo shoot of a graduation at UC Berkeley. I gotta admit, I really like this D3. The smaller form factor and thick grip makes it comfortable to hold (compared to D700 + MB-D10).
Anyhow, this shot was taken much later in the night after sun has passed and the air was finally chilled. It even fulfills my weird photo fettish of fire hydrants (except calling it a fettish sounds gross). One small note that you might find funny — Erin pointed out that she found out where my inspiration comes from: Chuck! Go ahead and watch a brief recap of season 1 to get a good idea of where the influence comes from (especially the night scenes). A common pair of lights you'll see is CTO fill, and bare bulb (blue w/ cool white balance) for rim. One could even call it the "two light pony". It's 'very' common, but more importantly, makes a huge difference in the "rad" department.
For those interested in the rest, read on...
camera, setup, strobist info: see here
Just because
February 20th, 2009 | 19 Comments
bokeh, hydrant, firehydrant, googleplex, nikon, d700, 85mm, 85mmf14d
"Fire" Hydrant
January 22nd, 2007 | 6 Comments
nikon, d300, 50mm, google, mountainview, california, sunset, firehydrant, fire, hydrant, sky, vivid, dustindiazcom, bokeh, depth, dof, handheld, explorer, flickrexplorer, dedfolio
Hand-held shot in the evening using a 50mm on my D300 stopped down at f/1.8 @ 400 ISO. Single exposure (not HDR) without flash. Lighting provided by a nearby street lamp. The photo you see was taken with JPEG Normal "as is" straight out of the camera. No crop, no post-composition/processing.
Shown in interestingness
Hydrant with Lighter
July 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
firehydrant, lighter, street, glow, dustindiazcom, dedfolio
It was a fancy lighter too, but I figured I'd let the irony continue for the next person
Another Hydrant
June 21st, 2008 | No Comments
sanfrancisco, firehydrant, city, corner
"Fire" Hydrant
January 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment
nikon, d300, 50mm, google, mountainview, california, firehydrant, depth, dof, water, bokeh, vivid, night, evening, lighting, awesome, exposure
Le Hydrant
January 22nd, 2007 | No Comments
nikon, d300, 50mm, google, mountainview, california, firehydrant, depth, dof, water
