Pure Sugar

She goes by the name of 'Sugar', and she and I got together via Model Mayhem, a model/photographer networking website. This was my first shoot with someone from MM, and it went off without a hitch. She was very courteous and professional. The shoot took place in Center City, Philadelphia, around South and Bainbridge Streets.

Czech yourself.

So the other day I had the opportunity to work with Janka. Never before have I worked with such a relaxed, confident & energetic model. She had a really good time and it enabled me to relax as well and concentrate on trying to capture something new. Here's a couple. All shots taken at 50mm, f1.4, ISO 800. Lighting consisted of three el-cheapo tungsten-bulb tin hats, graciously provided by fellow shooter Josh Pelta-Heller (check him out here). I suppose someday I'll have the cash to buy some real lighting....someday....

Eileen The All-American

Can you tell I've been digging on black & whites lately? This is my friend Eileen. She's a self-confessed All American girl. I agree. A big shout out to Eileen here, because this photo was taken outside today, with temperatures in the 20's. I was all bundled up, but she stood bravely in nothing but her white button down. Braver than I...

Here comes the Bride

I was a guest at my cousin Nicole's wedding recently, and this shot in particular sums up the feel of the wedding for me. I've rediscovered black & white lately, and with this shot I made use of some etherial glow. I think it really brings out B&W portraits by softening and smoothing the skin. Not that she needs any softening or smoothing, of course.

Sensor Dirt

This shot was taken last June, on a trip to Montreal for the Grand Prix of Canada. I shot this on aperture priority at f32. I wanted to increase my depth of field. I wound up panning the shot for a neat 'speed' effect, but low and behold the tiny aperture of f32 revealed a year and a half of sensor dirt, dust, grime and hair. I have never had the sensor cleaned, and only used a blower on it a few times. It looks like it's time to get this thing professionally cleaned. I can only imagine what this would have looked like had I shot a white background. Filthy.

Full Moon

I took this shot last night with my 20D + 100-400mm f4.5 mounted on a tripod using the 10 sec timer function. ISO 100. This is a 100% crop with some post processing of the RAW file in CS2, mostly curves and unsharp mask.

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Hello all, welcome to my first ever attempt at the Blog. I'm going to post some photography projects here, a passion I've had since 2004.I value your feedback, so all comments are welcome. Thanks for looking!