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4th February 2010

Jhonathan Lange Male Model Headshots

written by dav.d

I am still catching up on blogging some older photo shoots. These photo shoots have been from Christmas and January and I had given the photos to the clients a while ago just never blogged the dang photos. And I sometimes like to edit the photos a little bit more – but more and more I don’t think I need to claw through photographs in Photoshop. More and more I am able to photograph and they photos are ready right out of camera – which is cool.

And this was my first photo shoot with my Lastolite Ezybox softbox – and I really like the light it creates for portraits. This is also proof that I can photograph outdoors in the middle of winter. We can’t go for too long because the nose will turn red but we get some great shots in the time we have.

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model's headshot photography

Jhonathan Lange

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2nd February 2010

Provo Mountain Range – Day 152 of 365

written by dav.d

I am still a camera snob – would take a DSLR over a point and shoot everyday. But if I don’t have my DSLR on me then I have a point and shoot or at worse I have my iPhone. So I can still get a photograph – and then I can fix or upgrade the image with Photoshop and plugins. And I have talked about Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro – and I will talk about it again. It rocks as a photoshop plugin.

And it helps being single sometimes so it makes purchasing camera gear and software a hell of a lot easier. Wink.

Provo Mountain Range

Provo Mountain Range

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12th January 2010

Provo Streets at Noon – Day 130 of 365

written by dav.d

I captured the foundation for this photograph while crossing the street at lunch – and no it didn’t look this overcast and evil. That was Photoshop. More specifically I edited the photo in Nik Software’s Viveza 2 – to darken the sky and punch up the contrast and then I took those results into Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro.

I added more doom and gloom to make an empty street much more ominous. There is a little bit of halo around the street lamp – but I am fine with it. It helps the lamp stand out from a pure dark sky.

Provo at Noon

Provo streets at noon

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4th January 2010

First Holga photos back from the photo lab

written by dav.d

I got my first two rolls of film back for my new Holga camera. And it is a mixed bag – meaning I have learned a few things. First off – I need to shoot outdoors exclusively or use a really strong flash. Second – I am not sure I will keep using Allen’s Camera. Their scans that they put on disk for me tend to be all over the place. They have ranged from 4, 5, 8 megapixels in their scans. And I had asked that they include the border of the Holga photos – and they cropped that out.

But I do like these photos from my little photowalk around Provo’s Center Street. They are exactly what I hoped for – and I got 6″ prints along with the disk. Prints are really a cool way to enjoy photographs. If you don’t print your photos – do they really exist? If your hard drive crashes they won’t.

Utah County Courthouse

Utah County Courthouse through a Holga

For those not familiar with Holga cameras – they are plastic and they are craptacular! Which is what makes them special. Their imperfect plastic lens creates a vignette. There are very few buttons and controls over it. You can try to focus but you aren’t really sure if you are going to get things in focus – because you don’t see through the lens – this is rangefinder style.

Winter through a holga

Winter through a holga camera

I also have 2 Holgas – I received one for Christmas. So I have one for color and one for black and white film. I haven’t shot a lot in color. That will be my next to do list. It is fun. I will be checking out other photo labs – one that will get me exactly what I want from a Holga – full framed and all the imperfections.

Provo center street through a holga

Provo center street through a holga

Utah County Courthouse

Utah County Courthouse through a holga

Tree branches with snow

Tree branches with snow with my Holga

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15th December 2009

Preview of Jhonathan Modeling Portraits – Day 103 of 365

written by dav.d

I had what I call an emergency photo shoot. The modeling agency tells an upcoming model they need some headshots and portfolio photography ASAP. So this morning – braving the cold – Jhonathan Lange took center stage and we were able to create some amazing photographs! Here is one of those photos as a preview. I will edit some more and post them in another blog post.

To take these photographs I used one lens and one portable softbox. I used my Nikkor f/1.4 50mm lens. And for the light I used a Nikon SB-800 shot through my new Lastolite Ezybox 24″ softbox. That softbox combination is awesome! I am converted! The set up allows me to photograph at amazing shutter speeds such as 1/8000 th of a second and that allows me to photograph at f/1.4. You can’t do that in outside daylight with Alien Bees.

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model

Jhonathan Lange, Male Model

Hooray for strobist techniques! I want to go photograph again! And in January I believe I will be photographing Jhonathan and his sisters and even his mom. They are all looking at modeling possibilities – very cool indeed!

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16th November 2009

The Loft – Day 74 of 365

written by dav.d

My practice with the Lensbaby continues – and here is a photograph of The Loft in Provo, Utah. I believe it is a dance club in the heart of Provo. Who knew they had a night life. With the cold weather – I really don’t like to stay outside much and spend lots of time photographing. Go figure.

The Loft in Provo, Utah

The Loft in Provo, Utah

And here is the back door to The Loft – actually it is right next to the front door to The Loft. Hooray for non-alcoholic dance clubs in Utah? I am sure it will be a rousing success. Cause I personally hate the logo.

The Loft's backdoor

The Loft's backdoor

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11th November 2009

Crazy Shaped Apertures with Lensbaby – Day 69 of 365

written by dav.d

Another photowalk at lunch – this time with a Lensbaby but this time I put a star shaped aperture ring in the lens – this creates stars in the highlights of the blurry portions of the photograph. Pretty cool – can it be faked in photoshop? Yes, the software program Alien Skin Bokeh can do this but you have to do this in photoshop and it is extra work. And sometimes – you want to do as much as you can in camera without resorting to photoshop.

Provo still has their autumn leaves

Provo still has their autumn leaves

I really like this kind of photograph – with the branches being shaped by the star aperture.

Leaves and branches

Leaves and branches

A statue in autumn

A statue in autumn

Trying to imitate old time film

Trying to imitate old time film

Autumn leaves look like a carpet

Autumn leaves look like a carpet

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9th November 2009

Freedom Boulevard through a Lensbaby – Day 67 of 365

written by dav.d
Freedom Boulevard, Provo, Utah

Freedom Boulevard, Provo, Utah

The sun sets so quickly these days – Standard Time blows! I much prefer staying on Daylight Savings Time. So I didn’t have a lot of time for the photograph of the day. I will try to photograph at lunch or in the morning more often. And I am continuing my practice of the Lensbaby. I really think it benefits to photograph with a tripod – especially when using a Lensbaby and the need to use manual focus.

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