This weekend I didn’t actually get out to do any shooting. I spent most of Friday through Sunday watching the online photo seminar put on by Creative Live with the presenting done by Atlanta based photographer Zack Arias.

I have followed Zack for some time via his blog and through Twitter after I found his tutorials on shooting on a white ( Read more... )

Well the final weekend of the Tennessee Renaissance Faire was held over Memorial day weekend. There was a little bit of rain each day, but overall, the weekend was very enjoyable. The International Gath of Baal jousting tournament was great to watch as always, and it is now time to look forward to the 2011 ren faire season.

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I made it out to most of both days of the faire this weekend, and I have to say that it was definitely the hottest weekend to date. The temperature topped 91 on Sunday, and there was little breeze to speak of either day. I only stayed half of the day on Sunday as I didn’t feel like dealing with the heat anymore, and I wanted to make it home to ( Read more... )

Back in April, I was able to try shooting outside in bright sun and try controlling the light by using one of my AlienBees 800 studio strobes. This is something that I see all of the time on photography websites etc. but had never really been able to try.

This was definitely a learning process in regards to where to setup the lights, what power it ( Read more... )

Well I headed out to TNRF again on Saturday, and had a great day. We went there for Steve’s birthday, and as soon as he arrived, he brought the rain with him. Luckily I had my Think Tank Photo Hydrophobia with me and I was able to put it to the test. It worked great. I am still waiting for my eyepiece to arrive, but I was able to make it work for ( Read more... )

This past Sunday I made it out to the Tennessee Renaissance Festival for the first time this year. After a long week of doing demolition due to flooding, I opted to go with camera in hand instead of dressing in garb. The weather was perfect, and I had a great day. Here are some selected shots.


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I already wrote this over on the Conphotog site, but I will be shooting staff for MTAC this weekend. I am ready for a con fix, and ready to take some pictures. I will try to update from my iPhone throughout the weekend on Flickr which cross posts here and to twitter.


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I will be shooting as a staff photographer for the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention this weekend. I will be helping to run two panels as well.

Saturday at 1:00 in the fan panel room, we will be doing a panel on photography at a con. This will be basics tips of how to take better pictures at a con, or pretty much in general, as the same basic ( Read more... )

I was able to try out my new Alienbees lights yesterday while Jess was in town. Here is a shot using a AB 800 with a gridded striplight.


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Here is a shot from a few weeks ago as Steve in Superman.


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