With many people struggling with finding ways to create interesting photos due to the current shelter in place, I decided to challenge myself with seeing what I could capture just in my back yard.
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With many people struggling with finding ways to create interesting photos due to the current shelter in place, I decided to challenge myself with seeing what I could capture just in my back yard.
Inspired by the catalog images on the website for the company making her nursing garments my girlfriend wanted images on a clean white background, both traditional headshots, and catalog style full length images.
On a long hike such as the eight mile one I took on this day at the Briones Reservoir, I felt the weight of the singular lens and camera body, it was an extra burden I would have preferred to have left at home. But when the sun began to get lower in the sky there were images I just had to capture.
While on the trails one overcast day my hiking partner asked for me to take some photos of her for Instagram. Always up for a challenge and carrying my camera as usual I jumped at the chance to take some photos.
To start off my year with making something new I decided to take a new self-portrait and take you along to see the whole process by showing how I take a portrait with my favorite lighting set-up from start to finish!
With Fall coming to a close and the last of the leaves falling off the trees I decided to go out and capture the color before it's gone for the year.
As I wrapped up my time with the X1D I reached a series of realizations about what using a piece of equipment worth more than car really means.
With a recent wave of body positive videos and articles of people wearing body paint and body glitter out in public a friend of mine wanted to give the concept a shot and do a photo shoot wearing a shirt made of glitter.
Nearly every chance I got I was out on the lake, the mild weather made for perfect days out on the boat or just enjoying the sound of the water at the beach.
These images were a result of my first ever shoot with the Flashpoint Xplor 600, my most powerful light to date.