cognitive dissonance

That’s what flashes are for!!!

Here’s the setup:

SB-28 on a boom held by Duane, gridded and gelled with 1/2 CTO, shining down on the climbers when it was aimed right (not easy as the beam is small)

SB-800 on a tripod with beauty dish and 1/4 CTO shooting at the back of the climbers towards the boulder

Ken is lit with a combo of natural and flash light in these shots:

It’s been a bit wet recently so i had to fake the sun this past week to break the monotony…

Setup: SB-800, gridded and up high on a pole, 1/2 CTO, Cactus trigger….

Obligatory no-added-light shot:

From a macro photo session in the back yard last weekend… flash off camera, 1/2 CTO gel and snooted and hand held…

This is a good example of ‘apparent light size’. As far as the flowers are concerned this is a giant light source, easily 10 – 20x larger than they are so the light appears ’soft’. Sweet.

My favorite of the four…

Food is good stuff.

Before the heat:

After the heat:

This was my second attempt at making this type of tart but this time I used completely different recipes for the pastry and custard filling. Once again the oven caught on fire due to the pool of oil from the butter boiling out of the pastry. I put it out with baking soda so don’t worry about it! Also, the tarts were quite tasty.

Although brief, it was well-deserved, and the warm sun was a welcome change from the driving rain, which the flowers didn’t seem to mind. I made this in between flipping the burgers and baking the tarts!

The mile project is an excuse to visit and photograph random areas of Toronto. The scheme is simple. My home is ground zero. From there, sites that are distant from my home by single mile increments are selected for photo shoots. It just started so I’m at mile 1. Current sites are shown on my google maps page for this project.

I returned to the site of the second set of photos, near to the Queen St. W. and Crawford St. area of downtown Toronto to take another stab at shooting life, this time with some extra light. It was sunset time and I had a snooted SB-800, camera left and fitted with a 1/2 CTO filter, illuminating the wood post. Lens is a Nikon 17-55 mm f/2.8. Shot at 1/320 at f/3.5. Next time I’ll use a smaller aperture to get better DOF on the post…

The mile project is an excuse to visit and photograph random areas of Toronto. The scheme is simple. My home is ground zero. From there, sites that are distant from my home by single mile increments are selected for photo shoots. It just started so I’m at mile 1. Current sites are shown on my google maps page for this project.

This is the second set of photos in this new series, shot in the Queen St. W. and Crawford St. area of downtown Toronto.

The mile project is an excuse to visit and photograph random areas of Toronto. The scheme is simple. My home is ground zero. From there, sites that are distant from my home by single mile increments are selected for photo shoots. It just started so I’m at mile 1. Current sites are shown on my google maps page for this project.

This is the first set of photos in this new series, shot in the Dundas St. W. and Halton St. area of downtown Toronto. However, some of the shots in the gallery are from Kensington Market, which I passed along the way and had to stop and shoot, just because. Also, it was sunset time, which is nice, really.

Shot with a Nikon D300 and a Sigma 150mm f/2.8.

Toy buses for sale in Kensington Market.

A colorful garage in a Toronto laneway near Dundas and Halton.