365 project - Day 189 - Corn Husk Doll

Day 189

Even though it's tough to tell, this image was of the bottom of a doll made of corn husk. While thinking of way to shoot it, I looked at the bottom and though that would make for a nice image. Husk was lit with a LED flashlight from the side.

Large verion on flickr.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

365 Project - Day 188 - Meet Chloe

Day 188

Meet Chloe, a fun and playful dog rescued by Paws And Prayers Pet Rescue Organization. While at a pet store today, we got to meet Chloe and her foster parent Cynda. She told us about the organization, how they rescue dogs and cats, and find loving homes for them. While Sara and Chloe played, I thought of photographing Chloe to showcase her and have her as the image of the day. Chloe was a good sport and hammed it up for the camera. If you in the area [Northeast Ohio] or really just want to bring Chloe to a loving home, send a message to Paws and Prayers , you can also search through all the other available pets for adoption on their website. (By the way, Chloe is Sara Approved!)

Large version on flickr.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

365 project - Day 187 - Night of Celebration

Day 187

Tonight, we went to Kent State university to their annual African Night, which is a celebration around music, dance, food, and fashion from the many countries in Africa. We had a great time and Sara enjoyed all the dancing and music. The image is from the end of a performance by Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble , they did an amazing job! You can follow the link and see a few videos on the webpage [from 2004 & 2006] I can't wait until they post the video from tonight, it was really energetic and fun.

Large version on flickr.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

365 project - Day 186 - Follow the Lines

Day 186

Theme Thursday, kept it simple with the lines on the back of a chair.

Large version on flickr.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

365 Project - Day 185

Day 185

More lighting tonight, this time I used two lights and a Japanese Sake container, called a Tokkuri. Normally, I use my speedlites [550EX & 530EX] in manual mode but today I left them in E-TTL, so I don't have the ratios and power settings. I started with one light then added the second after the first results. I like the line of shadow down the front Tokkuri, that gives it some depth.

Large version on Flickr plus Strobist info.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

365 project - Day 185 - Pineapple Leaves

Day 185

Today, I went back to the pineapple to get a different angle from last time. I really wanted to emphasize the leaves on the fruit more than anything. Using one speedlight at 1/8 -0.7 power at the camera right, about 2' above the subject. I set the aperture to f.22 to render the background black...even thought I was shooting into a lit room. The shutter speed was at 1/60 with ISO at 100. A pocket wizard was used to trigger the flash. Learning and then applying new tricks with lighting is a lot of fun.

Large version on Flickr with strobist info.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian

365 project - Day 184

Day 184

Today I tried playing around with off camera lighting and sihouettes using a snow globe. I love the dark line around the glass globe and the little specks of glitter. Originally, I went for shooting the light directly into the globe, but that caused a lot of reflection off the glass. Once I started bouncing the light on the wall behind the globe, I then saw the cool sihouettes and overexpose background [at least on the left side of the image.]. A interesting shot would be with two lights to overexpose both sides of the image, but that will be another day with a different subject.
Large version on flickr with strobist info. I am trying to make sure I add the 'strobist' information where appropriate going forward, that way others can see/understand my setups...however basic they are.

Enjoy.

Ja mata,
Brian