A little bit ago I was asked if I would shoot a postcard campaign for ROBOTlove, a design store featuring limited edition designer toys, clothing, books, prints, and magazines. The postcards were designed by Dylan Lathrop, Styled by Elizabeth Rose Schneider and photographed by me. Here’s how they came out.
From my last 4 photo shoots for Twin Cities Statement Magazine. Chef Doug Flicker, Balance Studios Personal Training, the Yoga Center of Minneapolis and Dr. John Stark.
I recently had the pleasure of shooting an architect and his home as well as a former U.S. Presidential Chef and one of his signature dishes. For all the images I only used one flash, but different modifiers, to light my subjects. For the Bill Lyons shoot, I used a canon 550EX flash and a 50″ umbrella for his home interiors and the 550EX and a 24″ softbox for the portrait. With the David Macfarlane shoot I used the 550EX and the 28″ softbox for both the portrait as well as the Chicken Focaccia dish. All the shots were triggered with Pocket Wizard Plus II’s.
Gear used on these shoots:
Canon 40D
Canon 550EX Flash
Sigma 24-70MM F2.8 Lens
Sigma 16-35 F2.8-4.0 Lens
Pocket Wizard Plus II’s
28″ Wescott Apollo Soft Box
50″ Wescott Shoot-thru Umbrella
Impact 8′ Light Stand
Silk Tripod
I’ve been shooting for a magazine called Twin Cities Statement. Just got my hands on the September 09′ issue and it features some of my work – including an article on a local chef and another on a jewelry designer. My images can also be seen in the July/August issue article on biking in the twin cities. I used my Canon 40D, Sigma 17-35 F2.8-4, Sigma 24-70 F2.8, 70-200 F2.8 and my Canon 15mm Fisheye F2.8 to make these images. I also used my Canon 550EX Flash, 2 Pocket Wizard Plus 2’s and a 24in shoot-thru umbrella for all the off camera flash images.
I headed up to the Ojibwe Forrests Rally a few weekends ago in Bemidji, Minnesota for some rally car action. The race was part of the 2009 Rally America Series comprised of 9 different races throughout the year. I was able to get to my first rally race last year in Houghton, Michigan and I wanted to get to the Ojibwe race this year as it’s about 4 hours north of the Twin Cities. The racing started on Friday afternoon and was completed on Saturday evening. These guys race all day and into the night hours as you will see from a couple of photos. Unfortunately the spectator areas were not the best for viewing and I wasn’t in time to get a media pass for the event, so I shot from where I could.
On this trip I brought:
Canon 40D,
Sigma 70-200 F2.8
Sigma 16-35 F2.8-4
Sigma 24-70 F2.8
Canon 50 F1.8
Canon 15mm 2.8 Fisheye
For most of the action I went with the 70-200 or the 24-70 as I wasn’t able to get as close to the action as I was in Houghton, last year. I also brought a rocket blower as the amount of dust, dirt and rocks flying around is pretty crazy. All in all my equipment held up fine in all the dust and I was able to get some great shots. Below are some images from the 2 days of racing.
Day 4 was my final day of shooting for the MN Fringe Festival. I’ve had a great time so far and I didn’t expect the last day to be any different, and it wasn’t. I was back at the Rarig Thrust Theater for my final show of this years festival looking forward to shooting “The Red Tureen.” Another shoot at the Thrust meant more time with my Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 lens, and once again it didn’t disappoint me. I don’t use that lens a ton in everyday shooting but it has come in more than handy at many a concert or event that I’ve had to photograph. Below are my last set of 2009 Fringe Festival Images.
Day 3 of my MN Fringe Festival shooting took me outside to the parking lot of the Bedlam Theater, and to the show “Comedy of Errors.” It was a fun show to shoot and I was able to walk pretty much anywhere except right up in front of the audience. After that, it was off to the Rarig Thrust Theater again to shoot “Secrets Revealed: Opera Bob Opens His Drawers,” which was something completely new to me never having seen an opera. Below are some of the images from that nights performances.
Not much different from shooting day 1 of the MN Fringe Festival. All the shows were in the same theater as the previous night so I knew pretty much what settings I was going to need for day 2. On day 2, I shot a total of 3 different shows, “The Sleuth Sisters,” “The Harty Boys in: The Case of the Limping Platypus,” and “Sideways Stories from Wayside School.”
Again all of the images were taken with a Canon 40D with a Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 at ISO 1000.
