Studio Portraits

I don’t get the chance to shoot in our studio that often.  Here’s a couple shots from a really fun shoot the other day.  Adam & Kristyn live in our neighborhood.  So we bump into them when we’re out and about walking our dog and have gotten to know them over the years.  They are SUCH a neat couple.  So creating these timeless memories for them was a real joy for me. 

One of the best investments I ever made for our studio was connecting all my Alien Bee strobes via the RadioPopper Jr. remotes.  When working with a hyped up dog (you can see by that first image that it took Cami & Kristyn a while to calm down their beautiful Golden Retreiver, Sal!), you have to be able to move FAST!  So when the hair light needs to be reduced and the main light needs more juice, being able to do that in the blink of an eye right there on the camera is a HUGE advantage!  Fortunately Sal mellowed out and Dylan warmed up and we got some great images for them.  J

(Nikon D3, 70-200 f2.8, PocketWizard Plus II (triggering camera), Alien Bees, RadioPopper Jr (firing strobes), Photoflex softboxes, Bogen/Manfrotto supports for camera, lights, and backgrounds)

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Reuniting with Old Friends

It’s been many years now since I photographed Tim & Jeni’s wedding!  But we continue to stay in touch.  It’s so fun to reunite with clients I’ve been working with for so long that they’ve become my friends.  I love seeing the changes in their lives and hear about their accomplishments since the last photo shoot.  The big change in Jeni & Tim’s life is their beautiful new daughter, Emelia.  J  For this shoot they brought out the whole family, which was especially neat since I hadn’t seen some of them since their wedding!

(Nikon D3, 70-200 f2.8, SB-900, SB-800, Lastolite EZYBox, RadioPoppers, Pocket Wizard, Bogen/Manfrotto tripod & lightstand)

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ESPN Charleston Classic Action

Here’s a handful of images from the tournament!  The relatively new College of Charleston arena is well lit and a joy to shoot in compared to most venues.  All images were shot with available light using a pair of Nikon D3 bodies, 10.5mm fisheye, 14-24mm f2.8, 24-70 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8, and 200-400 f4.

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Charleston Classic Celebrities

While covering the action for ESPN at the Charleston Classic, I grabbed a few…ahem…celebrity shots.  OK, OK, my friend and colleague, Kathleen Cartland is talking to the only REAL celebrity, Bill Murray.  But certainly celebrities to me include my friend and fellow shooter, Mic Smith, hanging his remote camera behind the backboard…Clay Hadden (in blue), who’s wonderful wedding to Lisa Sewell I photographed earlier this year…and Julia & Erik Loesch, who’s amazing destination wedding to St. Thomas we photographed last year!  It’s always fun to bump into old friends at gatherings like this!!!

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ESPN Charleston Classic

WOW!  I have been SO SLACK about posting to the blog recently.  Please forgive me…this time of year can be CRAZY around here!!!  J

A few weeks ago I photographed the Charleston Classic again for ESPN.  This will have been my 3^rd year on that assignment…it’s one I REALLY enjoy being a part of!!!  Here are a few shots from the Welcome Reception held on the deck of The USS Yorktown.  For anyone who’s ever been on this retired aircraft carrier at night, you know how awful the light is from those old sodium vapor tubes.  The last thing I wanted was murky shadows and nasty green color casts on my skin tones.  So I rigged up my trusty Radio Poppers on several SB-800/SB-900 flashes, strategically placed around the room to give me nice, clean, calibrated lighting everywhere I turned. 

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Studio Portrait for SCFCU

When we’re not shooting weddings and events on weekends, we photograph lots of head shots and executive portraits throughout the week.  South Carolina Federal Credit Union has been sending their employees over to us for a couple years now.  Jessica just joined their team and needed photos for a press release.  This image was shot with a giant 6-foot LiteDome softbox to her left as the main light, a medium softbox behind and on her right as a kicker light, a small softbox on a boom above her for a hair light, and an SB-800 right behind her as a background light.  I like using small wireless strobes as my background light since it’s wireless and I don’t have to worry about cables showing in the photo if I do a full-length shot.  The rest of the light sources were Alien Bees, which are triggered with the RadioPopper Jr (Studio Version) radio triggers.  The image was shot with a Nikon D2x (which I use exclusively in the studio), and the 70-200 f2.8. 

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Anchor Commercial

My “Double Your Pleasure” post about the team photos I did for ESPN got such a big response!  So I thought I’d share this group photo I did last weak using the same technique.  Anchor Commercial has been a client of ours for many years.  One of the things they have me photograph for them each November is a group shot they put in a Christmas Card to send all their clients.  Rather than setting up on the South East side of their building where they’d be squinting in to the morning sun, we decided to set up on the North West side.  This provided a nice rim/back light.  However, their faces were in extreme shadow.  So I set up my double-flash technique with two SB-800s on each of two light stand, firing them through my favorite Westcott 43” Collapsible Umbrellas, and triggering them with my trusty RadioPoppers.  Here’s the scene before everyone arrived, and the final image they selected for their card. 

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