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| PIX OF THE WEEK - Benjamin |
| Dec 18, 2009 05:08:15 | |
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SUBJECT: Benjamin
LOCATION: Valcour Island (Lake Champlain) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series August, 2007
Shot with a Canon 1D Mark II-N with Canon 24-105mm F4 IS "L" series lens.
Shot at 1/125th of a second at F4.5 (200 ISO)
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| PIX OF THE WEEK - Colony Hotel (South Beach Miami) |
| Dec 18, 2009 05:01:06 | |
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SUBJECT: The Colony Hotel
LOCATION: Ocean Drive (South Beach Miami, Florida) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series December 2nd, 2007
I was in South Beach this past week shooting some photos of the famous ArtDeco District along Ocean Drive and Collins Ave. Built in the 1920s, theColony Hotel is one of South Beach's most famous treasures and mostrecognizable hotels along Ocean Drive due to its stunning blue neon lights.I didn't get as many shots as I would've liked as I was soon hassled by CityCode Compliance Officer Philip Whitehead for not having all the properpermits to shoot. Can you believe it, he wanted to issue me a citation fornot applying and being issued a filming permit? That's a new one in mybook -- especially considering photos as these are free tourism advertisingand promotion for the city. He didn't see it that way.
Anyway, here are a couple of images I was able to get before almost being arrested.
Exposure was about 4 secs at F8 with the camera mounted on a tripod.
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| Mike |
| PIX OF THE WEEK - Tinariwen |
| Dec 18, 2009 04:49:37 | |
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LOCATION: The Green Room at Higher Ground (South Burlington, Vermont) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: Nov 22, 2007
Jacob Edgar of the record label Cumbancha, in conjunction with the worldmusic label Putumayo, brought yet another great show to Higher Ground'sShowcase Lounge back on November 22nd. Tinariwen is a musical act formed in 1982 in Moammar al-Qadhafi's camps ofTuareg rebels. They play in the Tishoumaren ("music of the unemployed")style, and sing mostly in the French and Tamashek languages. Their songsmostly cover the subject of independence for their people from thegovernment of Mali. They are said to be the first Tuareg band to useelectric guitars.
http://www.cumbancha.com/welcome.php
I'm not sure if and when Jacob is planning on showcasing another great worldmusic talent to the Burlington area, but if he does - you really shouldcheck it out. His recent showcases have featured the likes of performerssuch as Andy Palacio, Dobet Gnahoré and Vieux Farka Touré. These shows arenot to be missed.
Lighting was provided by a Dynalite head fired thru a softbox.
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| PIX OF THE WEEK - Sean |
| Dec 18, 2009 04:38:26 | |
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LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: March 2008 December, 2007
I wanted to do something a bit different instead of all the cliché baby pix everyone sees so I had the baby's father lay on the ground holding the infant up in the air against a black backdrop. I lit the baby (9 weeks old) with a single softbox mounted high overheadangled down. And yes, if you are thinking if there was an accident there was (and we were warned too by the baby's mother warned us that as soon as we remove the diaper, expect a little accident). Luckily for me (but not so lucky for the baby's father), I was ableto get out of the way quickly.
Lighting provided by a single Dynalite flash head mounted in a softbox fired remotely with a PocketWizard Plus II. Exposure F13 at 1/200th of a second at 100 ISO.
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| PIX OF THE WEEK - Pie Casso Restaurant (Stowe, VT) |
| Dec 18, 2009 00:52:06 | |
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SUBJECT: Pie Casso
LOCATION: The Mountain Road in Stowe, Vermont CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN
LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series
December, 2007
I've always had a thing about photographing signs. I think it stems from the good old days of when I used to put together slide shows -- and no, not the PowerPoint variety, but actual slide shows with real slides and a projector. In those days (the film days), I always made it a habit to photograph a street or road sign or an important and recognizable landmark or tee-shirt or something so that I could give a reference point for the viewer where a particular series was taken. I often found myself takin
g pix of old diner signs (guess I was always fascinated with old diner cars) - I think because they are fast fading slice of Americana. No, this pix isn't of a cool diner sign, but rather of another restaurant.
Anyway, I was driving home from Stowe in a snow storm this past December after a great day snowboarding when I noticed how cool the sign at Piecasso's looked in the snow. I quickly pulled over grabbed my camera to take a couple of shoots. I did not have any auxiliary lighting or flash with me, so I had set the ISO to 1600 because I needed to have somewhat of a fast shutter speed to avoid tons of white snowflake streaks across the image. I then set the white balance to AUTO because there were multip
le light sources (tungsten, halogen and mercury vapor) and figured I could correct the white balance later (actually the camera handled the multiple light sources very well and no post production was needed to correct color and light temperature.
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| PIX OF THE WEEK - DJ Nastee of VT Union |
| Dec 18, 2009 00:11:02 | |
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SUBJECT: DJ NASTEE LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series January 13, 2008
The guys from VT UNION dropped by the studio this past weekend for some promotional material shots. In addition to shooting the group together, we did some individual shots. Here are a few shots of DJ Nastee that I think really came out well and brought out his personality.
Since I always shoot in RAW format, I normally adjust my lens to be between 1/3 to 1/2 stop under what my light meter reading says that way I can ensure that all the information is captured by the CCD sensor. By slightly underexposing things, this allows the flexibility to play with the image later for different effects. It is always easier to increase the exposure later, as opposed to decreasing it (if you overexpose an image, the information is lost forever). However, in this case, to get the style of lighting and contrast I wanted, I actually bracketed the shots to be about a 1/3 to 1/2 stop over the meter reading.
Also, when shooting against the white background in the studio, I normally have my subjects stand about 10-12 feet in front of the wall. In this case, I had DJ Nastee stand only about 6 to 7 feet in front of the background so that some of the light would bleed around him creating something of a rim light effect, however, I had to
be very careful with this approach, as my light meter was giving me a F45 on the background. Since VT Union is a Rap/DJ group, I adjusted the contrast in the camera (I didn't' want to mess with things in Photoshop later) to bring out that lighting sty
le that is popular in mags like VIBE, ESPN, etc.
Front lighting provided by a 2 Dynalite flash heads (one mounted in a soft box the other simply with a standard reflector. Background lighting provided by 2 Novatron flash heads fired at full power (both background and front strobes fired remotely by a PocketWizard Plus II). Fill lighting achieved by using a silver circular reflector hand held by an assistant about 3 feet from the subject.
Exposure was F14 at 1/125th of a second at 100 ISO.
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| PIX OF THE WEEK - Karen from Nairobi, Kenya |
| Dec 17, 2009 23:49:25 | |
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SUBJECT: Karen from Nairobi
LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: December, 2007
Karen is a nursing student from Nairobi, Kenya. I had met her a couple of months before and told her that if she ever wants her picture taken to look me up. Anyway, some time later, she called me I had her come by the studio while she was on her winter school break.
Taking my inspiration from old the old National Geographic images from the 1920s (photographers back then used to often photograph the indigenous peoples they wrote about in profile to create a very powerful image), I wanted to shoot Karen in B&W much the same way. This would allow me to show her very defined jaw line and to highlight her really cool braids in her hair.
However, Karen has this infectious smile and personality that could light up just about any room - so I couldn't resist getting a few shots of her as her normal self too (smiling). In fact, I think she struggled a bit with the serious look!!!
Lighting was provided by a single Dynalite head fired thru a medium-sized soft box. Exposure was 1/160th of a second at F13. J. Michael Worthington, Jr. 802.578.8515 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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| Heinz Valenta - PIX OF THE WEEK by Mike Worthington Photographer (Burlington, VT) |
| Dec 17, 2009 23:26:53 | |
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LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, VT) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: March 2008
Heinz came by the last week for some portfolio updates. We took a few casual shots that came out very well (what the original shoot was planned to accomplish) but he also had brought with him a tux so I figured this might be a good opportunity to experiment a bit.
The main light was a Dynalite 4040 head fired thru a medium soft box to the camera right on a light stand about 8 or 9 feet up and positioned about 5 or 6 feet from the subject. I also placed another flash head back about another additional 6 or 7 feet bounced thru an silver umbrella about 5 feet off the ground. A third head was positioned with a snoot attached aimed on the background to give a "spotlight" effect.
Exposure was at 1/125th of a second at F11 set at 100 ISO and a focal length of 40mm.
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| The Wailers - Pix of Week |
| Dec 8, 2009 06:06:21 | |
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SUBJECT: The Wailers DATE: March 2007
The Wailers shot at Higher Ground Music Hall (South Burlington, VT). Shot with a Canon 1D Mark IIN with Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series lens.
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| Mike |
| Keb' Mo' - PIX OF THE WEEK |
| Nov 16, 2009 00:05:53 | |
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SUBJECT: Keb’ Mo’
Keb’ Mo’ is a 3-time Grammy Award winning blues artist and in my opinion, by far the best contemporary blues artist on the planet today. Born Kevin Moore in South Central Los Angeles to parents from the Deep South, Keb’ Mo’ has picked up the Delta Blues sound where the greats like Muddy Waters left off. Also check out his website and tour schedule: Exposure was at 1/50th of a second at F2.8. Tags (Seperate Multiple Tags With A Comma): blues | resonator guitar | Kevin Moore | Muddy Waters | Flynn Theatre | Burlington | Vermont | Mike Worthington | Canon 1D Mark IIN | Canon 70-200mm F2.8 | live music |
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| Austin "Boo" - PIX of Week |
| Jul 25, 2009 15:04:50 | |
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SUBJECT: Austin "Boo" LOCATION: Fort Ethan Allen Studio (Colchester, Vermont) CAMERA: Canon Mark 1D IIN LENS: Canon 24-105mm F4 IS L series DATE: February 2008
Happy Valentine's Day to all! Sorry I don't have a V-Day themed pix to share, these past few weeks has been crazy and it left me little time to take cool pix.
Boo came by the studio the other week for some portfolio pix. She's got great hair and I wanted to show that. I picked a low-key lighting set up. Because of her dark hair and the black background I had to borrow an old "hair light" technique that was used a lot during the old glamour days of Hollywood so that I could bring out her hair. Basically what I did was use standard Dynalite head fired thru a medium-sized soft box to the camera right and aimed about 45 degrees downward. I then placed a Dynalite 4040 head out of view behind the subject with a honeycomb spot grid aimed at the subject's hair.
Exposure was 1/160th of a second at F9. J. Michael Worthington, Jr. 802.578.8515 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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