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Flare

Nicole — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:05:51 +0000

Canon 7D, Canon 70-200 ƒ/4L IS lens, 1/125 sec at ƒ/5.6, ISO 100

I just finished up a photo shoot with “Heavy Metal Heidi” … she hosts monthly heavy metal nights at a local club and needed an image for a promotional posters. We changed things around a bunch and got a lot of really fun shots. This was one that I wanted to do … probably won’t make the poster but it is a pretty cool shot. Playing with lights = fun. :)

Click here to see a behind-the-scenes diagram of this shot. I’ll post more shots over the next week along with more BTS images.

Studio Lighting Wrap-Up Video

Nicole — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:34:01 +0000

Jeremy Hall put together this awesome video on our recent “Studio Lighting Photowalk”. It’s one of the largest Photowalking Utah events of the year and he really did a good job of portraying the spirit of our photography community.

Thanks to everyone who helped out and participated … the event was an overall success and I was glad I could be a part of it. The photography community here is why I am making Utah my new home and it’s the people at events like the one in the video that makes me realize I made the right choice. :)

Behind-the-Scenes: Medical Facility Portraits

Nicole — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:23:40 +0000

Last week I went to a local medical facility with Rich Legg to photograph portraits of health professionals. The setup was fairly simple – we had two lights, each with softboxes, on either side at approximately a 45-degree angle. The images were for their profiles on the medical facility’s website, but instead of shooting traditional head-shots of we went with more of a “stocky, lifestyle” setup and one of the other staff members was kind enough to pose as the patient.

I’m very happy with the final products and look forward to returning in a few weeks with Rich to do some more photography. (BTW … thanks, Rich, for the behind-the-scenes photo!)

Behind-the-Scenes: “Bruschetta”

Nicole — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:02:59 +0000

I’ve had this photo idea in my head for a few weeks now, and last night I decided to put it all together and photograph it. It took longer than a “normal” food shoot, since I was using a strobe as my light instead of natural window-light, but the part that took the longest was trying to arrange all of the lights in the background (my “bokeh” lights) so they fit well into the background.

The neatest thing about this is that it turned out exactly as I pre-visualized, which is always a treat. :)

The equipment used was an Alien Bee B1600 at the lowest power setting for the main light with a medium-size octabox, reflector on the left clamped to a tripod (gold-ish side facing the subject), a Canon 7D with a 70-200 f/4L IS (zoomed in to 200mm for all images), exposure set at 1/250th second at ƒ/5.6. I found the bokeh-lights at Hobby Lobby and strung them across a boom-stand. The background is a pop-up black/white reversible backdrop … I don’t use it too often but it worked perfectly for this setup.

Canon 7D, Canon 70-200 ƒ/4L IS, 1/250th sec at ƒ/5.6

Help Portrait

Nicole — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:02:40 +0000

Image courtesy Rich Legg

This past weekend I had the opportunity to help out the local community by being involved with “Help-Portrait“, a world-wide photography event where photographers and volunteers got together to provide portraits to families and individuals that are in need. Several of the families that came to the YWCA in Salt Lake City had never had a family portrait taken … it was so wonderful to see their faces after receiving their printed photograph for the first time.

I’m really encouraged after doing this event, and also seeing other photographers organizing similar events in the area (here is a video about a local photographer, Dale Welcome, who put together a portrait event last month). It’s such a wonderful feeling that I can use my gifts of photography to help others, even if it’s just to put a smile on their face.

A big thanks to Mavourneen Strozewski for organizing this event, and also to the other local photographers who took part in this and other Help-Portraits in the area. It was an awesome experience and I was so glad to be a part of it. :)