Pixel Darkroom Photography

Here’s a little bit of freshly picked raspberries. I could totally see this image in a calendar or some other place so it is definitely available as stock image. The rain got to the fruit a little bit, but it was only enough to clean them up. It was measured. Another one of my favourites. Our good friend picked these up and a big thank you goes to her and my wife helped with the rain gear so a big thank you goes to her. Shot at 1/60 or so to grab the rain drops. I tried a few shots with on camera flash for fill but I got some reflections from the water flowing down the wood and I liked better the image without the reflections. Here is Day 272.

Sometimes I feel like this. I’m sure you do too. Life is fair, at one point or the other it’s hard for all of us.

Lighting: handheld with 50mm prime at a non handheldable shutter speed.

I don’t have much to say about this. It follows the same idea with the Jenga tower, and the orange in the wheelbarrow. I just like playing with colors.
Strobist info: 2×580 EX (II) via on camera PW and manually triggered PW CL and CR with obvious gels and handheld LED flashlight above subject. 2 seconds exposure with small aperture.

How many ways can you photograph a flower? This is the same tulip I shot at night a few days ago and it is the first time I can observe a tulip in its own environment, with rain and sun, day and night. You will probably see this flower again, who knows? Day 182. Enjoy.

Selective colors whimsically desaturated in Lr.

Beautiful red tulips in the sunset light for day 180, another round number. 185 days to go. I cannot believe it is almost half a year since I started doing this. No strobes today, just these beautiful flowers. Enjoy.

Strobist info: 580 EX CL with coroplast gridspot via Pocket Wizard.

Today I saw a short film with a man who was comparing the domino effect and the decisions in our life. They are so many and they influence other decisions, other people and so many other things. The key thing was that we take so little time making so many of these decisions and the effect applies so quickly, just like the domino pieces, as they move from one to the other so quickly. It made me think about my decisions.
I thought about building the image below with the empty chair because so many times we are not even “there” as we make decisions. Most of them happen fast, little time goes into making them and we want to move on to the next thing. Then we might end up wondering why our life is the way it is, why our children are the way they are, why our relationships are where they are and many times we are looking for someone else to blame. Just a thought.

Strobist info: 580 EX II CL with snoot and blue gels, CR with snoot and red gels, and CL on the chair in the background with a coroplast (corrugated plastic) grid-spot. Shot at f22 with a diopter filer and flashes anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 +/- EV.

For those of you riding motorcycles I am sure this is one sweet temptation. I’ve been riding myself something very close to this bike until a few years ago . When I say very close to this bike, I only mean it was red and the price tag was roughly $90,000 less than this. But otherwise very close, two wheels, engine, blinkers, handle bars. My top sped was 63 mph, downhill, all tucked down under the windshield windbreak. I got from 0-60 in a few good months after I not so carefully broke in the engine.
All joke aside, you guys need to be very careful. Be defensive and think that you are invisible. Don’t believe that eye contact with the other drivers or the fact that a bike might be faster is a guarantee that you will be safer. My best friend from high-school and brother in law spend his last few minutes on a Ducati bike. We spent years together in school and as friends.

All I can say is that the entire Earth seems a lonelier place without him. I loved him dearly.

Shot with available light at the motorcycle show.

The Jenga Tower.

Strobist info: 580 EX II x3 via Pocket Wizards. 1/32 power CL and CR with red gels and blue gels, and the top one (slightly CL with green gel at 1/128 with coroplast snoot and zoomed to 50mm or so, for less power.) Setup shot here.

Time.

Strobist info: 2×580 EX II via infra red trigger in two groups (A+B). One 580 EX II with 3 gels (2 blue gels on one half and one red gel on the other half) and the other 580 EX II bare. Stuck the pages together with magnets and covered the cover with a black foam. I left the setup shot in full color here so you can see that I didn’t tweak anything in Ps. Small dust spots removed in Lr. Shot with +2 diopter filter over a 50 mm prime. In case you didn’t know what this is, it’s a book. A “Tell the Time with Thomas” book by Christopher Awdry.

Beautiful beautiful flowers. I did a self portrait today and after grabbing the setup shot, I made this. It came out amazing and there you have it. I vetoed the self portrait shot and stuck with this. No post-production whatsoever. Jump below for secret recipe and link to licensing this image. Most of the images you find on the site are available as fine art prints. Just drop me a line and I’ll see if I can pull a few strings to get you some.

Strobist info: 2×580 EX II via Pocket Wizards. Background 1/8 power zoomed to 24mm with two gels CalColor Blue 60 and 90 (whatever that means?), and one into softbox at 1/2 with 1/2 CTO zoomed to 24mm. Shot at 1/160 of a second, ISO 200, f4 through Canon 50 mm prime. Setup shot here. License this image here.

Today I drove all the way to Christmas Way, and no, there was no Santa Claus there, no snow, and not many people. I did have to stand in the middle of the street in order to take some of the shots, but since today is Christmas Day, there were hardly any cars on the road. I drove around a little bit afterwards. It’s amazing how deserted everything is, and if you think that less than 24 hours before taking this shot the whole city was crazy and packed with shoppers and cars, it makes you realize how commercialized this celebration has become. Why were there so many people around yesterday and why is there nobody around today? I think we all know the answer. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

It’s so good to have a little model willing to pose for me. I wonder what the long term effect will be upon my kids. I do try to make it quick and simple for them, although it doesn’t work out all the time. As you can see from the setup shot, I had little time with my model today – not even a chance to grab a setup shot.

Strobist info: 580 EX II into 28″ softbox CL at 1/2. Shot at 1/200 5.6 ISO 200. Setup shot here.

Firestone lit by fireball.

No strobist info. Big fireball in the sky behind a great mass of vapours.

Lighting info: 1/8 580 EX into slightly collapsed collapsible umbrella CR. Infra Red trigger. Setup shot here.

When on your way home your wife says to stop by that pumpkin patch where you took the kids pictures a couple of weeks ago and you naturally ask if you can wait in the car while she picks up a few pumpkins for more pumpkin pie and then you see her pick up a heavy red wheel-barrow then as a gentleman you know you should get out of the car, grab the camera and take a picture.