Pixel Darkroom Photography

Even though I was ready to go and shoot a dusk portrait in the middle of the afternoon, (I’ll do it some other time and link back) I forgot my tripod at home so I had to scratch that. I walked around and found these wheels chained to each other. You can bet that none of these are going anywhere without the other.

ain't goin' nowhere

No strobes used for this particular image. Big fireball in the sky, partly cloudy, CL.

I had the chance to photograph some toy trains over the summer. I finally went over the whole set and picked a few favourites. Poul and Ulla Pendersen have been building this world for the past 7-8 years. It’s amazing how many little things he and his wife created. He builds the tracks and the sets while his wife paints everything. If you see some little guy anywhere, she painted it. There are thousands and thousands of little people. It’s a whole world. They say it’s 2000 sq ft just for the trains. I was like a little kid looking all over the place not even knowing what to photograph. Amazing. What a joy to see this world. If you find yourself there, plan for a few good hours of just watching these toys. Talk to Poul, he’s an amazing guy.

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Even though I could have considered the shot for today the previous post with the Thai food, I wanted to get something different. I called and made some arrangements to see if I can get Ali to come and model for me. It worked out great, except that it rained a lot. We got this shot early in the night and whatever else we tried afterwards did not work out as well because the limitations I decided to impose – using my stock lens that came with my Canon 5D II. Ali was great and I got a beautiful image.

in the rain

Strobist info: one 580 EX II CR with full CTO, zoomed to 105. I forgot the setting (below 1/2). Triggered via Pocket Wizards. White balance on Tungsten. Postproduction in LR – temperature and fill light. Sorry, not setup shot. It was way to rainy and I forgot.