Mike

We had another awesome portrait session with Mike over this weekend, this time at Griffith Park. What a beautiful weekend it was! And what better way to finish off an awesome portrait session than to use the majestic beauty of Mother Nature herself as the backdrop!

… and now for the nerdy camera info:
Camera and Lens: Canon 5D MkIII with a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS and Singh Ray Vari-ND filter attached set at ISO 200, 85mm, 1/200, WB-Cloudy
Lighting: 1 580EXII with ½ CTO gel set at ¼ power on light stand camera right pointed at the guitar. 1 580 EXII with full CTO gel set at ½ power held by VAL camera left. Both triggered by Pocket Wizard PWIIs.

Star Dust

Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star. ~Larry Barretto

Congratulations you two on your upcoming blessing and thank you both for allowing us to capture this beautiful moment!

... and now for the geeky gear stuff:
Camera and lens: Canon 5D MkIII, with 70-200 f/2.8L IS attached set at 70mm, 1/80 @ f/10, ISO 400
Lighting: 1 Canon 580EXII held by Veronica camera right, gelled with full CTO set at 1/16 power and triggered by Pocket Wizard PWIIs.

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We started this weekend with our first session of the year photographing Mike Gallegos, an awesome jazz guitarist and composer. WooHoo!!! Pretty interesting too considering that we did this under a bridge and nearly caused 2 accidents in the process (oops). Luckily we got through it all unscathed.

I can’t wait for the next session!!!

Now for the geeky gear porn section:
Camera and lens: Canon 5D MkIII, with 70-200 f/2.8L IS attached set at 110mm, 1/125 @ f/5.6, ISO 400
Lighting: 1st Canon 580EXII camera left, with barn doors and gelled with full CTO set at 1/32 power aimed at the guitar. 2nd Canon 580 EXII camera left snooted and set at 1/32 power aiming at talent. And finally 1 Bowens GM500 powered by Vagabond Mini-Lithium with 60” Photek Softlighter II set at f/5.6 camera right. All triggered by Pocket Wizard PWIIs.