OK...I've been real busy.

1st thing - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA!!!

Since last we spoke, I've done two photo shoots at work, been on vacation, did a product shoot for Veloforma and I've also done a ton of layout/design work for them as they were getting ready for Interbike. Not to mention my day job and working with Becky, who is awesome, on our group's intranet site redesign project.

First up was a shoot for an Aqua Exercise class for work. This was three flashes with one in the water on a stand (thanks to Dan for making sure it didn't fall over or get wet). 2 Vivitar 285HVs coming in at the sholders/back (wrapped in plastic bags) and the 3rd on a stand with homemade beauty dish (Canon 580EX).

The room underneath Chris (guy in photo) was used for text (finished sized was 2ft x 3ft).

The next photo is for a Flu Shot Promo still in production. The models are my boss's boss, Woody, and the nurse is Charlie.

I personally think it was too hot on Woody's shoulder, but he was in a hurry and just had to roll with it.

The next three are of two bike frames and one complete bike. I shot these last Thursday at around 8pm. Did the post, laid-out the postcards the photos went on and burned a disk at the bar for Duff, the owner. We were there until about 12:15am.




The bikes are really nice and I was really glad Duff asked me to shoot them. He was a little nervous about the complete bike, the Mille R, falling over while I was shooting it. But it was being solidly held-up by some chunks of PVC pipe and duct tape. The Mille R is a completely custom carbon fiber bike made with T1000 grade carbon (almost exclusively used for the military and aerospace). Please check them out if you are looking for a really sweet ride: Veloforma.

Last Week was the Kids Triathlon at work

I spent most of my time at the finish line taking photos. The range of emotions on the kids' faces was what one would expect from adults after finishing a full length Triathlon.

Staying Busy

I went to Zack Arias's One Light workshop two weeks ago and learned a lot of stuff about off camera flash. Thanks Zack.

THat is Zack on the left talking about how the light was going to hit Shannon.


Below are some other photos I took during the class of Shannon (from above) and Parrish.

Playing Photo Shoot

I'm working on learning off camera flash things and I finally have the ability to fire two flashes, with a third flash in the wings waiting for a remote.

Since learning requires experimentation, my dear readers, you will probably see a lot of pictures of me. This post you get two of me. The first is a self-portrait using the camera's remote.


The second one Kim took in the backyard and we have titled the claw. It was her favorite.


My favorite from last night was this one of Kim in her hoodie.



Spencer out

Kim is Awesome

Sometimes I'm an ass and you know, that's just the way it is and will be. I think it is just human nature. But Kim has and is being very supportive of my desire to get better with my photography. Se even tolerates me stopping her while she is flipping through magazines and going, "see that catch light there . . . they probably used a big softbox to camera right."

And she will even stand-in while I am trying some new lighting technique. So thank you.