Not much into the Superbowl so polished up on my card game for a future visit to Vegas.
Land of prosperity, so says Obama… not much luck with my game either.
Day 37 of my 365 project.
AlienBee 400 @ 1/16 camera left into a 46″ white Westcott umbrella.
AlienBee 400 @ 1/32 camera left with 20° grid at myself.
Botero #023 background.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8
I think the Chinese laundromat is trying to muscle in on the Chinese take out place…
Day 35 of my 365 project.
Strobist Info:
AlienBee 400 @ 1/32 through a Westcott 46" white umbrella camera left & high.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
High Strung?
Day 34 of my 365 project.
Strobist Info:
AlienBee 400 @ 1/16 into a white shoot-through umbrella camera left.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
When Light Bulbs Die.
Day 33 of my 365 project.
Strobist Info:
AlienBee 400 1/4 bare.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
There’s always one in the crowd…
Day 32 of my 365 project.
Strobist Info:
AlienBee 400 @ 1/2 + 40° grid & white shoot-through umbrella camera left and high.
AlienBee 400 @ 1/2 + 20° grid against Botero #023 background.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 105mm f/2.8
A few years ago I bought James Nachtwey’s Inferno as I was an admirer of James’ work.
The book is not cheap by any means, and is massive. 480 pages, weighs as much as a coffee table and is 11 by 15 inches, two-and-a-quarter inches thick.
It is not a book for everyone but everyone should see it.
A few days ago I picked it up and flipped through it’s pages and once again, cannot understand how mankind can do these things to one another or even worse, look away and do nothing at all.
The book opens with this epigraph from Dante’s “Inferno”:
“Through me is the way to the sorrowful city. Through me is the way to join the lost people.”
Following a brief introduction, we head into the inferno, accompanying Nachtwey on his trip through hell.
It’s breathtakingly bad stuff. It’s the worst news there is and, needless to say, continues at this moment.
On a cold, snowy January day in Ottawa, I find myself transposed to a warm, sunny Jamaican beach.
Everything is Irie…
Day 29 of my 365 project.
Strobist info:
AlienBee 400 @ 1/4 through a white 46 Westcott umbrella placed above & in front.
SB24 + blue gel pointed at the Botero #023 background.
LumoPro120 with snoot & soft white paper diffuser @ 1/4 pointed toward the bottle.
Nikon D300 and Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8
**No Marijuana plants were harmed in the making of this photograph**
Day 28 of my 365 project
Strobist Info:
Homemade Light Box (http://www.flickr.com/photos/labellephoto/237264302/#/)
White constuction paper as background.
AlienBee 400 on each side @ 1/4
LumoPro120 on top of light box @ 1/4 from boom arm.
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8
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