Week 15/52

Another school Project photo! yayy. haha. The challenge this time was "Food". I shot the seafood grotto before, and had amazing results. So I asked the chef if I could shoot him one more time. This time I used "cool" LED lights. Its a panel of LED's that are a continuous light. Really efficient in the video realm, and somewhat for photography. I just had to bump up the ISO a bit, just so I can shoot at a high shutter, and have a fast aperture. I had to make a collage just to get a feel of the whole deal.

Week 14/52

Ok ok ok... I have to admit, not my best photo I have taken on these series of photos, but I needed a shot, and I was pressed for a photo for my photo class. The challenge was 1am. I had an idea to shoot the pond in Temecula, but on my way off of work, I realized that I had no tripod. And to top it off, Lauren was waiting there for me, and was gonna surprise me with some food, and Starbucks :( Thanks to no tripod, there was no surprise. But I did end up having a better idea. I meet up with Lauren at home, picked up my tripod, and had her drive, and I sat in the back seat, set my camera up on the tripod, and picked up some trail lights. The photo is composed of two images, the lights on the streets, then a longer exposure to pick up the lights in the cabin.

Week 13/52

Week 13 was definitely hard to choose from. Pechanga held its first "official" MMA fight. (I say official because every weekend when silk gets out, there seems to be a brawl going on. haha)
There were a lot of good fights. Decided on this one just becuase of 1. He's my buddies Nick's coach, and 2. It really shows how the sport is. Not just boxing toe to toe, but also expands the fight to the ground, where you can throw in wrestling, and Jiu Jitsu. All in all a pretty good night.

Shot cage side at a ridiculously high ISO.

Week 12/52

Week 12 was another shoot in the school studio. My buddy Matt needed some new head shots to send to a modeling agency, and I need some shots for my school project. He had a few wardrobe changes, but this is one I enjoyed the most.

Fill light 3/4 lighting on camera right, and then kicker/rim lighting camera left. Shot on a gray background.

SLACKKING!!! Week 11/52

Sorry I havent posted on this blog in a while. (really doubt anyone is reading it tho. haha. :p ) But time to play some catch-up.

Week 11 was shot in the school studio. I saw an ad in Transworld Snowboard, and I really liked the catch lights. I put 3 slim soft boxes together and formed them into a triangle to get the effect. Turned out pretty cool. Now only if I can really get some of my own lights I could do this outside of school :\. Oh well...

The additional shot is from another angel to see how it was set up.

Week 9 and 10 / 52

Where to start...

The past couple of weeks have been supppper crazy. Did an awesome photo shoot with Wendi, Liz, Cha Cha, and Laney. then after that, well... I got Married! Then we left for our honeymoon in the West Caribbean for a week, and now we are here... on my 23rd birthday! whoot!

So here's an update to the 52 project, at Shot of Wendi in the bad ass military jacket that Laney brought in, and Cha Cha did the hair and make up.
# 9/52






And then here's a photo of Cozumel that I shot over our honeymoon vacation.
# 10/52

I know its old, but Ive been busy...

Week 8/52 Lucas Taber






Took these a while ago, but finally got around to edit and upload them.

Shot my coach Lucas in his Jiu Jitsu Gi, and wanted to experiment with some different lightning techniques.

Strobist Info:
Shot on a Low key background, with White lightning 800's for split lighting.

Canon 5d Mark II

Week 7/52 San Diego is the Sky Limit

Rushed down to San Diego to get a a shot of the city sky line. The first stop we went I didn't really like, the Hyatt buildings were to straight on. Drove down the street a little further down and found this place behind a restaurant. (Which I really want to check out, cause it looked really good).

30 second exposure, cropped and processed in Lightroom and in Photoshop. (c'mon when does California really get blueish purplish skies???)

52 Project update

So, its been over 3 weeks since Ive updated my 52 project. I was slammed busy with editing photos for a wedding.. (the last 52 photo that I did) and then I had a engagement/family portrait session that I had to shoot. But now, Im getting caught up so heres the 3 most recent photos...


Week 6/52 Tilt Shift Faux
Had to shoot a photo for the photo class with using Adobe Lightroom's adjustment brush.

Went to Victoria Beach in Laguna after shooting a couples engagement and family photos.


Equipment
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS



Week 5/52 SuperiorWine
I was shooting a "How to capture the ""Wine for two"" for a school project. and I was shooting each store by its self, and I loved the outcome of this one.

Equipment
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS

Product Table
Cyclorama
White Lightning 800 w/ Yellow Gel @ f8.0




Week 4/52 George Lopez
Shot George Lopez at Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Equipment
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

Start of a new 52

Well, I figure since I see a lot of people doing a 365 project, I figure I'll do a 52 project... since i really dont have to the time to take a photo a day, I'll do one for a the week...
So this week's photo is of my friend Julio. We went golfing at the Menifee Lakes Golf course on the Palms side... saw the sun setting behind the palm trees and I had him pretend to putt.

12th Hole around 5pm.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
24-70mm F2.5 L USM
Singh Ray CPL

Post production in:
LR3
PS4

EXIF:
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 30 mm
ISO Speed 100

La Jolla Cove

Well this past weekend was pretty fun. Went with the wife and our friends Gaby and Brad to La Jolla. Well first we went to Mission Beach because my brother Evan gave me a 1 hour free session to the wave house. I must say, it is A LOT harder then it looks. It was definitely fun, and I really want to try it again... and I hope next time I can stand up longer! haha. Well after the session at mission beach we headed down to the La Jolla coves, we wanted to see the seals, and I wanted to get a shot of the waves crashing on the rocks, turned out that the sun didn't really want to come out and play, so the weather was really gloomy, but I decided to still get my shot, and I figured I would make it a black and white to give it that really "Gloomy" look. So here it is.

Taken on: July 19, 2010 at 7.16pm PDT

Exif data
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 30"
Aperture f/18.0
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 200

Gladiator Challenge "BAD BEHAVIOR"

This past weekend I went to support my Coaches and others along with 25 other fights at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto . The results were devastating... here are a few photos of the event that happened.

New Old News

Well a while ago I went shooting with a couple of friends at Iron sights... and I decided to bring my camera rig with me to see how well it would shoot in a low light situation.... not bad if you ask me :D (I believe the ISO is at 3200, with +2 exposure compensation).

Even newer equipment!

I used to own a Nikon.... but now I transferred over to Canon! (yay!) I was able to purchase the canon EOS 5d Mark 2 along with a 24-70mm f2.8L USM lens. But that left me with short cash to purchase a flash for it... so I went ahead and bought a wireless transmitter and receiver for it called a Cactus V4. Really effective... you can really only find them here... "http://www.gadgetinfinity.com/product.php?productid=17204&cat=274&page=1" Some pretty cheap stuff on the site, but these triggers are well made. Anyways, I needed to get some new head shots, so I had to beg my wife to let me borrow her for some shots... and this is what I got with my old Nikon SB-800 flash with my new canon equipment. Enjoy :D

A new year, a new camera, a new start

Well to put in short, this new year has been amazing so far. We (my wife and I) have moved into our new home, and I FINALLY got my new camera :D. I have never really blogged before, but I guess its a good way to showcase my new photos that I will be taking. So here are a set of my newest photos that I have taken thus far. The far bottom photo is of my friends girlfriends car.
The two landscapes were taken from our Tahoe trip. Hope you enjoy!