Photo Essay: Djibouti Rails – Dire Dawa to Djibouti City (Location: Ethiopia/Djibouti)
February 2, 2012 by 6 Comments
Seattle Central Creative Academy: Photography Assignment (Profoto Softboxes)
February 1, 2012 by 5 Comments
Softboxes come in a range of shapes and sizes. Here we needed to experiment with three different boxes in the studio: a strip bank, an octobank, and a 2×3 foot softbox. Here I photographed the solemnity of a noose in the following order:
1) Strip bank
2) 2×3 Softbox
3) Octobank
And my preferred choice with this subject? The strip bank highlights the noose on camera right, creating more contrast and thus more drama. Which is your favorite?
Location: SCCA Studios, Seattle, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
100mm, 1/25 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100, tripod mount.
Post: Adobe LR3 & PS5
Seattle Central Creative Academy: Photography Assignment (High Reflectivity)
January 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
On this next assignment we were asked to control the highlights on a highly reflective subject with the use of one strobe. I chose a simple brass cuff with Native American symbology carved into the surface. Using one strobe camera left raised to a 45 degree angle with a gold reflector directly beneath the floating cuff, I sought to create an image representing a National Geographic artifact found at an archaeological dig.
Location: Home Studios, Bainbridge Island, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens
100mm, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100, tripod mount.
Post: Adobe LR3 & PS5
Photo Essay: Sweeney the Arctic Explorer
January 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
Location: SCCA Studios, Seattle, WA
Model: Sean Sweeney (Sweendo)
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100, tripod mount.
Post: Adobe LR3 & PS5
Seattle Central Creative Academy: Photography Assignment (Butterfly Portrait)
January 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
The assignment here was to create a commercial portrait focusing on butterfly lighting. To do this you place the key light directly in front and above the subject’s nose in order to create a shadow effect directly underneath the nose that resembles a butterfly. Three other lights were used in this portrait of an “Arctic Explorer”; a fill light to camera right nearest the camera, a hairlight at three-quarters rear camera right, and a background light on a black seamless at camera left 90 degrees from the subject.
Location: SCCA Studios, Seattle, WA
Model: Sean Sweeney (Sweendo)
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
93mm, 1/60 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100, tripod mount.
Post: Adobe LR3 & PS5
Seattle Central Creative Academy: Photography Assignment (Self-Portrait)
January 10, 2012 by 5 Comments
What is within you that few have the chance to witness?
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark II with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
24mm, 1/4 sec at f/16, ISO 100, tripod mount, trigger fired with two Q-flashes camera left and camera right.
Post: Adobe LR3, PS5 & Nik Software
Photo Essay: A Peace Walk – Dublin to London
January 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
Last night I met a gentleman who works at a nuclear submarine base. He’s been stationed in Bremerton for the past two years. I inquired why? Because his nuclear vessel ran out of its nuclear fuel, and it takes three years to make more: Two years to make it, one year to refuel the sub (while being continuously guarded by high-security personnel).
This strikes me as odd, dangerous, reckless, and another example of our country’s staple ingredient to its industrial military complex.
The following photography essay was captured a few years ago during a three-month peace walk from Dublin, Ireland to London, England calling for a nuclear-free civilization.
Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium 